{"id":526764,"date":"2022-12-14T04:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T01:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ny-gop-wants-special-prosecutor-to-probe-how-ag-james-handled-aides-sexual-harassment-case\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T04:00:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T01:00:18","slug":"ny-gop-wants-special-prosecutor-to-probe-how-ag-james-handled-aides-sexual-harassment-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ny-gop-wants-special-prosecutor-to-probe-how-ag-james-handled-aides-sexual-harassment-case\/","title":{"rendered":"#NY GOP wants special prosecutor to probe how AG James handled aide&#8217;s sexual harassment case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 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-6a22779d026d7\" 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-6a22779d026d7\" 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-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ny-gop-wants-special-prosecutor-to-probe-how-ag-james-handled-aides-sexual-harassment-case\/#%E2%80%9CNY_GOP_wants_special_prosecutor_to_probe_how_AG_James_handled_aides_sexual_harassment_case%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NY GOP wants special prosecutor to probe how AG James handled aide&#8217;s sexual harassment case&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNY_GOP_wants_special_prosecutor_to_probe_how_AG_James_handled_aides_sexual_harassment_case%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NY GOP wants special prosecutor to probe how AG James handled aide&#8217;s sexual harassment case&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>New York\u2019s Republican lawmakers are urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to <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>oint a special prosecutor to investigate state Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Letitia James\u2019 handling of the sexual harassment case involving ex-chief of staff Ibrahim Khan. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe write to express our strong concern regarding the sexual misconduct of Ibrahim<br \/>Khan, chief of staff to Attorney General Letitia James, and the mishandling of the subsequent<br \/>internal investigation Ms. James\u2019s oversaw into the incident. To restore public trust, we ask that<br \/>you im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely appoint a special prosecutor to investigate both the sexual harassment claims as well as Attorney General James\u2019s mishandling of the incident and subsequent internal inquiry,\u201d said the letter upstate Rep. Claudia Tenney sent to Hochul Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>The letter was co-signed by Rep.\u00a0Elise Stefanik, the powerful\u00a0House Republican Conference chairwoman and Congressman Chris Jacobs.<\/p>\n<p>A timeline put out by James\u2019 office showed she was aware of the allegations on October 2, hired an outside firm to investigate on Oct. 4. Khan tendered\u00a0his resignation on Nov. 22 \u2014 effective December 31 \u2014 before the investigative report was concluded and substantiated misconduct\u00a0complaints involving two women on December\u00a02, when it finally became public.<\/p>\n<p>One of James\u2019s most impactful actions as attorney general was hiring outside lawyers to investigate a slew of sexual harassment accusations leveled against ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gop-hochul-probe-letita-james-scandal-006.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"KATHY HOCHUL\" class=\"wp-image-25002113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gop-hochul-probe-letita-james-scandal-006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gop-hochul-probe-letita-james-scandal-006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gop-hochul-probe-letita-james-scandal-006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gov. Kathy Hochul is feeling the pressure from Republicans to appoint a special prosecutor. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The devastating report last year concluded Cuomo was a serial harasser and he resigned under the threat of impeachment despite his denials. <\/p>\n<p>James, during an interview with The Post last week, said the Cuomo probe was a public referral and she was required to release a public report, unlike the Khan case. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re protecting the rights of individuals and it\u2019s important to understand this was a private investigation, which is separate and apart from the investigation we did into the former governor \u2014 which was a governmental investigation and a lawful investigation pursuant to a referral,\u201d James told The Post outside her Brooklyn brownstone.<\/p>\n<p>She also said on\u00a0NY1, \u201cWe did a thorough, independent investigation without a conflict of interest or any impropriety.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gop-hochul-probe-letita-james-scandal-005.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"LETITIA JAMES\" class=\"wp-image-25002112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gop-hochul-probe-letita-james-scandal-005.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gop-hochul-probe-letita-james-scandal-005.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gop-hochul-probe-letita-james-scandal-005.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>There are concerns Letitia James mishandled the internal investigation of Ibrahim Khan.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hochul spokeswoman Hazel Crampton-Hays, said, \u201cWe will review the letter when we receive it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Last week, Hochul suggested there was no need to investigate James\u2019 actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere needs to be accountability and my understanding is that steps were taken toward that,\u201d Hochul said.<\/p>\n<p>One of the Khan\u2019s alleged victims, Sophia Quintanar, said James\u2019 handled the investigation appropriately but botched communicating the case to the public.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy issue has never been with Attorney General Letitia James or how the investigation was handled. My allegations were quickly addressed, and an independent investigation substantiated my claims,\u201d Quintanar said in a statement to The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took issue with the unclear nature of the communications that followed the conclusion of the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the GOP lawmakers, in the letter, said Hochul shouldn\u2019t let James off the hook. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1009\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gop-hochul-probe-letita-james-scandal-007.jpg?w=1009\" alt=\"Ibrahim Khan\" class=\"wp-image-25002114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gop-hochul-probe-letita-james-scandal-007.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1513 1513w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gop-hochul-probe-letita-james-scandal-007.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1009 1009w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gop-hochul-probe-letita-james-scandal-007.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=504 504w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gop-hochul-probe-letita-james-scandal-007.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\"\/><figcaption>Ibrahim Khan is facing allegations of sexually harassing a woman. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Linkedin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen you took over from disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo, you made a<br \/>commitment to change New York\u2019s culture of corruption, which included tackling the<br \/>reoccurring problem of sexual harassment,\u201d they said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to your commitment that the allegations against Mr. Khan and Ms. James\u2019s will be fully, independently, and transparently investigated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post also reported on Monday that a former press aide in the AG\u2019s office resigned \u201cin lieu of termination\u201d  in 2019 after being accused of mistreating female staffers \u2014 before the Khan case surfaced.\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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Kathy Hochul to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate state Attorney General Letitia James\u2019 handling of the sexual harassment case involving ex-chief of staff Ibrahim Khan. \u201cWe write to express our strong concern&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":526765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gop-hochul-probe-letita-james-scandal-009.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[137159,81864,88410,98806,72172,67844,71374],"class_list":["post-526764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-12-13-22","tag-claudia-tenney","tag-elise-stefanik","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-letitia-james","tag-republicans","tag-sexual-harassment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}