Tish James, New York’s State Attorney General has slowly been dropping details from the massive investigation that her team conducted over the summer into multiple allegations of sexual harassment against the former governor. Andrew Cuomo is (D), and today her office published a new set of transcripts.
These documents show that CNN and Chris Cuomo both were deceitful with their viewers and readers regarding the extent of his involvement in creating a targeted and expansive response to the allegations.
If you’ll recall, CNN glossed over Chris Cuomo’s role by trying to make it sound like he was simply involved in a brotherly capacity. It was so minimized that CNN could justifiably keep him on the network. While seemingly appearing contrite, Chris Cuomo himself suggested in May when the news first broke that he was merely “looped into” some strategy calls, insinuating he never took an aggressive role in trying to combat the negative news stories.
Well, he did take on a major role in being involved in pushing back on the allegations, including being on the lookout for potential future damaging stories on his brother, monitoring stories he knew were coming, and advising the governor’s office as to what he knew while also helping draft a formal statement. Below are some highlights.
A text exchange takes place between @ChrisCuomo and top Andrew Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa, the CNN host asks to “please let me help with the prep” of his older brother’s sexual harassment defense and helps devise a PR strategy. pic.twitter.com/XnQ3W2axWE
— Josefa Velásquez (@J__Velasquez) November 29, 2021
Chris Cuomo previously told viewers that he wasn’t an adviser to his older brother, he was there to “listen and offer my take.”
New texts however show that he advised and ran interference for the ex-governor.
“We are making mistakes we can’t afford.” pic.twitter.com/LyVpuVb0x0
— Josefa Velásquez (@J__Velasquez) November 29, 2021
.@ChrisCuomoDeRosa received updates on the status of @RonanFarrow’s story on a former Gov. Cuomo’s aide accused him of sexual harassment. He used his sources to transmit information to the government, according to text exchanges. pic.twitter.com/VTsHt3v4OJ
— Josefa Velásquez (@J__Velasquez) November 29, 2021
“The wedding girl” Chris Cuomo was referring to in the below tweet was Anna Ruch, who alleged earlier this year that then-Gov. Cuomo tried kissing her at a 2019 marriage:
Chris Cuomo to Melissa DeRosa : “I have an idea for the wedding girl” pic.twitter.com/koPx8xJmW3
— Nick Reisman (@NickReisman) November 29, 2021
Not that the depth of Chris Cuomo’s depravity when it came to covering for his brother throughout the coronavirus outbreak was not previously known, but this just adds a whole new greasy layer to it, regardless of his impassioned protestations to the contrary.
His “coverage” of Andrew Cuomo 18 months ago, which involved cutesy jokes about the size of his elder brother’s nose and oversized cotton swab props being brought on set, was a dereliction of duty in the extreme and came at the height of the pandemic in New York state, which saw 57,000 die, including tens of thousands of senior citizens in nursing homes and assisted living facilities as a result of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s multiple failures at trying to manage the crisis.
Chris Cuomo would quit in shame if he showed any respect for his family or CNN colleagues. But as we’ve noted before, for CNN, anything “reported” there is considered acceptable and necessary as long as it covers for and/or portrays Democrats in the most flattering of lights – by Chris Cuomo’s own admission.
Though infuriating, none of this should be a big shock considering the fact that CNN is not a real news organization, a statement I hear really infuriates some of the egomaniacs on staff there like “The Lead” anchor Jake Tapper, which is another reason why the statement should be uttered as often as possible.
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