Cuomo's Office Told to Preserve Documents Related to Sexual Harassment Investigation
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New York Attorney General Letitia James’s office has ordered Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office to preserve any documents that may be related to the sexual harassment investigation her office is conducting.
A spokesperson for James, a Democrat, told news outlets that the preservation notice was sent on Friday.
James’s office did not return a request for comment, nor did Cuomo’s office.
The request came on the same day Debra Katz, who is representing one of Cuomo’s accusers, asked James to order Cuomo to preserve documents.
Katz said in a letter to James that she was concerned “about the maintenance of documentary evidence and potential spoliation by the Cuomo administration.”
That concern was heightened by a report that Cuomo aides pressured state health officials to remove COVID-19 death data from a report published in the middle of 2020, Katz added, urging James to ensure that Cuomo aides “maintain, without alteration, all documents pertaining to Ms. Bennett in any way.”
Cuomo has been accused by Charlotte Bennett, 25, and Lindsey Boylan, 36, both former aides, of harassment. A third woman, 33-year-old Ann Ruch, has also alleged Cuomo harassed her.
Cuomo has said interactions detailed by the women “may ha... (Read more)
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