Disgraced CNN host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-cuomo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Cuomo</a> admitted he wanted &#8220;to kill everybody&#8221; including himself after he was fired following revelations he helped his brother then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo navigate several sexual harassment allegations.
During the former anchor&#8217;s appearance on Wednesday on Anthony Scaramucci&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/Scaramucci/status/1625843535017549826?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a> &#8220;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-chris-cuomo-of-it-all-firing-family-and-future/id1663394459?i=1000599726235" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Open Book</a>,&#8221; Cuomo admitted he&#8217;s flawed and sought therapy after he was &#8220;s*** canned&#8221; by the network.
&#8220;I had to accept [my firing] because I was going to kill everybody, including myself,&#8221; the 52-year-old former CNN broadcaster shared, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/02/15/i-was-going-to-kill-everybody-and-myself-chris-cuomo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a> noted.
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Chris Cuomo considered shooting up CNN after he got shitcanned: 
&quot;I was going to kill everybody and myself.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/uWqMgH3RrT">pic.twitter.com/uWqMgH3RrT</a>
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&#8220;Things can consume you,&#8221; Cuomo continued. &#8220;Italians are so passionate. And I really had to fight against that because &#8230; I got too many people counting on me.&#8221;
The former host said he&#8217;s made &#8220;a lot of mistakes&#8221; and revealed he&#8217;s gotten therapy to deal with the fallout from no longer being the number 1 guy on CNN.
&#8220;There is damage that is relatable, there is damage that is unrelatable to people that I have to deal with, that I am working on,&#8221; Cuomo <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chris-cuomo-going-to-kill-everybody-and-myself-firing-2023-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a>.
&#8220;At CNN, I wasn&#8217;t set up to be [No. 1],&#8221; Cuomo said. &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t the big name there, I didn&#8217;t have the big team, they didn&#8217;t do the advertising about me. But I was still No. 1.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ll never be that again,&#8221; he added. &#8220;That was taken from me, I believe wrongly. I&#8217;ll litigate that. I&#8217;m not going to b**** about that it in the press.&#8221;
In December 2021, Cuomo was fired from the network. In March, 2022 the former CNN host filed a $125 million lawsuit against the network after his job was terminated. He demanded $15 million in lost salary and $110 million in further damages, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-demands-125-million-from-cnn-cuomos-journalistic-integrity-unjustifiably-smeared" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported. The case is ongoing, the New York Post noted.
In July 2022, Cuomo announced that he&#8217;d been hired on by NewsNation and promised he would &#8220;try very hard to be  fair,&#8221; as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disgraced-host-chris-cuomo-announces-his-new-news-job-im-going-to-try-very-hard-to-be-fair" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;I&#8217;m going to do the job,&#8221; Cuomo said. &#8220;I&#8217;m going to go where the news is, and I&#8217;m going to try very hard to be fair. And I want to do it here. I want to make a difference. And I&#8217;m really hoping that it makes a difference for you [the viewer]. And I thank NewsNation very much for the opportunity.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disgraced-host-chris-cuomo-announces-his-new-news-job-im-going-to-try-very-hard-to-be-fair">Disgraced Host Chris Cuomo Announces His New News Job: &#8216;I&#8217;m Going To Try Very Hard To Be Fair&#8217;</a>

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Chris Cuomo Says He Wanted ‘To Kill Everybody’ After He Got Fired

Chris Cuomo Says He Wanted 'To Kill Everybody' After He Got Fired

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Former Governor <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/andrew-cuomo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andrew Cuomo</a> (D-NY) let President Joe Biden have it over the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying on Wednesday that he had been wrong to dramatically change border policy without having a good plan in place to mitigate the potential fallout of those changes.
Cuomo made the comments during the most recent episode of his <a href="https://quakemedia.com/show/as-a-matter-of-fact-with-andrew-cuomo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a> — &#8220;As a Matter of Fact &#8230;&#8221; — and he even went so far as to say that &#8220;the southern states were right&#8221; when they warned Biden not to dismantle the policies left in place by former President Donald Trump and the last administration.
&#8220;It was a mistake for President Biden to open the border without having a plan to handle the tremendous flow of people,&#8221; Cuomo explained, adding, &#8220;President Biden had said he would do it in the campaign — but you can’t change a policy unless you have the program in place to manage the change.&#8221;
Cuomo&#8217;s criticism was not necessarily an attack on the Biden administration&#8217;s goals with regard to immigration reform — but rather, he argued that Biden&#8217;s team had made it clear that they either did not anticipate or failed to mitigate the &#8220;consequences of enacting those promises&#8221; that he had made during the campaign.
The disgraced former governor had equal criticism for the border states who had responded to the crisis by busing illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities, but he did acknowledge that Biden&#8217;s border policies had created an unnecessary hardship for them.
&#8220;The southern states were right that opening the border created a tremendous hardship for them to handle. They were right that the federal government was not prepared,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;This is a federal problem. Immigration is a federal responsibility. &#8230; The border is not just the gateway for people, but for drugs. This is on top of a homeless problem that had already strained resources in urban areas.&#8221;
Cuomo went on to say that his successor, Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) should have stepped in to assist when immigrants were bused into New York City — rather than leaving Mayor Eric Adams to <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/this-is-a-free-for-all-nyc-hotel-worker-describes-chaos-as-migrants-have-trashed-rooms-brought-in-drugs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handle the situation</a> on his own — and appeared to throw support behind Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; plan to <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/vp-harris-funnels-money-into-central-american-job-creation-in-effort-to-slow-illegal-immigration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">funnel investments</a> into Central American businesses in an effort to stem the flow of illegal immigration at one of its sources.

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‘The Southern States Were Right’: Andrew Cuomo Rips Into Biden Over Border Crisis

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Celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Salma Hayek, Reese Witherspoon, and more were quick to voice their support for the #MeToo Hollywood non-profit organization <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/weinstein-accuser-blasts-hollywood-me-too-group-for-focusing-on-left-wing-political-interests-instead-of-victims" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Time&#8217;s Up</a> five years ago, but have been absolutely silent now that it&#8217;s collapsed.
Time&#8217;s Up was originally created to fight sexual harassment in the entertainment industry following numerous allegations against Harvey Weinstein. However, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/times-up-metoo-1ac800e48a96357d7fb29c18848c50d2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news recently surfaced that the time is up for Time&#8217;s Up</a>, after it announced it was halting operations and the group&#8217;s remaining $1.7 million in funds were being reallocated to a legal defense fund.
The collapse for the group started two years ago when the head of Time&#8217;s Up Tina Tchen and attorney Roberta Kaplan were found to have helped then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo handle sexual harassment allegations brought by accuser Lindsey Boylan and 10 others, The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/us/times-up-metoo-sexual-harassment.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times</a> reported. The group was also found to remain silent when it came to helping Joe Biden&#8217;s former aide, Tara Reade, in her sexual assault accusations against Biden, the outlet noted. In 2021, the two resigned amid revelations the group was found to be partisan.
But five years ago, things looked very different for the group started by founders Witherspoon and Winfrey, who helped the charity gain huge media attention, the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/us/times-up-metoo-sexual-harassment.html">Times</a> noted. Stars like Michelle Williams, Meryl Streep, and Emma Watson proudly showed off their &#8220;Time’s Up&#8221; pins at the <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/01/07/golden-globes-why-stars-wearing-times-up-pins/1007799001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2018 Golden Globes</a> on their black gowns in support of the group, the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/times-up-metoo-1ac800e48a96357d7fb29c18848c50d2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a> noted.
On stage at the Globes, Winfrey warned abusers that &#8220;Their time is up!&#8221; and was greeted by a standing ovation. A year later, celebrities donned black and white &#8220;Time&#8217;s Up&#8221; <a href="https://www.glamour.com/gallery/golden-globes-2019-times-up-ribbons-red-carpet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ribbons</a> at the 2019 Golden Globes.
However, in 2020 Winfrey walked away from her Apple TV+ documentary that would have highlighted the &#8220;Time&#8217;s Up&#8221; group citing creative differences, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oprah-winfrey-quits-apple-times-up-documentary-2020-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Business Insider</a> noted. 
In August 2021, co-founder Shonda Rhimes, released a statement showing her support for the group&#8217;s agenda amid allegations about Tchen and Kaplan, the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/us/times-up-metoo-sexual-harassment.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NYT</a> noted.
&#8220;The fact that Time&#8217;s Up has become viewed as a receptacle for and the focus of men trying to cover up their obscene behaviors is exhausting to me,&#8221; producer Rhimes shared at the time. &#8220;Saving men, especially predatory men, is not on Time&#8217;s Up agenda.&#8221;
Not long after Tchen and Kaplan&#8217;s resignation, board members Rhimes and Eva Longoria left Time&#8217;s Up, <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/what-does-the-end-of-times-up-mean-for-the-future-of-the-metoo-movement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vogue</a> noted. 
&#8220;Time’s Up is ready for new leadership, and we want to move forcefully toward its new iteration,&#8221; a statement from the exiting board members read, <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/09/shonda-rhimes-eva-longoria-jurnee-smollett-exit-times-up-board-1234827540/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> noted.
In September 2021, <a href="https://variety.com/2021/film/news/eva-longoria-times-up-1235058259/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Longoria defended the group,</a> but shared that there was more work that needed to be done.
&#8220;It&#8217;s okay to make mistakes in the efforts to topple the patriarchy. Mistakes will be made,&#8221; the actress shared. &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t mean the efforts should stop. We have to continue. We&#8217;ve been under thousands of years of a patriarchal society. It&#8217;s not going to topple in the three years that Time&#8217;s Up has existed. We have so much more work to be done.&#8221;
At that same time, the organization&#8217;s advisory <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-times-up-dissolves-advisory-board-that-had-a-listers-like-natalie-portman-jessica-chastain--others-411984" target="_blank" rel="noopener">board</a> quietly dissolved which included a star-studded list of Hollywood&#8217;s leading ladies; Natalie Portman, Jessica Chastain, Laura Dern, Julianne Moore, Janelle Monae, Brie Larson, Tessa Thompson, Padma Lakshmi, America Ferrera, Kerry Washington, Alyssa Milano, and Amy Schumer. 
And all these actresses mentioned connected to the group in some form or another have been absolutely silent since news broke in January about Time&#8217;s Up shutting down operations.
Time&#8217;s Up board member Ashley Judd has remained silent as well about the organization&#8217;s implosion, only sharing in November 2021 that despite the revelations about Tchen and Kaplan, the world needed &#8220;Time&#8217;s Up,&#8221; <a href="https://variety.com/2021/film/columns/times-up-ashley-judd-women-in-hollywood-1235118691/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> noted.
&#8220;We still need Time&#8217;s Up, and that&#8217;s why we&#8217;re going down to the studs, taking a look at the mistakes we made, learning from our errors and being completely transparent and accountable in the same way that we demand other organizations be transparent and accountable,&#8221; Judd said. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to get it right.&#8221;
Judd also promised that Time&#8217;s Up would rise again in 2022.
In January, Judd — one of the last remaining board members — stepped down as Time&#8217;s Up Now and the Time&#8217;s Up Foundation, the two groups that formed what is commonly known as Time&#8217;s Up, shut down, the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/times-up-metoo-1ac800e48a96357d7fb29c18848c50d2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AP</a> noted.
During a recent episode of &#8220;The Megyn Kelly Show&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Z2G-vPrSQ&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&amp;feature=emb_title" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a>, the host asked where are all the stars who spoke out for Time&#8217;s Up now that it&#8217;s collapsed? Because, she said, it went &#8220;partisan&#8221; in the people it supported.
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&#8220;I wanna hear those actresses come out and say they are sorry,&#8221; Kelly stated. &#8220;And that they will fund a new organization that gets back to mission focus of helping anyone whether they are accusing a Democrat or a Republican  who has been harassed at the office. Otherwise they can pound sand.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/crisis-point-metoo-organization-times-up-faces-reckoning-following-attempts-to-shield-powerful-men-from-sexual-misconduct-allegations">CRISIS POINT: #MeToo Organization Time&#8217;s Up Faces Reckoning Following Attempts To Shield Powerful Men From Sexual Misconduct Allegations</a>

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Former New York Governor <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/andrew-cuomo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andrew Cuomo</a> (D) lashed out at some he had considered his &#8220;political friends&#8221; before scandal brought an early end to his time in office.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/cnn-perpetrated-the-worst-kind-of-journalistic-lapse-in-bashing-trump-promoting-andrew-cuomo-experts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cuomo</a> sat for an <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/09/20/andrew-cuomo-on-the-political-friends-who-abandoned-him/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with the New York Post, and he said that even those he expected to have his back seemed to wash their hands of him as soon as the going got tough.
&#8220;Nobody. It was tough. Traumatizing,&#8221; Cuomo said, upon being asked who had stood by him in his time of trouble. &#8220;Biden, a friend 20 years, not knowing details, <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/08/03/biden-says-cuomo-should-resign-hours-after-harassment-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">immediately said about me</a>, &#8216;He’s got to go.&#8217; Biden had troubles years before and I stood by him. Gave him the benefit of the doubt. It was heartbreaking to see him trash me without reading one page, making one phone call.&#8221;
The former governor said more or less the same of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senator Kirsten Gillbrand (D-NY), and Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and even former President Barack Obama.
&#8220;<a href="https://nypost.com/2021/03/17/pelosi-says-gov-cuomo-should-resign-if-probe-finds-him-guilty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pelosi? Please</a>. I know her 30 years. Her daughter worked for me,&#8221; Cuomo explained. &#8220;Obama? He’s been tough. When troubles come you like to think you’re different. You’re not. Enemies and haters accumulate. Schumer, Gillibrand, pals working in the state, friends I respected, <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/03/14/schumer-cuomo-should-resign-amid-awful-crisis-in-new-york/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fell like dominos</a>.&#8221;
Cuomo went on to suggest that they had deserted him because they believed he had lost his &#8220;power&#8221; and could no longer be a political advantage to them.
&#8220;Lose your power and heartless politicians read the tea leaves. You’re dead. Over. Pols grab another piece of meat. The phrase &#8216;political friends&#8217; is an oxymoron,&#8221; he said.
He did admit that his own gruff exterior could have played a role in their willingness to abandon him, saying, &#8220;OK, I’m not warm and fuzzy. What politician is? Maybe my duality started when my father was no longer governor. I saw him hurt. His vulnerabilities exposed. They broke his heart. The press next crucified me, his campaign manager kid. So I learned then not to expose a weakness or show your inner self. You know why? It gets used against you. A reaction becomes &#8216;Now we know where to hurt you.’”
Still, the former governor — who resigned amid <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-andrew-cuomo-to-resign/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">multiple accusations</a> of sexual misconduct and assault in addition to questions about his handling of nursing home policy during the COVID pandemic — made it clear that he was not ready to say that his political career was over.
&#8220;Look, my interest is public service. There are no term limits so I can make another go in four years. I’m someone who delivers. And who knows, could be there’s nobody to beat me. Also who knows — maybe by then I’ll be sweeter,&#8221; he concluded.

Andrew Cuomo Trashes ‘Political Friends’ Pelosi And Biden Who ‘Fell Like Dominoes’ When Things Got Tough

Andrew Cuomo Trashes 'Political Friends' Pelosi And Biden Who 'Fell Like Dominoes' When Things Got Tough

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Former New York Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/andrew-cuomo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andrew Cuomo</a> won a lawsuit Tuesday after a state Supreme Court ruled against a now-disbanded ethics agency that attempted to force the ex-governor to repay $5.1 million in profits he received from a book deal detailing his administration&#8217;s early response to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID</a> pandemic.
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) accused Cuomo last year of misusing state resources and staff to write &#8220;American Crisis: Leadership Lessons From The COVID-19 Pandemic,&#8221; which Cuomo&#8217;s legal team denied, and the governor himself did not dispute that his staff helped with its publication, but only voluntarily.
Politico <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/16/cuomo-wins-lawsuit-over-his-book-deal-00052240" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that Albany County Supreme Court Justice Denise Hartman issued a 17-page decision that sided with Cuomo, determining that the ethics commission overstepped its authority and violated due process by not following the order to bring an action against the former governor.
&#8220;JCOPE was seeking to impose sanctions for Cuomo&#8217;s alleged non-compliance with JCOPE&#8217;s outside activities rules,&#8221; Hartman wrote. However, state law says it can &#8220;impose sanctions only for violation of the statute, not for violations of JCOPE&#8217;s rules.&#8221;
Times Union <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/Judge-rules-against-state-ethics-panel-in-Cuomo-s-17377578.php?utm_source=t.co&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;cmpid=twittersocialflow&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> the judge said, &#8220;JCOPE issued the approval for the outside activity, then unilaterally determined wrongdoing, then withdrew the approval, and finally imposed the disgorgement penalty.&#8221;
Governor Cuomo&#8217;s attorney Rita Glavin said in a statement that the rule of law prevailed and exposed the ethics commission&#8217;s &#8220;utter lawlessness&#8221; against the former New York leader.
&#8220;JCOPE&#8217;s conduct was shameful, unlawful, and a waste of taxpayer&#8217;s funds,&#8221; Glavin said.
Cuomo and the state legislature created the ethics commission a decade ago until it disassembled last March after facing criticism that the 14-member panel controlled decision-making.
Cuomo resigned last year amid allegations of sexual harassment scandals and <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2021/01/28/new-york-undercounted-nursing-home-deaths-by-as-much-50-percent-report-finds-1360742" target="_blank" rel="noopener">misreporting</a> of about 50% of COVID deaths in nursing homes. Republican and Democratic lawmakers lambasted the governor for suppressing the death toll as the ink dried on his contract to write a memoir about his pandemic response.
On March 25, 2020, Andrew Cuomo ordered that COVID-positive senior citizens could not be &#8220;denied re-admission or admission to the [nursing home] solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19.&#8221;
The state reported 6,600 nursing home deaths from the coronavirus in August 2020. The New York Times estimates the accurate number of nursing home deaths total 15,000.
Governor Cuomo&#8217;s aide Melissa DeRosa confessed to state legislators that the administration &#8220;basically&#8221; froze the death toll.
&#8220;We weren&#8217;t sure if what we were going to give to the [Trump administration] Department of Justice … was going to be used against us, [and] we weren&#8217;t sure if there was going to be an investigation,&#8221; DeRosa said.
Democratic state assembly member Ronald Kim went public with the allegations, saying Cuomo called &#8220;to threaten my career if I did not cover up for&#8221; him.
Cuomo still has another ongoing probe into allegations he used state resources to write his book of pandemic memoirs from Attorney General Tish James and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, per Politico.
If the ethics commission revamps with a new panel, Justice Hartman&#8217;s latest opinion suggests it could launch another action against Cuomo if it chooses.
Ben Johnson contributed to this report.

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The morning after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi">Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)</a> conducted a raid on former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">President Donald J. Trump&#8217;s</a> Mar-a-Lago home in Florida, former New York Governor Democrat <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/andrew-cuomo">Andrew Cuomo</a> cautioned that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-justice">Department of Justice (DOJ)</a> &#8220;must immediately explain&#8221; its reasoning or face a negative public perception.
Cuomo — who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-andrew-cuomo-to-resign">stepped down</a> in 2021 in disgrace after being accused of sexual harassment by multiple women — has <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-07/andrew-cuomo-says-he-s-been-vindicated-won-t-rule-out-run">reportedly claimed</a> that his own run-in with the law that led to his resignation was politically motivated. Cuomo — an outspoken Trump critic — now says that the DOJ risks undermining the January 6 Committee&#8217;s investigation into the president&#8217;s involvement in the protest that turned into a riot over the results of the 2020 presidential elections without transparency.
&#8220;DOJ must immediately explain the reason for its raid &amp; it must be more than a search for inconsequential archives or it will be viewed as a political tactic and undermine any future credible investigation &amp; legitimacy of January 6 investigations,&#8221; Cuomo tweeted.
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DOJ must immediately explain the reason for its raid &amp; it must be more than a search for inconsequential archives or it will be viewed as a political tactic and undermine any future credible investigation &amp; legitimacy of January 6 investigations.
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Cuomo&#8217;s tweet surprised many conservatives, given his previous anti-Trump rhetoric and leftist political stances.
&#8220;Even <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/andrewcuomo">@andrewcuomo </a>is disgusted by the communist style tactics used by Joe Biden and his corrupt DOJ,&#8221; CEO of X Strategies Alex Bruesewitz tweeted.
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Even <a href="https://twitter.com/andrewcuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@andrewcuomo</a> is disgusted by the communist style tactics used by Joe Biden and his corrupt DOJ. <a href="https://t.co/nMVfGwDuwS">https://t.co/nMVfGwDuwS</a>
&mdash; Alex Bruesewitz 🍊 (@alexbruesewitz) <a href="https://twitter.com/alexbruesewitz/status/1557014753217740800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I didn’t think it would ever happen but Andrew Cuomo is 100% right here,&#8221; OutKick the Coverage&#8217;s Clay Travis added.
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I didn’t think it would ever happen but Andrew Cuomo is 100% right here. <a href="https://t.co/oYkQ0YDkiF">https://t.co/oYkQ0YDkiF</a>
&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1557011028398972928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) tweeted, &#8220;When they’ve gone too far even for Cuomo….&#8221;
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When they’ve gone too far even for Cuomo…. <a href="https://t.co/FO3fgtTls2">https://t.co/FO3fgtTls2</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1557009483133587457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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There were dozens of more similar tweets in response to Cuomo, but so far, the DOJ and the FBI have refused to comment.
Meanwhile, the White House has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-claims-it-was-blindsided-by-fbi-raid-on-trumps-mar-a-lago-reports">claimed</a> that it was completely unaware that the execution of the search warrant would occur.
According to multiple reports, the White House said it learned about the raid on Twitter, at the same time the media did.
New York Times reporter Jonathan Martin <a href="https://twitter.com/jmartNYT/status/1556783614582571008">tweeted</a> Monday night, &#8220;Senior White House officials found out about the FBI’s Mar a Lago raid on Twitter, had no notice, per source familiar.&#8221;
CBS News reporter Ed O’Keefe said a top Biden official told him the same thing.
“No advance knowledge. Some learned from old media some from social media,” O’Keefe quoted a senior administration official when <a class="x5l" href="https://twitter.com/edokeefe/status/1556790991570538496" target="_blank" rel="noopener external">asked</a> about the event.
In a lengthy statement, Trump initially <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-fbi-raids-trumps-home-at-mar-a-lago">announced</a> the dramatic raid decrying what he characterized as a political move.
The investigation is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-details-emerge-about-what-fbi-agents-were-searching-for-in-raid-on-trump-home-report-says">reportedly</a> centered around classified material Trump brought to Mar-a-Lago from the White House.

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Andrew Cuomo: ‘DOJ Must Immediately Explain The Reason For Its Raid’

Andrew Cuomo: 'DOJ Must Immediately Explain The Reason For Its Raid'

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Disgraced television host Chris Cuomo announced Tuesday night that he has landed a new job in the news media and that he is going to try to be fair after he was routinely criticized for being a hardcore leftist while at CNN.
&#8220;Well, you are a part of my decision. I respect that you asked the questions. I think that&#8217;s how you show respect to our relationship is that you didn&#8217;t fake the funk. You asked what needs to be asked, I respect you for that,&#8221; Cuomo groveled to anchor Dan Abrams. &#8220;I respect how you do the job. I&#8217;ve been jealous of you while I&#8217;ve been away, watching.&#8221;
&#8220;And I want to help. I want to find a way to help people. I&#8217;m going to come to NewsNation. And I want to build something special here, work with Dan, work with the team here. They&#8217;ve got great people who are really hungry to make a difference in ways that I think matter,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I had decided that I can&#8217;t go back to what people see as the big game. I don&#8217;t think I can make a difference there. I think we need insurgent media. I think we need outlets that aren&#8217;t fringe and just trying to fill their pockets.&#8221;
In trying to gain the trust of viewers, Cuomo warned them not to listen to people who tell them, &#8220;Don&#8217;t listen to anybody else, only listen to me,&#8221; which is effectively the same thing Cuomo was saying.
&#8220;I&#8217;m going to do the job. I&#8217;m going to go where the news is, and I&#8217;m going to try very hard to be fair,&#8221; Cuomo claimed. &#8220;And I want to do it here. I want to make a difference. And I&#8217;m really hoping that it makes a difference for you [the viewer]. And I thank NewsNation very much for the opportunity.&#8221;
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BREAKING: Chris Fredo Cuomo announces new show on News Nation. A move that could seriously cripple the network&#39;s credibility as an honest news source. &quot;I&#39;m going to try very hard to be fair,&quot; Chris claims. &quot;A great, great get,&quot; is how Dan Abrams described the move. <a href="https://t.co/GZZXDJY8Af">pic.twitter.com/GZZXDJY8Af</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1552114097830993921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The Washington Post <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-disgraced-former-cnn-host-chris-cuomo-gets-hired-by-news-network">reported</a> that the small cable news network aims to provide “down-the-middle, unbiased news reporting and analysis.” It’s unclear how Cuomo helps NewsNation reach its objective considering that he was fired while under investigation at CNN over his alleged role in trying to help his brother, then-New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo, navigate a sexual misconduct scandal that ultimately led to his resignation.
Chris Cuomo filed a $125 million lawsuit against CNN, demanding $15 million in lost salary and $110 million in further damages, after he was terminated.
Debra S. Katz, a left-wing attorney, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-responds-to-sexual-misconduct-allegations-made-against-him">said</a> in a statement in December that she was representing a client who claimed that Chris Cuomo engaged in “serious sexual misconduct” against her at another network.
Katz said she notified CNN of the allegations and that the allegations are ultimately what led to Chris Cuomo being fired from CNN. Katz said in a statement that Cuomo demonstrated hypocrisy when he claimed he cared “very deeply” about the issue of sexual harassment only to be revealed in an investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James to have aided his brother’s efforts to &#8220;smear&#8221; his accusers.

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Disgraced Host Chris Cuomo Announces His New News Job: ‘I’m Going To Try Very Hard To Be Fair’

Disgraced Host Chris Cuomo Announces His New News Job: 'I'm Going To Try Very Hard To Be Fair'

Sidney Wolf, a former senior policy adviser for Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/andrew-cuomo">Andrew Cuomo</a> (D-NY), was struck and killed by a car Sunday after a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lyft">Lyft</a> driver forced him to exit the vehicle, according to police.
The 43-year-old father of two was riding with a group of five friends on Coastal Highway in Delaware in the early hours of Sunday morning, Fox 5 <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/maryland-man-killed-after-lyft-driver-ends-ride-on-dewey-beach-highway-sidney-wolf-former-cuomo-advisor">reported</a>. Wolf and his friends were told to get out of the Lyft vehicle in the middle of the highway before he was fatally struck by another car.
“This is an extremely difficult time for our family,” the Wolf family wrote in a statement to Fox 5. “The level of shock and pain we feel right now cannot be measured as we continue to grieve. We truly appreciate the outpouring of love and support we’ve received and kindly request that the family’s privacy is respected as we move through this process.”
According to police, a disagreement arose between the Lyft driver and the passengers. The driver then stopped in the left lane and forced the passengers to exit the vehicle, according to a police report. Wolf was hit when a Toyota Corolla switched lanes to avoid hitting the Lyft vehicle but did not see Wolf standing in the road. Wolf died on the scene, and the other passengers were unharmed.
The driver of the Toyota pulled over, but according to detectives, the Lyft driver fled the scene in what is believed to be a white Honda Pilot and has yet to be identified by authorities.
A Lyft spokesperson told Fox 5 that the company was “heartbroken” by Wolf’s tragic death. “Our hearts are with the victim&#8217;s loved ones during this incredibly difficult time, and we’ve reached out to the ride requester to offer our support. We are in contact with law enforcement and will assist them however we can,” Lyft said in a statement.
A <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/sid-wolf-and-his-family?qid=15ef02d14636a8417d3f72e612bcd0dc">GoFundMe</a> set up Monday for Wolf’s family described the former governor&#8217;s adviser as a great husband, father, friend, and neighbor. The fundraiser quickly reached over $50,000.

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Former Senior Staffer For Andrew Cuomo Struck Dead By Car After Lyft Driver Forced Him Out On Highway, Police Say

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Former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo launched his own podcast on Thursday — &#8220;The Chris Cuomo Project&#8221; — marking his official return to broadcasting since he was <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/cancelled-cuomo-loses-cnn-job-radio-gig-now-book-contract-pulled/">terminated</a> by CNN last December.
Cuomo was ousted from the cable news giant after reports broke that he had been instrumental in advising his brother — former Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) — amid multiple scandals including his handling of the COVID pandemic and allegations of sexual harassment and assault.
The former &#8220;Cuomo Prime Time&#8221; anchor addressed that situation briefly during his first broadcast, sharing a few comments but noting that he had to be respectful of any ongoing investigations.
&#8220;Now for me, the past is the past, and there is no benefit to you if I re-litigate what was said and done involving my brother,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;And there are some outstanding legal fights that I have to respect, but let me be clear. I really do regret how everything ended, but I will never regret helping my family. I promised my father, I would always be there for my brother and I always will be just like he has always been there for me, just like my sisters have been there for me and have been there for him. That’s family,&#8221; Cuomo explained.
As for the new podcast, Cuomo promised fair conversation and dialogue, arguing that progress could only come if people were open-minded and ready to engage with each other.
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Watch/listen here: <a href="https://t.co/YOrvsBFfxH">https://t.co/YOrvsBFfxH</a> <a href="https://t.co/TXeiTKY2a7">pic.twitter.com/TXeiTKY2a7</a>
&mdash; Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisCuomo/status/1550240057352658947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Cuomo went on to note that, despite his support for his brother and his late father — former Governor Mario Cuomo (D-NY) — he didn&#8217;t always see eye to political eye even with members of his own family.
&#8220;I love my father. I love my brother. I respect them both tremendously, but I’m no Democrat. Not simply because I’m in the media and I am not here to make any of you feel comfortable being a lefty. I want you to question why you are,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;I have Republicans, I have Trumpers among my friends and I mean my real friends, not just, you know, people, I take pictures with at events. My first vote ever — How many reporters tell you this? My first vote ever, George H. W. Bush, 1988.&#8221;
&#8220;That was my first vote that I ever cast,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;But I’m not a Republican either. Now here’s the truth. I am not Democrat or Republican, but not because of what I think of them. It’s because I reject both. I am anti the two-party partisanship. I don’t believe in it. I think the two-party system is part of our problem!&#8221;
Toward that end, one of Cuomo&#8217;s upcoming guests was a former Democratic presidential candidate who left that party to create his own: Andrew Yang.
&#8220;Let&#8217;s do it again!&#8221; Yang tweeted. &#8220;I&#8217;m one of the first guests on @chriscuomo&#8217;s new podcast/interiew series &#8216;The Chris Cuomo Project&#8217; for Free Agents that drops this Thursday on YouTube and wherever you get podcasts. We talk @fwd_party, the media, political independence and much more.&#8221;
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Let’s do it again! I’m one of the first guests on <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisCuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisCuomo</a>’s new podcast / interview series “The Chris Cuomo Project” for Free Agents that drops this Thursday on YouTube and wherever you get podcasts. We talk <a href="https://twitter.com/Fwd_Party?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Fwd_Party</a>, the media, political independence and much more. 👍🚀🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/NMR9bwintu">pic.twitter.com/NMR9bwintu</a>
&mdash; Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 (@AndrewYang) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1549168109671501824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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SiriusXM’s Chris Cuomo Hosts A Bipartisan Conversation With Former Governors Christine Todd Whitman And Jennifer Granholm

‘I Will Never Regret Helping My Family’: Defiant Chris Cuomo Launches Podcast In The Wake Of CNN Exile

Defiant Chris Cuomo Launches Podcast In The Wake Of CNN Exile

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Reacting to the atmospheric change on Twitter since the advent of the Elon Musk era, Fox News Meteorologist Janice Dean, whose relentless and determined pursuit of former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for his nursing home scandal made her a beloved figure among conservatives but also a target of leftists, celebrated on Thursday, “People have been much nicer on twitter the last few days. Many of the trolls have crawled back into their caves.”
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People have been much nicer on twitter the last few days. Many of the trolls have crawled back into their caves.
&mdash; Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaniceDean/status/1519617690389950468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In June 2020, Dean, whose husband tragically lost both his parents to COVID-19, slammed CNN for a nine-minute interview with Cuomo in which they never asked him about the state’s prior policy on returning nursing home residents to their homes even if they had the virus.
Dean tweeted, “@CNN doesn’t ask @NYGovCuomo about nursing home deaths. Shame on @PoppyHarlowCNN and @jimsciutto. Bravo to @SRuhle on @MSNBC for being a journalist.”
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.⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNN</a>⁩ Doesn&#39;t Ask ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYGovCuomo</a>⁩ About Nursing Home Deaths. Shame on ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/PoppyHarlowCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PoppyHarlowCNN</a>⁩ and ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/jimsciutto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jimsciutto</a>⁩. Bravo to ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/SRuhle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SRuhle</a>⁩ on ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MSNBC</a>⁩ for being a Journalist. <a href="https://t.co/6lBLYRGF8L">https://t.co/6lBLYRGF8L</a>
&mdash; Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaniceDean/status/1275142308921585664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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She followed by tweeting, “How hard is it to ask the question about 6,000+ New York seniors that were sitting ducks thanks to @NYGov Cuomo’s order to contaminate nursing homes with Covid positive patients? What if it was 6,000 kids? Would that make a difference? It shouldn’t. Do your job @CNN.”
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How hard is it to ask the question about 6,000+ New York seniors that were sitting ducks thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYGovCuomo</a>’s order to contaminate nursing homes with Covid positive patients? What if it was 6,000 kids? Would that make a difference? It shouldn’t. Do your job <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNN</a>
&mdash; Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaniceDean/status/1275143363625472002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Dean continued, “Actually I amend this tweet. I don’t think @NYGovCuomo has EVER been asked the nursing home death question on @CNN. So Jim and Poppy would’ve broken new ground over there had they asked it.”
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Actually I amend this tweet. I don’t think <a href="https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYGovCuomo</a> has EVER been asked the nursing home death question on <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNN</a> So Jim and Poppy would’ve broken new ground over there had they asked it.
&mdash; Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaniceDean/status/1275150244603473922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In October 2020, appearing on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Today&#8221; show, Cuomo discussed his new book, “American Crisis,&#8221; that spoke of his &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/American-Crisis-Leadership-COVID-19-Pandemic/dp/0593239261/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&amp;keywords=american+crisis&amp;qid=1602516685&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-3">hard-won lessons in leadership and his vision for the path forward</a>.&#8221; During the interview, Cuomo likened the COVID-19 pandemic to a sporting event, claiming, “The game isn’t over.”
Cuomo’s comments enraged Dean, who fired on Twitter: “Profiting on the deaths of over 30,000 New Yorkers. … Also, the governor refers to the pandemic and the deaths of our loved ones (as) ‘a game.’”
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Also, the governor refers to the pandemic and the deaths of our loved ones “a game.”
&mdash; Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaniceDean/status/1315638004061474818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In December 2020, <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/cuomo-santas-going-to-be-very-good-to-me-i-worked-hard-this-year-dean-fires-to-help-kill-seniors-jobs-new-york-state/">speaking at a press conference</a>, Cuomo, seemingly unconscious of how many New Yorkers had died from the virus during his tenure, stated:
<blockquote>There’s going to be a time when people turn around and say, “Why did 57 people die and why did we have more people die than anywhere else?” You don’t want to answer that question, and the answer can’t be because we played politics.</blockquote>
Then he turned to how great his holiday was going to be, boasting; “So. A healthy holiday, and I’m going to have a great one.  Santa’s going to be very good to me; I can tell. I worked hard this year.”
Cuomo’s blithe statement triggered a blunt reply from Dean, who fired back, “Worked hard to help kill seniors, jobs and New York State in general?”
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Worked hard to help kill seniors, jobs and New York State in general?
&mdash; Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaniceDean/status/1341067695404539904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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‘Many Of The Trolls Have Crawled Back Into Their Caves’: Janice Dean Celebrates Musk Era On Twitter

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Chris Cuomo, who spent years as the highest-rated anchor on low-rated CNN’s prime time roster, has filed a bombshell legal complaint, exposing numerous previously unknown scandals involving his former employer.
If Cuomo’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-demands-125-million-from-cnn-cuomos-journalistic-integrity-unjustifiably-smeared">$125 million</a> arbitration request is to be believed, even the most cynical view of how CNN executives deliberately skewed the network’s political coverage against Republicans and in favor of Democrats, flouted journalistic ethics, and cozied up to powerful politicos for their own benefit is too kind.
Here are a few of the most damning allegations Chris Cuomo makes in his latest legal filings, which were obtained and <a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Cuomo-CNN-Arbitration-Demand-1.pdf">published</a> by Deadline.
1. CNN’s leaders advised then-Governor Andrew Cuomo — and gave him advice on &#8216;responding&#8217; to Trump 
Chris Cuomo first encountered real turbulence with CNN leaders when The Washington Post reported that he advised his brother, then New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D), on how to handle numerous allegations of sexual harassment. The network later suspended him on the grounds that his role exceeded anything he disclosed. But Cuomo maintains not only that the network knew all about his role in helping his brother, but that the network brass advised Governor Cuomo themselves.
“Until May 2021, CNN never asked Cuomo to stop or curtail his efforts to assist his brother through the sexual harassment allegations, despite being fully aware of Cuomo’s role assisting him,” the filing says — an allegation it makes numerous times.
But then comes a new wrinkle according to Cuomo&#8217;s filing: Then-CNN President Jeff Zucker and his paramour Allison Gollust — Governor Cuomo’s former communications director — gave Governor Cuomo advice regarding his handling of COVID-19.
“Zucker and Gollust acted as advisors to Gov. Cuomo during this time by providing him with talking points and strategies for responding to statements made by then-President Donald Trump,” says Chris Cuomo’s legal brief.
Furthermore, Cuomo alleges that Gollust also gave advice to the governor about how to respond to the sexual harassment allegations. He cited a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/cnn-probe-finds-allison-gollust-assisted-chris-cuomo-in-his-efforts-to-help-andrew-cuomo-11645829880">Wall Street Journal article</a> that notes Gollust “sent Chris Cuomo a sentence she said she would have added to a statement that Andrew Cuomo had issued earlier that day in February of last year, after an accuser went public.”
Gollust also asked Cuomo “whether one of Gov. Cuomo’s accusers had ever said publicly that Gov. Cuomo had never touched her, saying that CNN should report on such a statement if it had been made,” Cuomo’s legal complaint says.
Gollust strongly denied the charges through spokeswoman Risa Heller. “Allison Gollust never offered advice or counsel to Andrew Cuomo. Period,” Heller told WSJ. “If she wanted to advise the governor, she could have called or texted him directly (she didn’t).” Heller went on to call Gollust’s texts “mundane” and “innocuous” while dismissing the accusations as “farfetched.”
2. CNN arranged the questions Andrew Cuomo would be asked on the air 
Allison Gollust “agreed to pre-arrange questions for Gov. Cuomo in advance of interviews,” Chris Cuomo states. Then-Governor Cuomo had a longstanding relationship with Gollust, whom he <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-cnn-exec-gollust-gleefully-texted-andrew-cuomo-trump">hired</a> as his communications director between her stints working with Zucker at NBC and CNN (October 2012 until March 2013). The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/18/business/media/allison-gollust-cnn-cuomo.html">reported</a> that before a March 2020 CNN interview:
<blockquote>Governor Cuomo had told a senior CNN executive, Allison Gollust, about subjects that he’d like to be asked about on air, according to several people familiar with the matter. Ms. Gollust, CNN’s longtime chief of communications and marketing and a former top aide of the governor, passed along the topics to CNN producers and then reported back to the governor.
“Done,” she wrote.</blockquote>
The newspaper of record noted it is “unusual” for a senior producer to be involved in this stage of the interview process, especially one involving a former employer. Even Gollust seemed to find the arrangement unusual, texting the governor, “I’m pretty sure I stopped being your publicist 8 years ago, but apparently I still am.” But Rolling Stone reported that Gollust praised Governor Cuomo after a CNN interview, “Well done . . . Cuomo-W. Trump-L.”
The interlude adds fuel to the notion that Gollust and Governor Cuomo’s relationship amounted to a never-ending quid pro quo. For instance, Gollust’s spokeswoman acknowledges that Gollust asked the governor to help a friend get past bureaucratic red tape in order to open a business.
Gollust once texted Cuomo, “I never ask you for favors, but . . .” Cuomo replied, “Yes, u do ask me for favors, and that’s okay. It’s mutual.” That favoritism apparently extended to CNN interviews. “The network brass’s interactions with the governor represented <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-perpetrated-the-worst-kind-of-journalistic-lapse-in-bashing-trump-promoting-andrew-cuomo-experts">the worst kind of journalistic lapse</a>,” wrote journalist Tatiana Siegel.
3. CNN told Chris Cuomo to conduct his &#8216;comedic&#8217; interviews with his brother
One of Chris Cuomo’s most controversial on-air interactions came during a series of interviews he conducted with his brother during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also the height of Governor Cuomo’s popularity, as the media built him up as a competent Democratic alternative to President Donald Trump. But Chris Cuomo says he never wanted to perform any of the interviews; he and his brother were forced.
“Despite Cuomo’s and Gov. Cuomo’s expressed reservations, CNN demanded through its leadership that Cuomo interview Gov. Cuomo frequently.” That request came from Allison Gollust, who “communicated directly with Gov. Cuomo to tell him how ‘important’ it was to Zucker that Gov. Cuomo appear on Cuomo’s show,” alleges Chris Cuomo.
The younger Cuomo says he and his brother dutifully complied with the network’s order to appear together on camera as frequently as possible. “Indeed, between March 19, 2020 and June 24, 2020, Gov. Cuomo appeared on Cuomo’s program nine times. These interviews became wildly popular among viewers, and CNN benefited enormously from the resulting ratings bonanza,” the complaint says.
The two brothers gave CNN viewers a rehash of the classic <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuyLbp1kQxY">Smothers Brothers’ sibling rivalry act</a> from the 1960s. Chris also engaged in prop comedy with multiple oversized Q-tips supposedly being used to test his brother for COVID-19. For his part, the governor yucked it up, calling himself “a cool dude in a loose mood.”
A <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/business/media/brothers-cuomo-andrew-chris.html?smid=emshare.">New York Times article</a> of that era described Zucker as moving news in the direction of “reality television.” But NowThis News at the time <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHGhAIEqJcg">called</a> the brothers “America&#8217;s Favorite TV Family.”
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4. CNN brass hinted they would fire Chris Cuomo if Andrew Cuomo appeared on other networks
Jeffrey Zucker and Allison Gollust supposedly used Chris Cuomo’s employment as a bargaining chip to keep Governor Andrew Cuomo from appearing on other networks — and to maximize the then-popular governor’s appearances on CNN. “CNN, through executives Zucker and Zucker’s second-in- command, Allison Gollust … made a concerted effort to cement and strengthen the network’s ties to Gov. Cuomo and his administration and control his media presence for CNN’s exclusive benefit. CNN pushed Gov. Cuomo not to appear on other networks, intimating that not honoring CNN’s request might threaten [Chris] Cuomo’s professional standing with the network,” the legal complaint says.
The network also allegedly “requested that Gov. Cuomo hold his daily COVID-19 press conference at a time that was most suitable for the network based on its program schedule and when its ratings were weakest.” The time when CNN’s “ratings were weakest” should have given Governor Cuomo a significant range of time to choose from.
5. CNN execs used their relationship with Governor Cuomo to get COVID-19 tests
An early Chris Cuomo scandal occurred when he was accused of gaining access to highly sought-after COVID-19 rapid tests thanks to his family connections to the governor. It later emerged that Chris Cuomo was offered <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-was-offered-early-access-to-covid-19-treatment">human blood</a> plasma from a donor who had recovered from COVID-19, an experimental treatment before the vaccine became available. But Chris Cuomo’s legal filings say CNN network executives exploited their proximity to Governor Andrew Cuomo for the same purpose. “Notably, for years CNN did not discipline Gollust or Zucker for their egregious violations of CNN policy, including both Gollust and Zucker using their privileged access to Gov. Cuomo to secure COVID tests,” Cuomo says.
6. CNN has no journalistic ethics
Chris Cuomo’s arbitration complaint establishes numerous allegations that CNN had no real journalistic code of ethics. Zucker selectively applied rules to shield favored commentators and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-fires-rick-santorum-after-he-claimed-founding-fathers-birthed-a-nation-from-nothing">punish disfavored employees</a> (especially <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rick-santorums-firing-proves-cnn-doesnt-want-to-hear-anyone-who-sounds-like-you">political conservatives</a>):
<blockquote>CNN has a long-established pattern and practice of selectively enforcing its policies based on cynical calculations of public perception. Indeed, CNN fostered a culture in which ‘exceptions’ to the network’s standards and practices were routinely sanctioned, and that culture began at the top with Zucker and Gollust. As long as CNN’s ratings would not be hurt, Zucker and Gollust were more than willing to overlook major transgressions by CNN personalities such as Don Lemon and Jake Tapper, or even to engage in blatant misconduct themselves.</blockquote>
Cuomo notes that actor Jussie Smollett said during his trial that CNN&#8217;s Don Lemon told him that Chicago police did not believe his tale that angry men attacked him and threw a noose around his neck as they shouted, “This is MAGA country!” Cuomo mentions CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin’s restoration at the network following his “sordid act of sexual harassment.”
Interestingly, Chris Cuomo cites Fox News as a — to coin a phrase — reliable source when it comes to the activities of his former CNN colleagues. “Fox News reported on September 10, 2020 that CNN anchor Jake Tapper had repeatedly urged Congressional candidate Sean Parnell not to run against Rep. Conor Lamb, but to run in a ‘safer,’ more heavily Republican district,” Cuomo’s complaint notes, adding that the network took no action against Tapper.
This author reported allegations that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-cnn-employee-says-outlet-has-no-real-ethical-code">CNN has no real ethical code</a> and tilted its journalistic ethics as it saw fit. “You won’t see any rules that are etched in stone so that a violation could be a firing offense,” said Steve Holmes, who spent a decade at CNN before retiring during Zucker’s tenure at CNN. “They can’t say that [Cuomo]’s violated any written policies because there aren’t any, period.” Cuomo essentially endorsed that view, saying, “CNN fostered a culture in which the network’s standards and practices were a constantly moving target, modified at CNN executives’ discretion as they saw fit.”
7. Chris Cuomo thinks he has journalistic integrity
Chris Cuomo’s phenomenal $125 million figure comes, because he’s seeking the remaining $15 million due to him under the terms of his contract, plus $110 million in damages against CNN. The reason? From now on, no one will take him seriously as a journalist.
“Cuomo has had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-demands-125-million-from-cnn-cuomos-journalistic-integrity-unjustifiably-smeared">his journalistic integrity unjustifiably smeared</a>,” his legal complaint stated. “As a direct result of CNN’s calculated efforts to tar and feather him, Cuomo is now untouchable in the world of broadcast journalism, effectively bringing his storied career to a premature end and costing him decades of earnings, exceeding $125 million in consequential damages.”
The use of the word “untouchable” may be ironic. But so, too, are his claims of journalism. In 2020, Tucker Carlson released a tape of Chris Cuomo coaching Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen on how to answer questions at the network. The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-carlson-releases-bombshell-tape-of-cuomo-coaching-cohen-on-how-to-answer-interview-questions">reported</a> Carlson’s summary of the tape:
<blockquote>“Michael Cohen was worried about doing the interview because he knew he’d get questions about the payments he made to Stormy Daniels. He wanted Chris Cuomo to tell him what to say,” Carlson continued. “Now on TV, Cuomo might’ve launched into a lecture about how it’s wrong to send money to strippers, but in private, he skipped that lecture.”
“‘You will be asked that,’ Chris Cuomo told Michael Cohen, and you can say, ‘I did it for him, for Donald Trump. My relationship has always been for him. I’ve always said I don’t speak for the campaign, I speak for him as his attorney,&#8217;” Carlson continued. “Cuomo went on to elaborate, ‘And to the question of motive,’ he told Cohen, ‘the response would have to be, you can speculate as to why you think I did it all day long, but the only answer is my answer, and I just told you why I did it. You don’t get to speculate because if you can’t prove that I got paid back by Trump or the campaign, it is slander and defamation for you to say that I did.&#8217;”</blockquote>
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Reflections
All of the foregoing is offered with the caveat that this comes from Chris Cuomo’s legal complaint. It may well be false; given Cuomo’s journalistic standards, one would hardly be surprised. But this reporter has included the few responses the subjects have offered; for the most part, they have refused public comment. And the discerning viewer needed no internal document to know something was rotten during Zucker’s highly contentious tenure as network president, which saw the fall of CNN’s ratings eclipsed only by its journalistic integrity, balance, and reliability — a fall Cuomo’s legal brief confirms in every particular.

The 7 Most Underreported CNN Scandals In Chris Cuomo’s Legal Complaint

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Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is floating a political comeback months after leaving office in disgrace following accusations of sexual misconduct.
The former Democratic governor said Thursday that he is open to running for governor as well as launching a new political party to do so. Cuomo resigned as governor in August after New York Attorney General Letitia James published a <a href="https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2021.08.03_nyag_-_investigative_report.pdf">report</a> concluding that Cuomo “sexually harassed a number of” women.
Cuomo spoke to a group of clergy gathered in a small Pentecostal church in the Bronx Thursday, the ex-governor’s second public address in two weeks as he appears to work his way back into public life.
“I’m open to all options,” Cuomo said when asked if he was considering another run for office, according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-17/cuomo-says-he-s-open-to-running-for-n-y-governor-again">Bloomberg</a>. Asked if he would consider creating another political party for the bid, Cuomo answered, “I’ve done it before. My father’s done it before.”
Cuomo previously started a new party in 2014 during his run for reelection as governor of New York. Cuomo launched a party called the Women’s Equality Party in an effort to appeal to women telling stories of sexual harassment at the hands of powerful men. Critics called the move a cynical ploy to draw voters away from the progressive Working Families Party, at the time considering backing Cuomo’s progressive challenger.
Since leaving office, Cuomo has maintained his innocence and blamed “cancel culture” for pushing him out. In February, Cuomo <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-07/andrew-cuomo-says-he-s-been-vindicated-won-t-rule-out-run">said</a> that if he could go back, he would never have resigned from office. “I never resigned because I said I did something wrong. I said, I’m resigning because I don’t want to be a distraction,” the former governor said.
Cuomo resigned in disgrace last year amid numerous allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct as well as bipartisan anger over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. In February 2021, some Democratic legislators began calling for impeachment proceedings against the then-sitting governor over his COVID-19 policies surrounding the virus’ impact on nursing homes and New York&#8217;s elderly.
“Cuomo abused his powers to hide life and death information from the Department of Justice that prevented lawmakers from legislating – like fully repealing corporate immunity for nursing homes. That is an impeachable offense,” New York State Assemblyman Ron Kim <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/an-impeachable-offense-new-york-democrat-demands-cuomo-face-inquiry-over-nursing-home-order">said</a> in a social media post.
“The only way to protect the integrity of the co-equal branch of the state government, AKA the ‘People’s House,’ is to start impeachment,” he added.
Democratic state Sen. Julia Salazar said at the time: “I’ve seen enough. We need real accountability for this.”
“This is a betrayal of the public trust,” Democratic state Sen. Andrew Gounardes added. “There needs to be full accountability for what happened, and the legislature needs to reconsider its broad grant of emergency powers to the governor.”
The wave of Democratic resistance to the then-governor came after one of his aides told Democrats in the state legislature that the governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/betrayal-of-public-trust-cuomo-faces-calls-for-accountability-resignation-after-top-aide-admits-cover-up">hid</a> the true toll of COVID-19 on the state’s nursing homes to avoid scrutiny from the Trump administration’s Department of Justice.

Ex-NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Floats Political Comeback, Launch Of New Political Party

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