New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is with his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo.
Chris Cuomo used media sources to find out about women who accused his brother of sexual harassment.
Chris Cuomo sent text messages to former aide,Melissa DeRosa.
Cuomo told DeRosa that he had a lead on the wedding girl.
According to new transcripts by the New York Attorney General's Office, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo used media sources to get more information about a woman who accused his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, of sexual harassment.
Chris Cuomo, the brother of the governor, appeared more involved in his brother's defense than was previously reported in the text message exchanges between him and the former top aide.
The New York AG's office published a report saying that the former governor had engaged in sexual harassment and created a hostile work environment after multiple women came forward with accusations.
Chris Cuomo apologized for advising his brother on how to respond to the allegations. Chris Cuomo was advising his brother on how to respond to the allegations.
Chris has not covered any of his brother's scandals since then, and he's recusing himself from one of the year's biggest political stories on his show.
The paper trail from the investigation led to the firing of Alphonso David as head of the Human Rights Campaign and the resignation of Roberta Kaplan as chairwoman of Time's Up.
Chris Cuomo has more revelations.
Chris Cuomo sent a text message to DeRosa in early March, asking him to help with the prep, according to the AG's report.
The New York Times published an article about the former governor's attempt to kiss Anna Ruch at a wedding.
Chris Cuomo told DeRosa that he had a lead on the wedding girl.
The documents show that Cuomo was trying to get his brother to use the prepared statements.
Chris Cuomo wrote a statement for his brother that he would not resign. "I understand the political pressure, I understand the stakes of political warfare, and that's what this is," it said.
Chris Cuomo told New York investigators that he reached out to sources in the media world to learn more about the accusers, and to try to get ahead of any future accusations.
Chris Cuomo said that he would reach out to sources if he was asked, and that he sought information about Ruch because an unnamed source suggested that she had been put up.
Chris Cuomo's prepared statements were not used by Andrew Cuomo.
The claim that Chris dictated his brother's statements is false, according to a representative for Warner Media. There is no evidence of this in the exhibits. If you read through the text messages, you'll see that any mention of a statement was in response to the public release of it.
CNN said in a statement that the transcripts should be reviewed.
James was accused of using her government power to leverage her political future by Rich Azzopardi, Andrew Cuomo's spokesman.
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She decided to release transcripts minutes before one of her rivals declared for governor, according to the statement. James and her colleagues' misuse of government resources to damage political opponents is as repugnant as it is unethical and illegal.
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