Attorney Anne Clark who led the investigation for James wrote in the report, “a team of senior staffers, former staffers, and outside confidantes with no official title or role mobilized to attack and try to neutralize Ms. Boylan by sharing disparaging information with the press.”
“There was also a proposed letter or op-ed drafted by the governor that went through several drafts, further attacked Miss Boylan for alleged conduct at work for alleged conduct with men other than the governor, as well as postulating various political conspiracies, including that Miss Boylan was funded by far-right Republicans and supporters of [then-outgoing President] Donald Trump,” Clark continued.
“He was finally convinced to abandon it by a number of people who thought the letter was a bad idea, in part, because what was in the letter couldn’t be substantiated and because they thought that victim-shaming would be bad as a strategy.”
Clark said that federal and state law was violated. And the release of internal records related to Boylan and the “dissemination of the letter” about her “constituted unlawful retaliation.”
Cuomo refuses to resign
The sexual harassment scandal is part of a larger impeachment investigation. Cuomo’s actions are also being probed by Albany lawmakers. Cuomo remains under investigation by the FBI and the Brooklyn US Attorney’s Office targeting his COVID-19 response at nursing homes.
