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Congressman. hes given his own defense. he did it a couple days ago with the pretaped, heavily produced rebut until which he discredited his accusers. i want this sound bite. got at lot of push back. >> i do it with everyone, black and white, young and old. straight and lgbtq, powerful people, friends, strangers. people who i meet on the street. >> trace: that wasnt the specific sound bite but its important on its own. hes saying, look, its a cultural thing that maybe i dont understand but i do ...

>> he kissed me a couple times. watch what i say. were talking about more serious, specific charges. he has to find a way to rebut them, show weaknesses or inconsistencies. thats one thing. as far as the state assembly, the state senate, yes, he has to show them that hes capable of governing. rather than just drag this out, i can tell you, republicans politically are hoping he stays on. this will be a trial for the next three or four months and hurt democrats and help republicans. for the good o...

Political case involving an elected official. and number two, its a sexual harassment case. in both of those types of cases you commonly see defendants go after the accusers for a number of reasons. the defendant can say this was just a politically motivated investigation. and number two, we know very well from the history of sexual harassment and assault in this country how easy it is or how often people are quick to go after and attack accusers. heres the big problem for the governor. number o...

Of sexual harassment and then found credible by the state attorney general. one of the most significant accusers in terms of potential criminal repercussions is a female state trooper who was assigned to the governors detail. she has made allegations against the governor against improper and inappropriate touching in various different instances across several jurisdictions. so currently there are at least three district attorneys criminally investigating her allegations. now the attorneys were s...

Directly address those allegations, that to me was shocking as a recovering lawyer that just does not sound like a very good idea to let your client do, particularly after he handled this on tuesday in a way that he kind of dismissed it, saying, look, its generational or i do this to everybody. thats not what you want your client doing, especially when it comes to an accuser who arguably is exposing him to the most potential criminal liability. >> could this strategy of attempting to discredit t...

To vaccinate kids and we wont come back and put restrictions on the schools. >> were learning that one of cuomos accusers has filed a criminal complaint. the first criminal complaint against the governor with the albany county sheriffs office. the first to do so. the unidentified woman worked as an assistant for him. he is facing intense pressure in his own party to resign, watch. >> i was quite disgusted. >> thats what new yorkers expect from their leadership. >> i do believe elected officials ...

Attacking the attorney generals report, saying that the investigators acted as the proper, judge, and jury. but they spoke to 179 people, reviewed 74,000 pieces of evidence. it was incredibly thorough. there are 11 accusers. i mean how is the governor going to refute all of that? >> yeah. well, i mean they are rolling out a counterattack that includes the use of buzzwords like due process, as if he hasnt had due process. keep in mind its not just that they talked to 179 people, over 40 of them u...

Seeing if it rises to the level of criminal charges. we just learned a short time ago that one of the accusers that was mentioned in the attorney generals report referred to his executive assistance number one filed a criminal complaint with the albany county sheriffs office. according to the local sheriff here, a spokesperson for the local sheriff, she filed that criminal complaint. now yasmin as you know executive assistant number one is the accuser referred to in the report that had numerous ...

The attorney generals report, saying that the investigators acted as the judge and jury. but they spoke to 179 people, reviewed thousands of pieces of evidence. it was incredibly thorough. there are 11 accusers. how is the governor going to refute all that have? >> i mean, they are rolling out a counterattack that includes buzzwords like due process, as if he hasnt had due process. keep in mind, its not just that they talked to 179 people, over 40 of them under oath, its not just that they looke...

The west. in california, the fast-moving dixie fire exploding again overnight. its now the third largest wildfire in state history. new images of the aftermath and a historic mountain town blistering heat from coast to coast, and triple-digit temperatures fueling wildfires in europe. whoo were tracking what could be the next tropical depression. the criminal complaint against new york governor andrew cuomo. one of his accusers filing an official report with the albany county sheriffs department....