Posted on 03/01/2021 10:27:55 AM PST by Red Badger
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ANDREW Cuomo asks a woman journalist to "eat the whole sausage" in a creepy video that resurfaced after two ex-staffers accused him of sexual harassment.
The New York Governor, 63, is seen insisting News 12 reporter Beth Cefalu scoffs a giant sandwich in front of him in the recently resurfaced footage from a state fair in 2016.
"Will you eat the whole sandwich?" Cuomo asks her.
Cuomo then calls over an aide to give a sandwich to Cefalu, who records the entire interaction on her phone.
"I want to see you eat the whole sausage," Cuomo is seen telling the reporter.
"I don't know if I should the whole sausage in front of you but I'm definitely gonna eat it," Cefalu responds.
In another clip, an aide brings a chair for the journalist to sit next to the Governor.
He stares at her intently and tells her: "no excuses".
Cuomo then introduces the reporter to the county executive and his daughter Michaela.
"I think we're gonna be here a while" says the county executive, and Cefalu responds: "Now there's a lot of pressure on me to eat this sandwich."
Cefalu then asks to take a selfie with the governor, and he jokes: "There's too much sausage in that selfie."
The embarrassed reporter adds: "It's not as easy to eat this in front of all these cameras."
Cuomo goes on to explain how elected officials take a training course called "Eating on camera."
The cringe-inducing video emerged as Cuomo faced a formal inquiry into sex pest claims by two young women who worked in his office.
New York attorney general Letitia James last night said she was ready to hire outside counsel to lead a probe with the power to subpoena witnesses.
Cuomo bowed to pressure to allow an independent probe after his earlier attempt to pick his own investigator sparked outcry.
After the governor was forced to back down, the AG's office said a "rigorous" inquiry would begin as soon as possible.
A statement last night said: "This is not a responsibility we take lightly.
"We will hire a law firm, deputize them as attorneys of our office, and oversee a rigorous and independent investigation."
His effort to control the investigation had sparked an explosive row over the weekend as senior Democrats including Joe Biden turned on him.
One state senator called him a "monster" and demanded he resign.
On Saturday, former aide Charlotte Bennett, 25, said Cuomo had quizzed her about her sex life after she went to him for help as a survivor of sexual assault.
She told the New York Times Cuomo asked if her she was monogamous in her relationships and if she had ever had sex with older men.
"I understood that the governor wanted to sleep with me, and felt horribly uncomfortable and scared," she said.
"And was wondering how I was going to get out of it and assumed it was the end of my job."
I didn’t know Cuomo was from Vienna!
Two words.
Biden. Family.
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