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Cuomos press secretary, Caitlin Girouard, dismissed Boylans 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 Cuomos 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.
Cuomos 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.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)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)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)recall / falsely accuse Democratic governors out of their offices. Follow the money of the recallers/accusers.
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)Cause he went to Franchise Laundry.
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)What is that?
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)Odd.
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)Candidates. Didnt work with Biden but it did with Al Frankenstein. Like of rising stars died in plane crashes to...Paul Wellstone, JFK jr. okay Im heading to conspiracy land now. Ill stop here...
MerryBlooms
(11,756 posts)Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,756 posts)Dem4Life1102
(3,974 posts)or Harris?
tblue37
(65,215 posts)JI7
(89,239 posts)made the accusations.
poli-junkie
(996 posts)Pisses me off!
George II
(67,782 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,288 posts)The state of NYs aircraft fleet is all turboprop, not jets.
George II
(67,782 posts)...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)But I think its 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 doesnt like to fly on it.
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)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)Id like to learn to fly but honestly Im not very detail oriented and so I think Id 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)Not a fan of ole Johnny for sure, he was his peer then his CO.
George II
(67,782 posts)....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.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)Corgigal
(9,291 posts)has a side gig. Since his friend pardon him. Lucky us.
dsc
(52,147 posts)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.
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)Response to bigtree (Original post)
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JI7
(89,239 posts)bigtree
(85,971 posts)...back behind the starting gate, with ya.
radius777
(3,635 posts)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.