On the heels of the Coronavirus,
nursing home deaths cover up,
a former aide to New York Governor,
Andrew Cuomo has made allegations.
Detailed allegations, that he
allegedly sexually harassed her as
she worked as his Deputy Secretary
for economic development and
special advisor to the Governor.
Now, she had previously shared
some of these details,
it did not get as much attention.
Probably because the media
was having its, adoration fest for
Cuomo as he was doing his daily
Coronavirus briefings.
He won a Grammy for
not a Grammy, Emmy for that.
But Lindsey Boylan has detailed,
more of these allegations in
a medium post and I do want
to share some of them with you.
She said that during her more than
three years working as an economic
adviser in the administration.
Cuomo quote would go out of his way
to touch me on my lower back arms
and legs, compared her to one of
his rumored ex-girlfriends, and
once joked like a college frat boy
that they should play strip poker.
He's a, like what is he?
A child?
Who?
Anyway, there's more.
She documented that what happened,
she mentioned,
what happened this one time, furing
a meeting with Cuomo she says this.
As I got up to leave and
walk toward an open door,
he stepped in front of me and
kissed me on my lips.
I was in shock, but I kept walking.
The idea that someone might think I
held my high-ranking position
because of the Governor's 'crush'
on me was more demeaning than
the kiss itself.
And, that was something that was
communicated to her earlier.
The fact that Cuomo had a crush on
her, and there was some indication
that she got the job that she
had as a result of his crush,
which was degrading to her and
it shouldn't be degrading to her.
She didn't invite these advances
and that's part of the reason
why she's speaking out now.
Jake, what do you think?
>> Yeah.
So look,
whenever these stories come up,
we're forcing the uncomfortable
situation of giving you guys facts
in a way that it feels like
we're adjudicating it, right?
And it's very hard to know, unless,
you do adjudicated and
so, but I'm going to give you all
the context here as much as we can.
So, number 1,
on the strip poker story,
the other people on the plane,
do not remember that story.
Now, number 1, that does not
mean it didn't happen.
And number 2, remember all
the people who still work with
Cuomo, have a giant incentive,
to say didn't happen, okay?
And Cuomo is universally known as
someone who believes in political
bullying.
And look in politics,
if you're trying to pass a bill,
I get it, inside your own office,
I think it's totally unnecessary.
But that is clearly his reputation,
are people scared of him?
Definitely.
So take all of this as context for
these allegations, right?
And the one where he says,
that she looks like the girlfriend,
previous girlfriend but hotter,
that's passed on through an aide.
And then New York Times asked
that aide, did that happen?
And the aide said well,
I was kind of joking around about
it, right?
And so again,
that aide still loyal to Cuomo,
I have no idea who's right.
But, if Cuomo is passing on flirty
messages to people that work with
him through an aide, that's,
weird on a different level, okay.
And if that's your job, to pass on
flirtations, so your boss can get
sexual favors from other people at
work, what a terrible job?
But I don't know, I don't know that
that's the case, but I'll say one
last thing this is so important.
The one to me that look, again,
I'm not judging any of these,
right, but I'm just telling you
what different folks allege.
But she says that he got up and
just kissed her out of the blue,
as she's leaving, right?
If any kind of corroboration
on that, and he should be done.
I mean, who that's,
think about how insane that is?
Just like, this out of the blue,
out of the blue, am,
I just I can't understand people.
How does somebody assumed that,
that's okay?
It's just stunning to me.
And, but apparently there's still
people who think, yeah,
yeah if I'm the boss,
I just go kiss people randomly and
try to sleep with them.
I just, I can't comprehend it,
it's so insane.
>> I think that there have been
a number of things that have been
revealed about Cuomo.
Regarding his character, especially
lately that are relevant and
help to put this story in context.
I think that it's right to state
that we don't know, obviously we're
not investigators and we don't
know, how accurate her allegations
are and it's not our place to say.
But, I take these allegations
seriously as all of
these allegations, and
it should be investigated, right,
that by actual investigators.
People who can figure out what's
actually going on.
But I bring up his character flaws
because, you mentioned how
people are afraid of him, Jake.
And, just last week we covered a
story, about how he called a state
assembly member, a Democrat.
And proceeded to basically
intimidate and bully him,
into publicly supporting him and
defending him,
after the revelations regarding how
he had intentionally suppressed
the number of nursing home deaths,
by as much as 50%.
And he told this assembly member,
that he would destroy his career if
he wasn't willing to defend him
publicly.
Okay, so I think that,
that shed some light on the type of
person that Andrew Cuomo is.
And keep in mind that as
the Governor of New York, he's
in an incredibly powerful position,
right?
I mean, this it's one of the most,
if not the most important state in
the United States.
So people are certainly concerned
about the future of their
political careers,
if they don't defend him or
collaborate what his former staffer
is alleging, in these allegations.
>> Yeah, and I think,- >> So,
>> Sorry, Anna, just jumping in for
a sec, I think there's two things
at least that are clear, right?
She definitely did not want any
advances, she had, everyone seems
to agree to that, right?
And he definitely thought she was
attractive and made that clear.
So and it seems like everybody
agrees to that, even the aide that
pass on the message says, well,
I mean, yes, it was me saying that?
But obviously she got that from
Cuomo, who was talking about her
attractiveness instead of.
And look guys do office romances
happen from time to time?
Yes, they do, okay.
We're not telling people
not to be human.
This is not an office romance.
If any part of this is true,
she ain't wanted no part of it, and
he kept insisting.
In other time, according to her
allegations, he brings her into his
room alone and talks about cigars
that he got from Clinton.
That, if anyone who knows politics,
knows the obvious reference, and
why would you do that, with someone
who has shown no interest in you?
There's no friendly back and forth.
There's no connection.
There's no nothing.
And out of nowhere,
you're talking about cigars,
like the way the Clinton did.
And he just kiss you in the middle
of the nowhere.
I just, and I looked at the story
and I thought, maybe was this
happened, in the 1980s, when he had
a previous job or something,
that with that excuse of 1%?
No, but, I only say that because
it's a culture I can't understand.
So I'm trying to make some sort of
sense out of it.
No, just according to her
allegations that happened
a couple of years ago.
If any part of it is true,
it's over, it's unacceptable.