Perhaps the momentum in Albany really has shifted. Up until now, the New York state assembly had more or less insisted on conducting a holistic impeachment process, moving forward on all scandal fronts simultaneously. That allowed the Democrat-controlled chamber to take as much time as it wanted, providing a ready excuse for any lack of action.
Five months and one Attorney General report later, there’s a sudden sense of urgency in Albany now:
The Assembly’s Judiciary Committee is officially warning Gov. Andrew Cuomo that its impeachment investigation into the governor has almost concluded and is giving him until next Friday to produce any final evidence that he might like to share.
“We write to inform you that the Committee’s investigation is nearing completion and the Assembly will soon consider potential articles of impeachment against your client,” the committee’s attorneys wrote to Cuomo’s counsel. “Accordingly, we invite you to provide any additional evidence or written submissions that you would like the Committee to consider before its work concludes. To the extent that you wish to share any such materials with the Committee, please do so by no later than 5:00 pm on August 13, 2021.”
Tick tock, tick tock. Democrats in and outside of New York have been calling for Cuomo to resign after the devastating investigative report into sexual harassment and arguably sexual assault, but some of those in the state legislature were a little more coy about Plan B if Cuomo refused. This escalates matters on both sides of the equation.
read more here: https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2021/08/05/breaking-ny-assembly-gives-cuomo-deadline-to-submit-evidence-against-impeachment-and-removal-n406886
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