Rita glavin twitter1/12/2024 ![]() ![]() 21.42 BST Cuomo plans to address trooper's allegations of inappropriate touching, lawyer says Lois will have more coming up, so stay tuned. New York attorney general Letitia James has denied all claims that the investigation was politically motivated and has consistently defended the credibility of the independent investigators. At a press conference this afternoon, attorney Rita Glavin said investigators, who concluded the governor had sexually harassed at least 11 women, approached their work with a “predetermined narrative” about Cuomo’s guilt. Cuomo’s personal lawyer claimed the investigation by the New York attorney general’s office was conducted unfairly.My west coast colleague, Lois Beckett, will take over the blog for the next few hours. The press conference with Andrew Cuomo’s lawyers has now concluded, and that’s all from me for today. The continuing increase in cases comes as Florida’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis spent the week feuding with the Biden administration and baselessly blaming the rise in cases on migrants at the US’ southern border. Florida marked its single-day record for new coronavirus cases, and accounted for 19% of all new cases nationwide on Thursday, despite containing only 6.5% of the US population, the Miami Herald reported. ![]() The Biden administration extended the freeze on federal student loan payments until January 2022, but said that there would be no more extensions.There has been an uptick in vaccinations over the past couple of weeks, as the US confronts the latest surge in cases. Half of all Americans are now fully vaccinated, the White House Covid-19 data director said.“America can beat the Delta variant, just as we beat the original Covid-19,” Biden said. Biden’s warning came as the country experiences a surge in coronavirus cases among unvaccinated Americans as the Delta variant continues to spread. But the president also warned that the country’s hard-won economic progress could be lost unless more Americans get vaccinated.The Biden plan produces results, and the Biden plan is moving the country forward,” the president said. “What is indisputable now is this: the Biden plan is working. Joe Biden celebrated the July jobs report, which showed the US economy added 943,000 jobs last month, dropping the unemployment rate to 5.4%.New York attorney general Letitia James once again defended the investigation, noting Cuomo himself had initially asked her to conduct it. The state government employee filed the complaint in Albany county, where the district attorney’s office has been conducting a criminal investigation of Cuomo’s alleged harassment. A woman who accused Cuomo of groping her has filed a criminal complaint against the New York governor.It’s a Friday in August, but there’s been a lot of news. We’re closing our live politics coverage for this evening. ![]()
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