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Joe Biden called on Andrew Cuomo to resign after an investigation found that the New York governor violated state and federal laws by sexually harassing numerous women.
The US president’s statement came after the release of a devastating 168-page report by New York state attorney-general Letitia James.
The five-month probe revealed a “deeply disturbing yet clear picture” of a toxic workplace in which the three-term Democratic governor abused current and former state employees by groping, kissing or touching them against their wishes, and bombarded them with sexualised comments.
Prominent Democrats called on Cuomo to go after the report was published yesterday. “I think he should resign,” Biden said bluntly at a press conference. New York’s two Democratic US senators, Chuck…
