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NewsNation host Chris Cuomo on “The Chris Cuomo Project” Thursday condemned X CEO Elon Musk for his comments following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. Musk posted “The Left is the party of murder” on X on Wednesday after Kirk was shot while speaking to a large audience of students at Utah Valley University (UVU). During a rant on his podcast about how destructive social media is, Cuomo argued Musk was devoid of morals and value, saying he would not “be surprised” if the X CEO was killed. “[He’s] the stupidest genius I’ve ever been around. And...

New York State on Friday agreed to pay $450,000 to Brittany Commisso, a former aide to Andrew Cuomo who accused him of groping and subjecting her to persistent sexual harassment on the job at the governor’s office. Lawyers for Commisso called the settlement with Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office “a complete vindication” of her claims against Cuomo, leveled in a November 2023 suit filed under the Adult Survivors Act. “[Just] as the repeated findings made by the Attorney General, the State Assembly and the US Department of Justice were. Those three independent investigations all found that Cuomo subjected Ms. Commisso to...

New York City mayoral front-runner Andrew Cuomo vowed to lead the fight against President Trump, but bizarrely pledged to “spend eight years in Washington” in a bid to help Democrats retake the House. The former governor told Politico he planned to wage the national campaign against the Trump administration — even though the president’s second and final term would come to a close in 2028, or three years into the next mayor’s tenure. “I would spend eight years in Washington — go to that US Conference of Mayors, go to the National Governors Association,” Cuomo said as he detailed his...

The Justice Department has reportedly opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for allegedly lying to Congress about the nursing home deaths in the Empire State during the COVID-19 pandemic. The probe into the New York City mayoral frontrunner was launched about a month ago by the Washington, DC, US Attorney’s Office, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing two people familiar with the matter. The office was led at the time by Ed Martin, who was replaced earlier this month by Jeanine Pirro. The Republican-led panel asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue criminal...

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced this week that he will run on a new ballot line as part of his campaign for New York City Mayor. Cuomo still intends to seek the Democratic nomination. In a statement Tuesday, Cuomo’s campaign said he will create the Fight and Deliver Party, a separate political line that will appear on the general election ballot if it successfully collects the necessary petition signatures. The campaign described the effort as a way to build a broader coalition of support among disaffected Democrats, independents, and Republicans to secure “the biggest possible mandate.” The campaign also stated that...

Donald J. Trump’s electoral victory alarmed most New York Democrats — but not Eric Adams. For Mr. Adams, the mayor of New York City who had been criminally indicted and faced political isolation, it was a golden opportunity. In the weeks before the presidential inauguration, Mr. Adams cozied up to Mr. Trump, his political allies and his family. The mayor called the president-elect on multiple occasions, congratulating him on his election victory and discussing city affairs. He met at a luxury Manhattan hotel with Stephen K. Bannon, Mr. Trump’s ally and former top aide. And he contacted the president’s second...

Libs of TikTok✓@libsoftiktok Anyone else still pissed this guy shoved Covid infected people into nursing homes to boost the death tolls and justify Covid lockdowns and mandatory vaccines?

New York City is witnessing a coup orchestrated by the far-left elite against a mayor who dared to work with President Trump on crucial policy issues. Democrat Comptroller Brad Lander has issued an ultimatum to Mayor Eric Adams, demanding a “contingency plan” or else he will initiate proceedings to oust him from office. Mayor Adams, a Democrat who has shown a willingness to cooperate with Trump’s administration on the deportation of illegal immigrants, has now become the target of his own party’s wrath. This comes after the Department of Justice, under Trump’s influence, decided to drop corruption charges against Adams....

The Justice Department ordered Manhattan prosecutors Monday to dismiss the historic bribery case against Mayor Eric Adams — siding with Hizzoner that the charges by the Biden administration were nothing more than politically motivated and hampered his ability to combat the migrant crisis in New York City, The Post has confirmed. The new DOJ under President Donald Trump instructed the Southern District of New York to dismiss the case without prejudice, meaning charges could be re-filed in the future, sources said. “You are directed, as authorized by the Attorney General, to dismiss the pending charges” against Adams, Acting Deputy Attorney...

Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo would clobber Mayor Eric Adams even among black voters if the pair ran against each other in the Democratic primary for mayor, according to an independent poll released Wednesday. The survey, conducted by Bold Decision and obtained by The Post, shows that Cuomo is the first choice of 46% of likely black voters compared to the 18% who said they would choose Adams, the second African-American to be elected mayor after David Dinkins a generation ago. Adams, who has been criminally indicted on fraud and bribery charges, is being dragged down by low approval ratings. Nearly three-quarters...

NewsNation host Chris Cuomo rejected former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly’s Monday proposal that President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate former President Joe Biden’s family after he pardoned several family members. Biden issued preemptive pardons for his brothers Frank and James, James’ wife Sara Biden, his sister Valerie Owens and her husband, John Owens in one of his final acts as president on Monday. After Cuomo suggested on “CUOMO” that Trump’s DOJ investigating Biden’s family members would be destructive to the nation, O’Reilly retorted that it would be necessary to expose whether the Bidens engaged in “graft and...

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is poised to jump into the New York City mayoral race as soon as next month, threatening to roil an already unprecedented election that finds embattled Mayor Eric Adams (D) running for his political life. Cuomo, who left office amid multiple controversies, has not confirmed he’s running for mayor. But the former governor has reportedly laid the groundwork for a bid as anticipation grows for him to make an announcement. At least one early poll has shown him leading the pack of Democratic candidates — including Adams. Though there are still months to...

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned in 2021 following allegations of sexual harassment, is suing one of his accusers, a Northern Westchester native, for defamation. Cuomo, age 67, filed the lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court on Thursday, Dec. 19 against former staffer Charlotte Bennett, a Northern Westchester native, who accused the former governor of sexual harassment in 2021. Bennett had previously filed a federal lawsuit against former Gov. Cuomo in September 2022. However, she voluntarily dropped the lawsuit on Monday, Dec. 9, saying in a joint statement with her attorney that the former governor had used...

Andrew Cuomo wants to stage a comeback. He has his eyes on Gracie Mansion. You might think that would be a step down from being Governor of New York, but arguably it is a much better job with more actual power. If controlling money and power are your thing, few jobs are better than the Mayor of New York City. Even before news broke of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' indictment, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was already signaling to allies that he was preparing to run for mayor, according to two people familiar with the matter. https://t.co/9aZi9MsSHO—...

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo subjected at least 13 women to a sexually hostile work environment, a DOJ investigation has found. The disgraced ex-leader 'repeatedly' harassed staff members and retaliated against those who reported it, according to a document published on Friday. Investigators found that Cuomo made 'unwelcome, non-consensual sexual contact' including 'ogling; unwelcome sexual comments; gender-based nicknames; comments on their physical appearances; and/or preferential treatment based on their physical appearances'.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is said to be discussing a possible campaign for mayor of New York City, according to a report Tuesday. Politico reported: Cuomo, who resigned more than two years ago amid allegations of sexual harassment and claims his administration covered up the number of Covid-19 deaths tied to nursing homes, has begun in recent days to gauge the viability of a potential mayoral bid, according to eight people who have talked to him or his inner circle.

Previously unseen text messages reveal how CNN lobbied the former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on behalf of its parent company Warner Bros. to reopen theaters during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a text sent to Andrew Cuomo in September 2020, CNN's chief marketing officer at the time, Allison Gollust, appeared to request the governor meet then-Warner Bros. CEO Ann Sarnoff. 'She's bummed you don't open theaters in NY, but perhaps you can hear her out,' Gollust said in the message, which was first reported on by Semafor.

Chris Cuomo revealed he was suicidal and wanted to kill everybody after he was fired from CNN. CNN announced in 2021 the cable network fired host Chris Cuomo, “effective immediately” following an investigation into Cuomo using his journalism contacts to help defend his brother former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) when he was facing numerous allegations of sexual assault by female staffers. Cuomo also quit his SiriusXM radio show after being fired from CNN. He is now a host at NewsNation.

Chris Cuomo is speaking out after his ousting from CNN more than a year ago, claiming "I'll never be what I was" in an interview with the "No BS News Hour" podcast last week. "I am emotionally and psychologically beat up and changed by what I went through," Cuomo told podcast hosts Charlie LeDuff and Karen Dumas, as reported by the New York Post on Saturday. "My show is different because I am different, not that I was in some lefty silo."

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday questioned whether an ex-aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was lawfully convicted on a bribery charge as it considered two cases that could place new limits on federal prosecutors in public corruption cases. The first case centered on whether Joseph Percoco’s conduct in taking a $35,000 payment from a real estate developer when managing Cuomo’s re-election campaign in 2014 is covered by a federal law that requires that “honest services” be provided to the public. Percoco says that because he was not working for the government at the time, he had...