Violated federal and State Law specifically the investigation found that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed current and former new York State employees by engaging in unwelcome and nonconsensual touching and making numerous offensive comments of a suggestive and sexual nature that created a hostile Work Environment for women. This investigation has revealed conduct that corrodes the very fabric and character of our State Government and shines light on injustice that can be present at the highest levels of government, but none of this, none of this would have been illuminated if not for the heroic women who came forward, and i am inspired by all of the brave women who came forward, but more importantly, i believe them. And i thank them for their bravery. The Attorney Generals report says there were 11 women who were harassed including current and former State Employees. One of whom is a new York State trooper. Investigators saying the witnesses describe these incidents in great det
campaigning, elections set to show much of a grip donald trump still has on the gop. our correspondents are standing by live later on in the show. i m hallie jackson with you on this monday afternoon in washington. so let s get right to ken delainian and danny. ken, we haven t heard from guy during the trial. he didn t testify on his own behalf. he wasn t expected to make a statement today, but that has changed and he s now going to speak, we understand. reporter: yeah, the latest twist in a day that s been full of them here, hallie. earlier, guy reffett was trying at the defense table as his daughter was testifying in his defense and talking about his mental health issues and trying to blame what happened on donald trump. and after that, the justice department suffered a major setback when the judge ruled against imposing a so-called domestic terrorism enhancement on the sentence, which is the first time the doj tried to do that, saying that this conduct was domestic terro
And with such valor were believed and believable, stating governor cuomo harassed multiple women violating state and federal laws. this is a major, major announcement. governor cuomo is accused of misconduct ranging from inappropriate conducts to unwanted kissing and touching. james says cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. before this announcement cuomo has apologized for making anyone feel uncomfortable, but denied any wrongdoing and nbc investigative correspondent tom winter was listening along with us and lisa green, managing director at sar, and danny zavalos and daniel alonso, former assistant d.a. for manhattan, former federal prosecutor and an nbc news legal analyst. thank you for being with me. let me start with you. what were your top takeaways from this extraordinary statement today? well, i think a couple of
well, shocked. shocked, i think, in that sense the governor was correct. the accusations, danny, so specific and the attorney general s report says there were 11 women 11 women who were harassed including current and former state employees, one of whom is a state trooper. what s the standard for proving sexual harassment? in a case like this, it has to be severe and pervasive to the extent that it creates a change in the workplace environment, and that is the standard it s not easy to prove sexual harassment claims. that s what makes this so amazing is that there s so much evidence against the governor because not just any event at work that is offensive, is necessarily a violation of title 7. it has to be either severe or pervasive enough to change the conditions of work, and the other thing is governor cuomo,
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