Monday, May 03, 2021

3 May 2021: Cuomo Supporters Using Dirty Tricks to Clog NY Assy Impeachment Tip Hotline

Cuomo supporters flood hotline for reporting sexual harassment

More proof has emerged to indicate the telphone hotline for reporting tips to the New York Assembly's impeachment investigators is more a publicity stunt than an effective investigation tool.

Members of a niche group of fans for embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo are leaving supportive messages on a hotline used for reporting tips about sexual harassment allegations surrounding the governor.

Some members of an online Facebook group called "Women for Governor Cuomo" have said they were flooding the hotline, which was set up by lawyers working for the state Assembly impeachment committee over an investigation into several women's claims of sexual harassment against the 63-year-old governor.

"Support for the governor is what brought us all together," Pamela Morley, a moderator for the Facebook group she named, said. She is also treasurer of a smaller group of women raising money to support Cuomo, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The group is a private fan club of around 1,100 members who are mostly women over the age of 55, and one member has earned gratitude from the governor for her supportive efforts, according to the report.

We've linked this report rather than the WSJ article since it appears behind a paywall.

For more background on the New York Assembly's impeachment tip hotline, here are relevant links from the timeline:

For those interested in calling the hotline, attorneys from Davis Polk and perhaps even Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-Nassau) are standing by....

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