President Biden said he respects New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to resign after the President called on Cuomo to step down last week following an official report that said Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women.
"I respect the governor's decision," Biden said after delivering remarks on the passage of his infrastructure bill in the East Room, in response to a reporter's question. Later, when asked by a reporter to assess how he believed Cuomo had performed as governor, Biden -- after asking"in terms of his personal behavior or what he's done as a governor?" -- said that he thought the New Yorker had done"a helluva job" professionally.
And the investigation overseen by the attorney general that, of course, completed today in an outcome that the President called for just last week," Jen Psaki told reporters at the Tuesday briefing.Psaki said Biden has not talked to Cuomo and there are"no plans that I'm aware of" to speak with him. And asked whether the White House was given a heads up on the resignation, Psaki said,"No.
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