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Upon in their report the allegations early on certainly led myself and other prosecutors to believe that criminal activity in fact had taken place. but we will conduct our own independent investigation. it will be done expeditiously, and e we will arrive at those conclusions. for any victim thats out there who is watching this transmission, please reach out to our office, and we will conduct our investigation as discreetly as possible. >> so, jimmy, my question, a criminal investigation, calls t...

Other prosecutors with concurrent jurisdiction to believe that criminal activity in fact had taken place, but we will conduct our own independent investigation. it will be done expeditiously and we will arrive at those conclusions. >> professor, your reaction to that? >> i think the vast majority of the conduct described in that report really is civil in nature. you know, its absolutely right that the piece that has been carved off that the albany district attorney is looking into could be a cri...

>> i guess well cross that bridge -- she will cross that bridge when we get there. certainly i dont think anyone can question the integrity of her investigation and the innovators, the comprehensiveness, professionalism. and the conclusions that are supported by reams of evidence. so look, for governor cuomo to say that this is political, he himself led something at the time which was known as troopergate to investigate one of his predecessors in office. so you know, the difference here, i think...

The investigators found that governor cuomos actions and those of the executive chamber violated multiple state and federal laws. none of this would have been illuminated if not for the heroic women who came forward. >> the evidence backing those conclusions is documented in a scathing report of more than 160 pages. investigators conducted 179 interviews, 41 of which were under oath. they received 280 tips and gathered 74,000 pieces of evidence. they found cuomo sexually harassed 11 victims who ...

Different things. one, according to the report there were 70 subpoenas issued in this investigation, 74,000 documents were reviewed and 179 interviews and as you said, 41 of those interviews were under oath and investigators responded to 280 tips. the report, 165 pages in length clearly details the substance the investigation took and it includes a legal foundation for their arguments that the governors office retaliated. not only does it say we believe there was retaliation against at least one...

Investigation. >> we are conducting a separate investigation. i think after today, that we were witnessing at the same time as the rest of new yorkers were witnessing, it is pretty clear that we have an obligation here and thus, weve reached out to the attorney generals office seek all of the evidence upon which they uncovered and relied upon off of their report. >> based on what youve seen in this report, is any of the behavior described and attributed to the governor, would any of that would b...

Would run for office again, but thats because this is in the news cycle. it felt like that in march. when these things die down, it seems like politicians have a new wave of political future that one would not have thought possible, could be possible again. we are going to have to wait and hear from the president to see what he has to say on that front come and how that could affect his political future as well. >> emily: great points. do you foresee that although democrats who have stood by gov...

Administration and taking it a step further, john, the investigators talked about today that the culture that allows harassment to occur and persist with toxicity, hostility, and it was abusive. it so the fact that the governor now came out and said that we work really hard here, we are not a typical 9:00-5:00 office. as if to explain away what we have now seen the conclusions of retaliation engaged in by his administration in defiance and breaking both federal and state laws in addition to his ...

And now we will hear from june kim and anne clark, who will walk us through their report and their findings. >> thank you, attorney general james. good morning. my name is joon kim and along with my colleagues, anne clark, we have led our teams at our two law firms in conducting the investigation into allegations of sexual harassment by governor cuomo. we have now completed our investigation and have made our findings and reached our conclusions. they are set forth in a detailed

On the one hand while normalizing frequent flirtations and gender-based comments by the governor on the other, creates the conditions that allowed the sexual harassment and retaliation to occur and to persist. as the attorney general has said, we reach these finding and conclusions after a thorough and independent investigation. we were allowed to and did follow the facts without fear, without favor. as youll see in the report, our findings were supported by extensive evidence that includes inte...