Cuomo employs classic 'people hug people' defense to answer harassment allegations.
The “gestures” that led James to describe Cuomo’s behavior as “in violation of both federal and state law” go far beyond pecking constituents on the cheek. The report includes several graphic accounts of groping and inappropriate touching, as well as detailing a toxic workplace predicated on secrecy and loyalty to the governor. James noted on Tuesday that her office was able to corroborate the accounts of the 11 women who accused the governor of sexual misconduct.
Cuomo also released a lengthy written response to the report that doubled down on the idea that images of himself and other politicians hugging each other in some way exonerates him from allegations that include reaching under an assistant’s blouse to grab her breast. Among the dozens of images featured in the 85-page response are former President Obama greeting various dignitaries, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi hugging, even George W. Bush consoling a hurricane survivor.
“The way he interacts with others is not gender-based,” the response notes. “He has hugged or kissed male and female members of his staff, Al Gore, Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, Andrea Stewart Cousins and Carl Heastie, as well as constituents he meets on the street, and family and friends, as has been well documented. The Governor’s interaction has been on public display virtually on a daily basis for nearly 20 years.
Gov. Cuomo has released an 85-page written response to the independent investigation, but it's only 26 pages of text. Most of the rest is dozens of photos of him hugging people and other politicians hugging people:
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