19 November 2021: Cuomo Defense Attorney Demands State AG Recuse Self from Book Deal Probe

Cuomo defense lawyer demands AG recuse self from probe into COVID memoir

Andrew M. Cuomo's defense attorney has been making lots of demands lately. This report covers yet another of those demands from 18 November 2021.

Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s defense lawyer demanded Thursday that Attorney General Letitia James immediately recuse herself from a pending probe into his $5.1 million pandemic memoir — while acknowledging the two Democratic pols could soon be squaring off over his old office.

Lawyer Rita Glavin said James’ recently announced campaign for governor made it a conflict of interest for her to investigate her predecessor and noted “widespread speculation” that Cuomo “may attempt a political comeback.”

“I don’t know what the answer to that is. But the very fact that there is speculation and people are talking about it — we have unnamed former advisors talking about it — means that it’s in the head of anyone who’s running for governor,” she said during a virtual news conference livestreamed on Cuomo’s campaign website.

“And we know that the attorney general is, and she needs to do the right thing by the public, by [Cuomo] and by her office, and recuse because of the gubernatorial campaign.”

In other words, because Cuomo's PR team has been promoting stories he may once again run for office, Cuomo's defense attorney is demanding the state attorney general must recuse herself from investigating Cuomo's $5.12 million pandemic "leadership" book deal because she has announced she is running for the Democratic party nomination for New York governor.

The report concludes with the following statement from the Letitia James' spokesman:

In a prepared statement, a James spokesperson said: “Andrew Cuomo’s schoolyard bullying and lies have gone on for long enough. New Yorkers are tired of this circus and tired of the day-to-day sideshow by a former governor who is just grasping for the spotlight.”

“Today’s embarrassing press conference was simply dramatics and faux outrage. To be clear, we stand by the report into multiple allegations of sexual harassment against Andrew Cuomo and, more importantly, we stand by the women who were brave enough to come forward and speak truth to power,” James’ spokesperson added.

“If Andrew Cuomo didn’t want to be accused of sexual harassment, he shouldn’t have sexually harassed multiple women in the first place.”

Closing thought: If Andrew M. Cuomo did run for office, by his personal defense attorney's logic, wouldn't she have to refrain from making any critical statements or demands of the state attorney general?