AND DOWNS COMING UP IF A FEW
MINUTES.
>> RAFAEL, THANK YOU.
>>> BIG DEVELOPMENTS JUST COMING
IN.
THE GOVERNOR CUOMO SCANDAL IN
THE PAST HOUR, THE STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL PICKED A FORMER
HIGH-POWERED U.S. ATTORNEY TO
LEAD THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE
SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS
ALONG WITH AN EXPERIENCED
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
ATTORNEY.
CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER
JONATHAN DIENST IS HERE WITH
MORE ON THAT.
JON?
>> Reporter: ADAM, THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL SAYS TODAY’S PICKS SHOW
HOW SERIOUS THIS INVESTIGATION
WILL BE.
HER SELECTION OF JUNE KIM A TOP
FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR ALONG
WITH ANN CLARK MEANS THE
INVESTIGATION INTO GOVERNOR
CUOMO’S BEHAVIOR IS ABOUT TO
RAMP UP.
FOR YEARS HE HELPED LEAD
PROSECUTIONS OF KROPT
POLITICIANS AS WELL AS LOCKING
UP TERRORISTS AND MOBSTERS.
NOW FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY JUNE
KIM WILL HELP LEAD THE
INVESTIGATION INTO GOVERNOR
CUOMO.
ALSO TAKING THE LEAD, ATTORNEY
ANN CLARK, KNOWN FOR HANDLING
COMPLEX EMPLOYMENT MATTERS AND
SHE HAD DONE LEGAL WORK FOR THE
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN.
ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES
SAID THE APPOINTMENTS SHOW SHE’S
COMMITTED TO A THOROUGH
INVESTIGATION.
AS FOR THE GOVERNOR TODAY --
>> I DON’T REPRESENT OR WORK FOR
THE POLITICIANS IN ALBANY.
I WORK TO THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE.
>> Reporter: GOVERNOR CUOMO
STAYING ON MESSAGE AT A VACCINE
PRESS EVENT, PUSHING BACK
AGAINST THOSE CALLING ON HIM TO
RESIGN.
TODAY, 21 ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATIC
MEMBERS VOICED SUPPORT FOR
GOVERNOR CUOMO’S CALL TO LET THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S INVESTIGATION
RUN ITS COURSE.
WE REQUEST THAT SHE BE ALLOWED
THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO COMPLETE
HER INVESTIGATION RATHER THAN
UNDERMINE HER ROLE.
HILLARY CLINTON TODAY ECHOED
THAT VIEW. >> I’M VERY CONFIDENT THAT THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL CONDUCT AN
INDEPENDENT, COMPREHENSIVE
INVESTIGATION, AND I THINK WE
SHOULD ALL WAIT TO SEE WHAT
THOSE RESULTS ARE.
>> Reporter: THIS AFTER THE
STATE SENATE LEADER CALLED FOR
CUOMO TO RESIGN AND THE SPEAKER
SAID CUOMO SHOULD CONSIDER
STEPPING DOWN.
THREE WOMEN HAVE STEPPED FORWARD
TO ALLEGE GOVERNOR CUOMO
MISTREATED THEM AND ONE-TIME HUD
PRESS SECRETARY KAREN HINTON
TOLD US THIS WEEKEND CUOMO ONCE
MADE A PASS AT HER DURING A WORK
MEETING IN A LOS ANGELES HOTEL
ROOM.
>> IT WAS NOT JUST A HUG.
IT WAS AN INTIMATE EMBRACE.
>> Reporter: HINTON SAYS THIS IS
THE REASON SHE’S STEPPING
FORWARD NOW YEARS LATER.
>> IT IS A PATTERN.
WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF ANY
WOMAN FACING SIMILAR SITUATIONS
IN THE WORKPLACE.
>> Reporter: CUOMO DENIES
HINTON’S ALLEGATION.
HE’S ALSO UNDER FIRE HIS
ADMINISTRATION’S HANDLING OF
NURSING HOME DEATH DATA.
THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS HE AND HIS
HEALTH DEPARTMENT FAILED TO
REPORT ACCURATE NUMBERS FOR
MONTHS.
AGAIN, IN JUST THE LAST HOUR THE
STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL APPOINTED
A FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY AND A
LEADING EMPLOYMENT LAWYER TO
HELP LEAD THE INVESTIGATION INTO
THE HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST GOVERNOR CUOMO.
THEY WILL CONDUCT INTERVIEWS AND
REVIEW RECORDS IN AN