11 October 2021: Timing of Cuomo Sexual Harassment Incident in NY Executive Mansion Corroborated

Subpoenaed records support timeline of mansion visit by Cuomo's alleged groping victim

Andrew M. Cuomo's legal team has gone to great lengths to challenge the timing of the sexual harassment incident involving executive assistant Brittany Commisso. Phone and electronic records however have corroborated Commisso's description of the incident.

Electronic records reportedly support the timeline of an aide who accused former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of groping her last year.

Subpoenas issued by the state Assembly’s Judiciary Committee and by law enforcement confirmed that Brittany Commisso visited the Executive Mansion in early December, according to the Times Union. On that day, she said Cuomo groped her in a sexually aggressive way after assisting him with a problem involving his cellphone.

The records supported Commisso’s account of helping the governor send a note to a director of the governor’s offices, and then called them to confirm receipt, according to the report.

The report, though, said records showed Commisso’s visit happened in December, rather than on Nov. 16, which was incorrectly stated in the state attorney’s general’s report.

When meeting with a sheriff’s investigator in August, Commisso reportedly asked to subpoena the records needed to verify the date.

State Police security records and swipe card access records are also part of the records, which confirmed Commisso was back at her office shortly after visiting the mansion, sources said.

A footnote within the attorney general's report indicated Commisso did not remember the exact data of the incident, where the 16 November date given in the report is the investigators' approximation of its timing. The records obtained through the subpoenas confirm the timing of the contemporary events Commisso described in her testimony of the incident.