{"id":374966,"date":"2021-12-01T06:33:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T03:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ex-gov-cuomo-led-others-into-corruption-including-his-brother-chris\/"},"modified":"2021-12-01T06:33:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T03:33:07","slug":"ex-gov-cuomo-led-others-into-corruption-including-his-brother-chris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ex-gov-cuomo-led-others-into-corruption-including-his-brother-chris\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ex-Gov. Cuomo led others into corruption including his brother Chris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dfd02161f3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dfd02161f3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ex-gov-cuomo-led-others-into-corruption-including-his-brother-chris\/#Pandering_Putz_as_baby-sitter\" >Pandering Putz as baby-sitter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ex-gov-cuomo-led-others-into-corruption-including-his-brother-chris\/#Mind_game_Ousting_Joe\" >Mind game: Ousting Joe<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Ex-Gov. Cuomo led others into corruption including his brother Chris<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Michael Goodwin\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>For those who needed convincing or a reminder, there is fresh proof that Andrew Cuomo wasn\u2019t just corrupt. He was also a great corrupter of others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The latest example involves his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo. Documents released by the state attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> show that, despite public denials, Chris played a secret role in trying to protect the former governor from sexual harassment allegations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The disclosure is putting Chris on the hot seat with his bosses, his audience and other journalists, some of whom are demanding he be fired for unethical conduct.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Notably, CNN did not defend the host of its most popular program. The network said Monday in a statement that the document trove \u201cdeserves a thorough review\u201d and that executives would have \u201cconversations\u201d in coming days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Late Tuesday, it suspended him indefinitely, saying it did not know the full extent of his involvement in his brother\u2019s defense.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And so Chris Cuomo joins a long list of accomplished people who heedlessly rushed to help the former governor, only to see their reputations seriously damaged as the truth emerged about the extent of Andrew Cuomo\u2019s wrongdoing \u2014 and their complicity. Many of Andrew\u2019s helpers crashed and burned, their careers in tatters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fallout started within days of the August release of the initial AG report when Josh Vlasto and Richard Bamberger left as managing directors at p.r. firm Kivvit, which got tens of millions of dollars in state contracts under Cuomo. Both had been spokesmen for Cuomo and returned to help as he tried to smear Lindsey Boylan, the first woman who publicly accused the governor of harassment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In her testimony, top Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa blamed Vlasto for pushing to release Boylan\u2019s personnel file, which included supposedly confidential workplace information.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/goodwin-cuomo-881.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20326441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/goodwin-cuomo-881.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/goodwin-cuomo-881.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/goodwin-cuomo-881.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/goodwin-cuomo-881.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>CNN host Chris Cuomo helped his brother manage the sexual harassment scandal privately, according to the documents.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That same issue led to the undoing of Alphonso David, who was fired in September by the Human Rights Campaign, where he was its first black president. A former lawyer in Cuomo\u2019s office, David also had participated in the effort to smear Boylan, according to the AG report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet for sheer hypocrisy, it would be hard to beat the fall of two top leaders of Time\u2019s Up. Their organization was founded in 2018 with the goal of helping women in the #MeToo era of sexual harassment, but Time\u2019s Up chair Roberta Kap\u00adlan and CEO Tina Tchen both lost their jobs over their efforts to help Andrew Cuomo undercut Boylan\u2019s claim.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No doubt all these people believed, or wanted to believe, Andrew Cuomo\u2019s complete denials of the growing accusations against him. It\u2019s also worth noting that all of them had benefited in the past from their association with him, and some owed their lucrative post-government jobs to Cuomo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/goodwin-cuomo-882.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Alphonso David\" class=\"wp-image-20326444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/goodwin-cuomo-882.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/goodwin-cuomo-882.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/goodwin-cuomo-882.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/goodwin-cuomo-882.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Alphonso David was fired from his role as president of the Human Rights Campaign for his role in helping Cuomo\u2019s office smear accuser Lindsey Boylan.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nobody operating in the public sphere would have hired them without Cuomo\u2019s tacit <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So it\u2019s not completely surprising that when he summoned them for help, they agreed. They may have felt they had little choice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What is surprising is the extent to which they put their credibility on the line simply on the basis of Cuomo\u2019s say-so. After all, agreeing to help trash a woman making sexual harassment allegations in this era \u2014 and after the downfall of Harvey Weinstein, Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer and others \u2014 is, on its face, reckless unless you\u2019ve got compelling evidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Absent that, you\u2019re out on a limb with Cuomo, which is where they were when the limb crashed to the ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their roles become clear \u2014 and revolting \u2014 once the full truth emerged in the AG report, where investigators concluded Cuomo had sexually harassed 11 women and tried to retaliate against Boylan and others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/goodwin-cuomo-880.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20326425\" width=\"341\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/goodwin-cuomo-880.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=678 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/goodwin-cuomo-880.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=509 511w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/goodwin-cuomo-880.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=339 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/goodwin-cuomo-880.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=170 170w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/goodwin-cuomo-880.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\"\/><figcaption>Former Time\u2019s Up chair Roberta Kaplan also lost her job due to her ties to the Cuomo scandal.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Fortune<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Of course, Chris Cuomo is in a category of one. No fair-minded person could begrudge his effort to help his brother in the midst of a shattering career and personal crisis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The problem, however, goes to the nature of the help Chris provided and whether he was honest with CNN viewers and his bosses. The newly released documents suggest he was not.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To start with, Chris Cuomo made the questionable decision to have his brother on for interviews during the pandemic. That was when Andrew was riding high and getting mostly rave reviews for his daily updates on infections, hospitalizations and deaths.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The updates were must-see TV and served as a Democratic alternative to then-President Donald Trump\u2019s updates. There was even a brief moment when Andrew Cuomo was seen as a better presidential candidate than Joe Biden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some of the CNN segments were suitably straightforward, but others turned into yuk-fests and family chit-chat that was out of bounds. The segments also were unacceptably tilted because Chris avoided any mention of the criticism of his brother, including over the lethal order that exposed many nursing home patients to COVID.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-951721380.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=693\" alt=\"CNN suspended Chris Cuomo indefinitely after the state AG report.\" class=\"wp-image-20326290\" width=\"296\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-951721380.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=586 592w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-951721380.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=440 444w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-951721380.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=293 296w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-951721380.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=147 148w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-951721380.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\"\/><figcaption>CNN suspended Chris Cuomo indefinitely after the state AG report.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Later, it would become clear that Andrew Cuomo hid the true number of nursing home deaths at the same time he was negotiating a book contract on his leadership. Whatever his intent, Chris helped promote this fraudulent sequence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CNN was fine with the arrangement at first, but later ended it as criticism grew. And when the sexual harassment allegations began, Chris\u2019 show was understandably silent, but we know now he was privately and feverishly working behind the scenes to help his brother quash the charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After Andrew resigned in August, Chris said on air that, among other things, \u201cI never made calls to the press about my brother\u2019s situation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In fact, during a six-hour interview with investigators the previous month, Chris had admitted he had done just that. Transcripts and emails show he drafted statements for his brother and, in correspondence with DeRosa, offered and agreed to use his \u201csources\u201d to check out leads and rumors about other women coming forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CNN will draw its own conclusions about his conduct, but there are no remaining questions about Andrew Cuomo\u2019s conduct. He is a human wrecking ball who destroyed himself and the reputations of so many others who foolishly trusted him.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pandering_Putz_as_baby-sitter\"><\/span>Pandering Putz as baby-sitter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Mayor Bill de Blasio, likely unemployable outside government, is aiming to run for governor. To judge by recent speeches, he\u2019s running as the anti-education candidate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His pitch in black churches is year-round schooling, but it\u2019s what the mayor doesn\u2019t say that\u2019s most revealing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery family should know that your child can be in a safe, positive place, not just until the school day ends at 2:30 or 3 o\u2019clock, but until the end of the afternoon, the end of the workday,\u201d he said recently.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Notice there\u2019s no mention of actual learning. Instead, he\u2019s offering free baby-sitting and child care, which is what too many schools already provide.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mind_game_Ousting_Joe\"><\/span>Mind game: Ousting Joe<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Reader Howard Siegel has a dream, writing: \u201cIf Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s advisers are smart, they will sue President Biden for defamation of character. In a perfect world, Biden pleads non compos mentis, the Republicans seize the moment and try to invoke the 25th Amendment and we all go home happy. Please pinch me if I\u2019m dreaming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Is worse censorship even possible?\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Cuomo led others into corruption including his brother Chris&#8221; For those who needed convincing or a reminder, there is fresh proof that Andrew Cuomo wasn\u2019t just corrupt. He was also a great corrupter of others.\u00a0 The latest example involves his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo. 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