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bigtree

(85,971 posts)
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 06:13 PM Feb 2021

Cuomo press sec: 'No flight where accuser was alone with the governor, a single press aide & a NYS'

Cuomo’s press secretary, Caitlin Girouard, dismissed Boylan’s allegations.

"As we said before, Ms. Boylan's claims of inappropriate behavior are quite simply false," Girouard said in a statement.

Girouard cited flight logs detailing Cuomo’s plane trips in Oct. 2017, noting that there was "no flight where Lindsey was alone with the governor, a single press aide and a NYS" as she claimed in the blog post.

Cuomo’s press secretary also cited a joint statement from several former aides who shared flights with the governor and Boylan during that period – John Maggiore, Howard Zemsky, Dani Lever and Abbey Fashouer Collins – who denied the event occurred as Boylan described.

"We were on each of these October flights and this conversation did not happen," the aides said.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cuomo-aide-denies-lindsey-boylan-claim-governor-asked-her-to-play-strip-poker-during-2017-flight

...to be clear, not taking a position on this accusation (which I think should be taken seriously and pursued if found credible by appropriate investigators), just providing the rebuttal.

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Cuomo press sec: 'No flight where accuser was alone with the governor, a single press aide & a NYS' (Original Post) bigtree Feb 2021 OP
There will be more allegations against Democrats across board . . . Iliyah Feb 2021 #1
Cue the 'sex scandal'! Budi Feb 2021 #2
I think there is a concerted effort underway to poli-junkie Feb 2021 #3
New some too. Dream Girl Feb 2021 #5
Franchise Laundry? ChubbyStar Feb 2021 #13
French Laundry - spellcheck Dream Girl Feb 2021 #16
Really spellcheck changes French into Franchise? ChubbyStar Feb 2021 #17
They're trying to do him in for 2024. Just like with Biden. Pick off the strongest potential Dream Girl Feb 2021 #4
I don't get what you mean by 'Al Frankenstein'? MerryBlooms Feb 2021 #10
Franken- spell check. I'm a fan. Dream Girl Feb 2021 #12
Okay, thanks. n/t MerryBlooms Feb 2021 #18
Is he planning on running against Biden Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #11
Frankenstein??!! tblue37 Feb 2021 #23
There was something questionable about this when she first JI7 Feb 2021 #6
Repukes are attempting to recall Gavin Newsom. poli-junkie Feb 2021 #7
Thanks. This is great information, and amazing that it comes from Fox News! George II Feb 2021 #8
I began to wonder when it was mentioned it was on a taxpayer owned jet BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #9
That's a good point. I just did some google searches, no direct references to type of aircraft but.. George II Feb 2021 #15
Yeah, his primary fixed wing is a Beechcraft King Air BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #19
The rickety King Air ChubbyStar Feb 2021 #21
Nah, just an aviation nerd. BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #26
My father had some great John McCain stories ChubbyStar Feb 2021 #27
That was another thing that I saw online - he and many of his administration are concerned about.... George II Feb 2021 #25
The dam has broken and there is blood in the water. Klaralven Feb 2021 #14
I guess Roger Stone Corgigal Feb 2021 #20
Like all such charges this should be taken seriously dsc Feb 2021 #22
Someone really wants Cuomo gone. gldstwmn Feb 2021 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Feb 2021 #28
What Legal Defense ? JI7 Feb 2021 #29
you need an actual case before you're talking 'legal defense' bigtree Feb 2021 #30
So the game is on to take down Cuomo. radius777 Feb 2021 #31

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
1. There will be more allegations against Democrats across board . . .
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 06:36 PM
Feb 2021

in the coming months and years. Recalls too as well as impeachments.

Disenfranchised and suppression voting bills and RW judges in favor of them going all the way up to the US SC.

The GOP do not have the numbers and are losing more party members and I presume either they don't care or are just plain in denial.

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
2. Cue the 'sex scandal'!
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 06:38 PM
Feb 2021

Boylan ran against Jerry Nadler, 2020 election, getting 20% of the vote.

2 bit bet she launches a campaign on the back of this story.
We'll wait & see who comes to her defense in supporting her campaign against a Dem target.

I am really glad the entire team with whom she worked, came out with this stayement of bs.

Why does the sex scandal always come out in a election campaign, again?

Problem is, I'd totally support her IF her story wasn't now debunked, as she tells it.
But fk the opportunisim if it was enhanced for salacious impact & in an approaching election cycle,.

Go ahead & Raise your Profile but the 'nothing like a good old sex scandal' approach is becoming overused & demeans those who's case is legitimate.

When the very group of people who know you professionally & personally, work with you every day & make a clear statement proving the scandal didn't quite happen, or happen at all, as told, Because They Were All Actually In The Same Room, then what was it all worth?

Who's planning a run against Cuomo?
Will be interesting to see where she lands in 2022.


This salacious sex scandal bs that really sorta, never actually happened but..but....
Really pisses me off.
Roger Stone, king of sex scandal political targeting & David Sirota (ahem, Tara Reade) would be proud...🤮

poli-junkie

(996 posts)
3. I think there is a concerted effort underway to
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 06:49 PM
Feb 2021

recall / falsely accuse Democratic governors out of their offices. Follow the money of the recallers/accusers.

 

Dream Girl

(5,111 posts)
4. They're trying to do him in for 2024. Just like with Biden. Pick off the strongest potential
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 06:52 PM
Feb 2021

Candidates. Didn’t work with Biden but it did with Al Frankenstein. Like of rising stars died in plane crashes to...Paul Wellstone, JFK jr. okay I’m heading to conspiracy land now. I’ll stop here...

BannonsLiver

(16,288 posts)
9. I began to wonder when it was mentioned it was on a taxpayer owned jet
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 07:28 PM
Feb 2021

The state of NY’s aircraft fleet is all turboprop, not jets.

George II

(67,782 posts)
15. That's a good point. I just did some google searches, no direct references to type of aircraft but..
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 08:05 PM
Feb 2021

...one article said the flight from Albany to Westchester, which is probably about 90% of his flights, is 1 hour by helicopter (the most common mode of transportation) and 45 minutes by plane. That's NOT a jet!

Why would the state own a jet for official business? The state's only about 300 miles from east to west.

BannonsLiver

(16,288 posts)
19. Yeah, his primary fixed wing is a Beechcraft King Air
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 09:06 PM
Feb 2021

But I think it’s mostly helicopters that he uses. On a side note, in an interview with Howard Stern last year he talked about the rickety, sometimes scary condition the state owned King Air is in and that he doesn’t like to fly on it.

ChubbyStar

(3,191 posts)
21. The rickety King Air
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 09:15 PM
Feb 2021

Are you a pilot? I am and I own my own Cessna, my ex was an F14 pilot and my Dad flew F4s. You?

BannonsLiver

(16,288 posts)
26. Nah, just an aviation nerd.
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 12:01 AM
Feb 2021

I’d like to learn to fly but honestly I’m not very detail oriented and so I think I’d probably hurt myself or someone else in the process of trying to learn. Sometimes you gotta know your limits, I guess.

The F-4 is my absolute all time favorite military jet. I bet you have been treated to some great stories.

ChubbyStar

(3,191 posts)
27. My father had some great John McCain stories
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 12:13 AM
Feb 2021

Not a fan of ole Johnny for sure, he was his peer then his CO.

George II

(67,782 posts)
25. That was another thing that I saw online - he and many of his administration are concerned about....
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 09:49 PM
Feb 2021

....the age and condition of the NYS aircraft fleet.

Bottom line, this story is very suspicious, especially since it came out in the midst of the "scandal" of the nursing home deaths, which Cuomo has taken total responsibility for and making no excuses.

dsc

(52,147 posts)
22. Like all such charges this should be taken seriously
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 09:18 PM
Feb 2021

which means investigated. Look at details, see what matches up. See if others come forward. If he did it, he is unfit to be governor. If not, then he stays.

Response to bigtree (Original post)

bigtree

(85,971 posts)
30. you need an actual case before you're talking 'legal defense'
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 03:42 AM
Feb 2021

...back behind the starting gate, with ya.

radius777

(3,635 posts)
31. So the game is on to take down Cuomo.
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 04:00 AM
Feb 2021

He's a nice man but also a tough politician who has often been underestimated.

Hopefully those coming after him don't cry about 'bullying' when he starts to punch back.

He's a good governor, and the crybabies couldn't even do a fraction of the job he's done in facing down the pandemic and the Trump admin.

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