As Twitchy reported Tuesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that a five-month investigation consisting of interviews with 179 people found that Gov. Andrew Cuomo had sexually harassed multiple current and former state government employees. Cuomo fired back with his own 85-page report, the bulk of which was pictures of politicians hugging people:
Cuomo included photos of Obama and Bush hugging *hurricane victims* in his 85-page defense, most of which is pictures pic.twitter.com/err8EldLwh
— Eliza Relman (@eliza_relman) August 3, 2021
People are digging through the state’s report and finding that Alphonso David, president of the Human Rights Campaign, was involved in helping to smear one of the women Cuomo was alleged to have sexually harassed.
BOMBSHELL: According to the New York Attorney General's office, the president of @HRC, the nation's largest LGBT rights group, worked with Cuomo aides to retaliate against women who accused the governor of sexual misconduct. https://t.co/ktgFFlBDtX
— Outspoken (@GetOutspokenUSA) August 4, 2021
The report found Alfonso David leaked confidential information and was involved in a plan to secretly record accusers, as well as other efforts to smear the women who came forward.
— Outspoken (@GetOutspokenUSA) August 4, 2021
Human Rights Campaign president allegedly helped leak personnel file of Cuomo accuser https://t.co/JlhF9E2vN6 pic.twitter.com/R83Cvgm0qD
— The Hill (@thehill) August 4, 2021
Uhh holy crap.@AlphonsoDavid took Lindsay Boylan's personal file with him when he left his job in Cuomo's office to become president of @HRC.
When Boylan came forward with accusations of sexual harassment against Cuomo, Alphonso leaked the file to the media. https://t.co/XrWQglhA5C
— Dakota Johnson & Johnson (@Jamie_Maz) August 4, 2021
Outspoken reports:
While David was working in the governor’s office, he once had to take disciplinary measures against [accuser Lindsey] Boylan, and he kept the file with her information even after leaving his position, the report claims. David testified that he kept Boylan’s file, seemingly as though it were some sort of souvenir, claiming, “It may have been the only instance where I was actually involved in a counseling of an employee when I was in the Executive Chamber.”
According to the report, even though the files were labeled as “confidential” and “privileged” once the dirt on Boylan was obtained, [Cuomo aide Richard] Azzopardi then leaked it to the media including the Associated Press, New York Times, New York Post, New York Daily News, The Hill, and CBS.
The report also contained information on David and [Cuomo aide Melissa] DeRosa planning to secretly record another Cuomo accuser to see if she and Boylan were coordinating stories.
Human Rights Campaign, huh?
When @HRC asks why I haven't renewed after the seventh donation request this month.
— Ben Steele 🌈 mandate public space (@blsteele17) August 4, 2021
shocked ( )
not shocked (x)— Roger Sterling (@gammatime) August 4, 2021
— MJ🇿🇦🇵🇸 (@ANiggaDownBad) August 4, 2021
— TJ Waggoner (@tjwaggoner) August 4, 2021
That seems like a bad thing to do for someone with the title of Human Rights Campaign President.
— MetsMan7186 (@man7186) August 4, 2021
Guess we know what #metoo side they're on
— Daithí O Forfuksake (@fogaratigh) August 4, 2021
@AlphonsoDavid needs to be fired for this.
— Bob Jeffers #CubaLibre (@TuliusT) August 4, 2021
Mobbed up just like the old man Mario was.
— Mr. Faversham (@MrFaversham) August 4, 2021
— @browns1964fan (@browns1964fan) August 4, 2021
— Liquid Money Maker (@CantonGmetal) August 4, 2021
Lmao as long as you virtue signal you can do whatever
— Kyle moose (@mooserocka331) August 4, 2021
Noooooo. Shocker. Liberals doing things against what they stand for?
— Showalter (@Show2J) August 4, 2021
Well that’s not very Human Rightsy of them now is it….
— Demand free and fair elections (@newrev2020) August 4, 2021
@HRC has fallen so low in my esteem.
First, calling women’s lady parts “self lubricating front holes” – so as not to offend transitioning males – and now this.@HRC is anti-woman.
— Every Woman (@SenecaTwoPointO) August 4, 2021
This circus just keeps adding more performers.
— Shane G. Roberts (@Roberts1Shane) August 4, 2021
Either way, he will get a pass, because he's a Democrat. Plain and simple.
— Vincent 🇦🇺 (@OutbackAspie) August 4, 2021
But wait, there’s more:
Time’s Up Founder Helped Cuomo Team Smear Governor’s Accuser https://t.co/sXn4OQku8w
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) August 4, 2021
The Washington Free Beacon reports:
A report released by the New York attorney general’s office said Roberta Kaplan, the cofounder of Time’s Up, advised the Cuomo team about an op-ed the governor wrote to discredit Lindsey Boylan, a former Cuomo adviser who accused the governor of sexual misconduct in December 2020. A top Cuomo aide said Kaplan and Time’s Up CEO Tina Tchen largely approved of the op-ed. The piece, which was never published, “denied the legitimacy of Ms. Boylan’s allegations, impugned her credibility, and attacked her claims as politically motivated,” according to the attorney general’s report.
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Kaplan, who also serves as legal counsel for DeRosa, has longstanding ties to Cuomo. The governor was quoted in a glowing Washington Post profile of Kaplan this year, saying she “has been indispensable in the fight against the cancer of hate and division that Trump spent four years exacerbating.” Kaplan represents E. Jean Carroll, the journalist who accused Trump of sexual assault, as well as Trump’s niece, Mary Trump.
Huh … it’s almost as if her motivations were political.
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Update:
But wait, there’s even more:
"Dani Lever — who had worked in Cuomo’s press op since 2014 but left in Aug 2020 to join @Facebook as a communications mngr.
According to the ag's report, Lever helped Cuomo’s staffers disseminate the files — even though she had already been working at #Facebook for months." pic.twitter.com/Qx1PYXXcwL
— Heather Champion (@winningatmylife) August 4, 2021
"None of them was officially retained in any capacity by the Exec Chamber…" the investigators wrote of
Lever
Chris Cuomo
and others and other outside advisors.
Nonetheless, they were regularly provided with confidential and often privileged info about state ops"
— Heather Champion (@winningatmylife) August 4, 2021
"and helped make decisions that impacted State business and employees — all without any formal role, duty, or obligation to the State."
— Heather Champion (@winningatmylife) August 4, 2021
Related:
She’s said too much! NYT’s Maggie Haberman marveling at the ‘damning’ results of the Cuomo investigation is also extremely damning for the media https://t.co/0vnl2MXcpt
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 3, 2021
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