whoever makes these allegations. so i think that both of those things could ve been at play. yeah, after his lawyer came out and made all those accusations, the assumption was he was going to continue to fight, but that quickly changed. brynn, as you well know, sources now say the new york state judiciary committee is looking into whether impeachment is still possible following the governor s resignation. can you explain why they might now take that step despite the fact that he has resigned? yeah, lawmakers are talking to their lawyers and trying to figure out if that s a step that they can it wasn t just about the women and the sexual harassment claims that were laid out in the a.g. report. that impeachment investigation was covering a number of things including how his administration handled the deaths in nursing homes at the beginning of the pandemic, in addition to did cuomo use state resources to write his pandemic book? so there s a number of issues, that s something that
whether the resignation actually stops impeachment and/or criminal investigation in their tracks. though he may have closed one door, it may have opened up possibly for other things now because some of the reasons you don t go forward with the politician or a sitting election official is because of the effect on their ability to govern in other respects. well, he s not governing any longer. will have ample free time to address these claims if there are any. and now he s opened up a door of possibility if the prosecutors used a credibility findings of the ag to support any criminal charges against this governor, which likely would be a misdemeanor level. but still on the horizon. well, on that point, mj, and as you reported, sources telling cnn the new york state judiciary committee looking into whether impeachment, despite the resignation, impeachment is still possible. what would the goal be if continuing down that impeachment route? yeah, wolf. every indication we have gotten
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