{"id":610738,"date":"2021-08-04T10:21:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T14:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=610738"},"modified":"2021-08-04T10:21:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T14:21:40","slug":"new-york-county-da-confirms-cuomo-criminal-probe-over-sexual-harassment-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-county-da-confirms-cuomo-criminal-probe-over-sexual-harassment-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"New York County DA Confirms Cuomo Criminal Probe Over Sexual Harassment Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-county-da-confirms-cuomo-criminal-probe-over-sexual-harassment-allegations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=610738&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1327337784.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The New York District Attorney who presides over Albany, where the governor\u2019s office is located, confirmed Wednesday that they have opened a criminal probe into allegations that New York governor, Democrat Andrew Cuomo, sexually harassed and groped at 11 women.<\/p>\n<p>New York Attorney General Leticia James announced Tuesday, after speaking with 179 witnesses and reviewing tens of thousands of pieces of evidence, that the sexual harassment allegations against Cuomo were \u201ccredible\u201d and that the governor sexually harassed \u201cmultiple women.\u201d His office, the AG found, retaliated against his accusers.<\/p>\n<p>At least one woman alleged that Cuomo touched her inappropriately under her blouse during a meeting at the governor\u2019s mansion, also located in Albany. A state trooper, assigned to Cuomo\u2019s detail, also alleged that Cuomo made inappropriate remarks and touched her in a suggestive way without permission.<\/p>\n<p>James said Tuesday that the AG\u2019s office believes there are violations of both state and federal law, and the District Attorney responsible for bringing criminal charges confirmed to NBC News that the Albany DA\u2019s office has launched a criminal probe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe New York attorney general\u2019s report on Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s alleged sexual harassment may be only the beginning, as Albany County District Attorney David Soares confirmed that his office has launched a criminal investigation of the Democratic governor,\u201d Fox News said Wednesday. \u201cSoares said following the release of Attorney General Letitia James\u2019 report that his office is looking into the allegations against Cuomo for possible criminal charges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to NBC News, Soares seemed to indicate he had no choice but to intervene in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think after today\u2019s presentation, it\u2019s pretty clear that we have an obligation here, and thus we\u2019ve reached out to the attorney general\u2019s office seeking all of the evidence upon which they uncovered and relied upon to author their report,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Soares added that he and prosecutors had reason&nbsp;\u201cto believe that criminal activity in fact had indeed taken place\u201d but that they have a process to follow before bringing charges. He also suggested that any additional victims who may not have spoken to the New York Attorney General should contact his office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor any victim&nbsp;that\u2019s out there who\u2019s watching this transmission, please reach out to our office and we will conduct our investigation as discretely as possible,\u201d Soares told Lester Holt.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear whether federal authorities are also pursuing a criminal probe, even though James did note that she believed her investigation produced evidence of violations of federal law. The Department of Justice had been pursuing an investigation into Cuomo\u2019s order, issued early in the pandemic, that forced nursing homes and other residential care facilities to accept patients who were recovering from COVID-19 infections, regardless of whether they still tested positive for the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Although that order likely led to the deaths of thousands of New Yorkers, the Biden Administration announced last month that it did not plan to pursue investigations related to those orders in New York, Michigan, or other states that had those policies.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden reiterated his call for Andrew Cuomo to resign during his press conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York District Attorney who presides over Albany, where the governor\u2019s office is located, confirmed Wednesday that they have opened a criminal probe into allegations that New York governor, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-610738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}