Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference in Albany (Office of the Governor of New York/AP)The New York state Assembly will suspend its impeachment investigation into Governor Andrew Cuomo once he steps down, the chamber’s top Democrat said. The state attorney general last week released an independent investigation that found Mr Cuomo sexually harassed at least 11 women. Nevertheless, Mr Heastie said, the evidence the committee had gathered “could likely have resulted in articles of impeachment had he not resigned”. Since March, outside lawyers have been helping the committee conduct a wide-ranging investigation on whether there were grounds to impeach Mr Cuomo, a Democrat. Some Democrats, including Assembly member Ron Kim, had urged the Assembly to impeach Mr Cuomo anyway to prevent him from running for office again in New York.

Source: Irish Independent August 13, 2021 18:45 UTC