draw up that footnote in the middle of their 165-or-so-page report and we know already that the d.a. in albany county has been looking at this and has said he s taking this seriously. so, we see, you know, certainly there will be some activity on the civil side of the ledger. and it seems there will be investigation on the criminal side as well. and dounya, i m going to play this.msis this is the comment from the albany county d.a. who spoke exclusively to nightly news tonight.th c but i want to ask you about sharing evidence. all this work doesn t have to be done again by an investigative b body, such as the albany d.a., does it? absolutely not. i m sure they will turn over alt of their files, and i m sure they advised all the witnesses at the time that this could very well be turned over and made public, of course. so, that s not unusual at all. they certainly david suarez
than a century. andrea? thanks so much, gabe, and to dan goldman. nbc s lester holt spoke to the albany d.a. david soares last night. listen to what he had to say about a criminal probe. the allegations early on certainly led myself and other prosecutors with concurrent jurisdiction to believe that criminal activity, in fact, had taken place, but we will conduct our own independent investigation. it will be done expeditiously, and we will arrive at those conclusions. dan, as an experienced prosecutor and even though the westchester d.a. and manhattan are getting into this in terms of inquiries, there may be federal laws broken, but aren t those cases hard to prosecute? his greatest vulnerability, i should say on the civil side? yes, andrea, you re right. there are no federal laws and criminal laws that would apply here. there are misdemeanor state laws
lawmakers believe cuomo should go. if the governor doesn t resign, the democrats would have to impeach him, a simple majority is needed for that to happen to draft the articles of impeachment and 2/3 majority of stat senators and seven judges would have to vote to find him guilty. in that trial, cuomo has to step down. it s been done once before in 1913. and look, all of this as four district attorneys for albany, westchester, nassau county and manhattan have now requested evidence gathered by the attorney general s office be turned over for criminal investigation into the governor. the albany d.a. is continuing its investigation into the allegations made by an unnamed executive assistant who says cuomo groped her seconds before asking to take this selfie in the executive mansion in 2019. she claims cuomo put his hand under her blouse in a separate
sexual touching and the like. so, the scope of this investigation was not to find or even to refer any matters for criminal prosecution. but of course as we know, they draw up that footnote in the middle of their 165-or-so-page report and we know already that the d.a. in albany county has been looking at this and has said he s taking this seriously. so, we see, you know, certainly there will be some activity on the civil side of the lectern, and it seems there will be investigation on the criminal side as well. and dounya, i m going to play this. this is the comment from the albany county d.a. who spoke exclusively to nightly news tonight. but i want to ask you about sharing evidence. all this work doesn t have to be done again by an investigative body, such as the albany d.a., does it? absolutely not. i m sure they will turn over all
maxwell. thank you all very much for coming to the reidout. cynthia, i m going to start with you and just put this graphic up about the likelihood of cuomo being charged with a crime. legal experts caution that the standard for criminal prosecution is greater than state attorney general letitia james civil investigation. while her report was backed up by corroborating evidence and credible witnesses, establishing that cuomo had committed a crime would require additional scrutiny. talk us through that a little bit. here s that basic point. that is a civil case, it s easier to prove a civil case. it s more likely than not, than a criminal case beyond a reasonable doubt. i don t honestly, jonathan, think that s the issue here. i think you could prove simple assault cases, especially ones you could do it that are inside the statute of limitations. the problem is that these places are busy. i mean the albany d.a. s office