Gov Cuomo's lawyer is currently making a defense statement. Its not going well...

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[Comfortably_Numb]

1. Yeah... she's sucking for air. She doesn't even sound convincing..

[North Shore Chicago]

2. Oh boy

The gov. needs to swallow his pride and resign. His own hubris will eat him alive.

[padah513]

3. Thank you

I was saying the same thing. His career is over. Die with some dignity.

[brooklynite]

4. He's supposed to speak at 11:45

[zuul]

18. He's speaking right now and repeating the same crap his lawyer was spewing.

[calguy]

5. Sounds like his hand "accidentally" slipped under her blouse when he bumped into her.

[MichMan]

6. I hate it when that happens !

[zuul]

19. The attorney said Cuomo does the same thing to men.

Really? He rubs his hand over men's asses? He grabs their boobs, under the shirt?

Cuomo's excuses are wearing thin.

[brooklynite]

7. Observation: Cuomo's PERSONAL lawyer made statement on his official governor.ny.gov website...

...in front of the Governor's Seal.

[tishaLA]

8. I was surprised she didn't take questions

It was a wreck. I guess if I had been in a courtroom and that was the opening statement, that might have worked, but it wasn't effective in that context. It was amazingly boring when you consider how many times she said "he rubbed her butt"

[madaboutharry]

9. What does that even mean?

I don’t know how you grope someone accidentally.

I have said that Cuomo should have the opportunity to defend himself. If this is where they are going, I think his options are very limited.

It is perhaps time for a resignation with whatever dignity he could muster.

[madville]

11. I think they are laying the ground work for his criminal defense

If he is criminally charged down the road.

[Irish_Dem]

23. Right, how do you accidentally put your hands all over someone else?

If this is Cuomo defending himself, he would have been better off staying silent.

[Celerity]

10. She also was outing some of the women with names/pictures who are not publicly identified in the

report. MSNBC pulled the plug on the feed as her doxxing them is against their policy.

She is really attacking the victims. Disgusting behaviour.

[wryter2000]

13. I think she was on MSNBC yesterday

I was doing other things and heard a really disgusting defense of him. She should be ashamed of herself.

[Treefrog]

12. Lol, no kidding.

[PoliticAverse]

14. Kettle pleading...

I didn't grope her.

I groped her accidentally.

I thought she consented to be groped.

[brooklynite]

15. Cuomo now speaking

Complaining that AG investigation he asked for was biased.

Now at least acknowledges his behavior was not appreciated by accusers.

"I didn't realize the extent to which the line has been re-drawn"

[brooklynite]

16. "This is about politics"

[PoliticAverse]

17. In other words "he thought he could still get away with the things he was getting away with".

And he only "asked" for the investigation because he though he could get it conducted by someone friendly to him, a proposal NY Attorney General James rejected...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-york-ag-tish-james-rejects-cuomo-proposal-for-sexual-harassment-investigation/ar-BB1e5Mqy

[tishaLA]

20. sounds like he's done

[Treefrog]

21. I love how he keeps trying to compliment New Yorkers.

“New York tough” “New York smart.”

[Lancero]

22. "It's not easy to step forward..."

Yeah, says the jackass who attacked the women who spoke out against him, and the women investigating him, in the past. Oh wait, he followed that statement up with another 'it's all politically motivated!' comment so he's STILL attacking them.

Men like Cuomo, who consider sexual harassment to be a old timey hello, are the main reason women are so afraid to step forward.