Judge dismisses sole criminal charge against Andrew Cuomo

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The only criminal charge filed over the sexual harassment allegations that drove former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo from office was dismissed Friday at prosecutors’ request, clearing what had been seen as the most serious legal threat to the Democrat.

The move had been expected after Albany County prosecutors said they couldn’t prove the case and intended to drop it.

Cuomo, who denied the allegation that he groped an aide in the executive mansion in 2020, didn’t speak during Friday’s short hearing, held with the judge sitting in an Albany courtroom and the lawyers and defendant appearing via videoconference.

As the governor has said, this simply did not happen,” Glavin said in a video statement after the hearing. “Today, reason and the rule of law prevailed. Not politics, rhetoric or mob mentality,” she added.

During the hearing, which lasted only a few minutes and would have been even shorter if not for audio glitches, Assistant District Attorney Jennifer McCanney told the judge prosecutors had reviewed the evidence “and concluded we cannot successfully secure a conviction in this case.”

The local sheriff filed the misdemeanor complaint in October, two months after Cuomo resigned from office.

Albany County District Attorney David Soares said this week that although the aide was credible, and some evidence supported her account, he believed he couldn’t win a conviction.

The aide, Brittany Commisso, said Cuomo slid his hand up her blouse and grabbed her breast when they were alone in an office at the mansion.

Her testimony was among the most damning in a report released in August by Democratic state Attorney General Letitia James that concluded Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women. He said he never touched anyone inappropriately.

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(Note: I'm not laughing at his victims, I'm giggling at the MAGAs who vested so much effort into the charges).

Soares has said he was caught by surprise when Sheriff Craig Apple, a fellow Democrat, filed the forcible touching complaint without consulting the prosecutor’s office. Soares called it “potentially defective” and moved to delay Cuomo’s arraignment, originally set for November.

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(Note: I'm not laughing at his victims, I'm giggling at the MAGAs who vested so much effort into the charges).

Everybody from every political persuasion hated Cuomo. It wasn’t a partisan hate. Cuomo was a classic case of someone who was corrupted by his power. He kept on threatening people, constantly, if he didn’t get his way.

That may be so, but the most vociferous calls for his termination/impeachment came from the republicans. They made a meal of it because of the numerous claims against their own (Brett Kavanaugh and Trump himself).

Remind me again, who actually took Cuomo down?

Lets not pretend the republicans didn't want him impeached. Cuomo was a favourite topic for right wing podcasters last year. Looks like a lot of hot air on right wing channels.

There is no shortage of left-wing podcasters who condemed him. You should step outside of the left/right paradigm occassionally. It might actually expand your ability to have meaningful exchanges.

Gosh...let's see
1. Cuomo resigns as governor to avoid impeachment
2, The biggest faction calling for the impeachment of Cuomo are....drum roll.....the republicans

The GOP has no power in NY state, he was brought down completely by his own party.