separate but related process within the new york state legislature. that is the impeachment. several lawmakers have introduced the measure to win new york state pension. that measure can be viewed as a way to encourage governor cuomo to resign and avoid what would be financial section if he lost the impeachment trial. pause for cuomo s resignation identified in the past week. the delegation longtime allies and we coming together and saying he should step down based on the strength of the evidence in the report. governor cuomo denies all the allegations and is standing firm. today, his attorneys held a unusual press conference on zoom where in addition to the responses to the rim port, they spoke about these new allegations, specifically against the governor in the court criminal context. cuomo, basically, has to deal
amendment right to privilege. you don t get to tell your side of the story and then not be subjected to cross-examination. that s not the way it works. she waived her right to fifth amendment privilege by issues an opening statement. she ought to stay here and answer our questions. did she waive her right? break it down for us. she didn t waive her right legally before the congressional committee because she s not a defendant in court. the congressman is speaking about basically what would happen if she did it in court. if she said that in court as a defendant she would waive. you can t have it both ways. right. no doubt. she can legally do this. as for the politics, i think she should testify. we talk a lot about transpare y transparency. she s out there doing a pr tour. she made her remarks to the aba. i think she thought to go before our congress under oath. i think that would be useful for the process. based on what we know, it seems like she should resign. so i think that