Inappropriate comments. further, the governor and his senior team took actions to retaliate against at least one former employee for coming forward with her story. her truth. and also the attorney general and the two lawyers here talked about that the grilling of the governor, they say his denials lacked credibility. they also talked about interviewing other people in the office that came forward with stories. of course, all of this, the big question surrounding is what are the next steps? did the attorney general refer this for any kind of criminal charges? she said she did not in terms of this part of the investigation. that is over. ultimately, it could be up to the albany da where one of the allegations were made for them to bring charges. it s unclear if that will happen. the other question is what happens to the governor s future.
Actions but that s probably where it s going to sit. and the attorney general said there were repeated violations of state and federal law. what are the questions for the u.s. attorney s office in new york right now or the questions for the biden justice department in washington? they re more likely going to be civil violations. these are workplace infractions. and egregious ones. the most fascinating thing is in 2019 andrew cuomo himself signed a law lowering the standard on sexual harassment in new york. in federal law, it s actually hard to win a sexual harassment suit. it s a lower standard here. certainly the state of new york, there s liability there. and as jennifer said as well, individuals will have an opportunity to sue. it s not very likely that we re going to see criminal charges either from the u.s. attorney s office or the justice department here. as we wait to watch the process play out, there are political questions. what is the governor going to say now that he s
Clear picture. and what we learned is that there were 11 women who came forward. two more than we had initially known about. initially there were nine women who came forward. so during this investigation, two more women came forward bringing the total to 11, including a state trooper who was on the governor s detail. his security detail. and what the governor is accused here of doing by the investigators, as you said, was certainly disturbing. this is what the attorney general said. this is what the two lawyers two were charged with investigating this case, and the attorney general at the top of her press conference described what it is they found and take a listen. governor cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. many of whom were young women. by engaging in unwanted groping, kisses, hugging, and by making