Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo desires folks to neglect his sexual assault allegations, as he prepares to make his large comeback.
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Andrew Cuomo is as soon as once more hitting New Yorkers’ tv units.
The previous governor, who resigned in shame final summer time, will start an try at a political comeback with an advert claiming he’s been exonerated from costs he sexually harassed a number of girls, The Submit has realized.
Cuomo’s marketing campaign confirmed it had commissioned “plenty of adverts” in response to questions from the paper after The Submit independently obtained one of many commercials.
The 30-second spot reviewed by The Submit selectively strings collectively snippets from TV experiences concerning the outcomes in these instances to bolster Cuomo’s continued claims of exoneration.
It highlights current selections by 5 district attorneys to not convey costs towards Cuomo for sexual harassment for technical causes.
Nonetheless, the spot seen by The Submit makes no point out of the truth that these officers additionally stated their investigations affirmed the credibility of the ladies who introduced the allegations – and one DA even stated though there wasn’t ample “authorized foundation” to convey costs, dropping the case was “not an exoneration.”
The probes have been primarily based on the findings of state Lawyer Normal Letitia James’ bombshell Aug. 3 sexual harassment report that concluded that Cuomo broke “a number of state and federal legal guidelines”
The impartial investigation’s launch helped torpedo his governorship in the course of his third time period.
“Political assaults gained and New York misplaced a confirmed chief,” the advert concludes.
Charlotte Bennett – a former Cuomo aide and one of many 11 girls whose claims have been substantiated in James’ report – denounced the ex-gov’s tried return.
“Harmless males don’t want adverts. Responsible, vindictive & narcissistic ones do, although,” she tweeted.
Girls’s rights activist and CEO of VOTEPROCHOICE Heidi Sieck added: “He needs to be spending his days atoning for his abuse, not spreading extra lies and re-victimizing girls yet again.”
One Cuomo insider stated the advert is “about clearing Andrew’s title.”
“He’s been wanting to talk out for a while. Andrew has been caught in impartial a very long time. He’s making an attempt to interrupt out,” stated the supply.
One other political supply who requested anonymity slammed the advert after reviewing it.
“[Former Gov.] Mario Cuomo — who famously stated ‘you marketing campaign in poetry’ — have to be rolling in his grave proper now. Not solely is his son a sexual harasser, he can’t lower a good advert to avoid wasting his life. As a substitute of poetry, Cuomo is giving us a putrid lesson in shamelessness,” the supply stated.
The disgraced gov was a ubiquitous presence on tv together with his meandering covid briefings throughout the virus’ devastating first wave.
Sources stated the advert would begin working on Monday.
Subsequently, a agency that tracks political promoting, Media Purchaser, reported Cuomo’s political committee had purchased time for commercials on New York tv stations beginning the identical day.
“We’ve produced plenty of adverts and haven’t determined what we’re going to run but,” stated longtime Cuomo spokesman Wealthy Azzopardi, who's as soon as once more on the politician’s marketing campaign payroll.
James has stood by the findings of her report. She put Cuomo on blast final week throughout a speech on the Democratic Committee’s Nominating Conference declaring she “won't bow” to the repeated criticisms from him and his allies.
“It has now develop into clear that the previous governor won't ever settle for any model of those occasions aside from his personal,” she stated. “The [Assembly] Judiciary Committee and 5 district attorneys all learn the report and [heard from] the courageous lady who stepped ahead and located them credible.”
James’ workplace remains to be conducting a separate, prison investigation into Cuomo’s $5.1 million guide deal following allegations that he used authorities assets to write down, produce and edit the pandemic-era memoir.
In the meantime, a brand new Siena Faculty ballot launched Tuesday discovered a majority of New York voters aren’t shopping for his declare of innocence and suppose Cuomo is a serial sexual harasser.
A complete of 58 % of these surveyed consider the previous pol sexually harassed a number of girls, in comparison with 21 % of people who stated he did nothing improper.
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