Joe Biden has said the New York governor should step down if the sexual harassment charges against him are upheld.

US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that New York Governor Andrew CuomoYou must resign if the allegations of sexual harassment against you are confirmed.

“Yes,” Biden replied when asked if Cuomo should resign if the investigation confirmed the allegations made against him by several women.

“I think then he would probably also be sued“He added.

Since February, eight women have reported inappropriate comments and actions by Cuomo, including a former employee who accused him of putting on his blouse in 2020.

Cuomo, 63, 10 years as influential New York state leader, refused to bow to calls for his resignation, denouncing “false” accusations.

On Friday, he asked to wait for the results of the investigations.

Biden considers sexual harassment allegations against Cuomo “disturbing”White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Monday.

“The president finds them disturbing, difficult to readPsaki responded when asked about the allegations of seven women that came to light against Cuomo.

“It seems that new events are taking place every day,” admitted the spokeswoman, who argued that “any woman who takes a step forward should be treated with dignity and respect.”

Psaki said it was “appropriate” that New York Attorney General Letitia James opened an independent investigation against the Democratic governor.

“And the president,” added the spokeswoman, “thinks it appropriate, as does the vice president (Kamala Harris). The investigation must be swift and thorough, given the seriousness of the charges.”

The spokeswoman pointed out that Biden had not spoken “personally” to the governor of New York. and said he didn’t know if anyone in the White House had done it.

In any case, he admitted that the interest of the White House is that the COVID-19 pandemic “remains under control”, for which he indicated that they will continue to work with the various governors, including Cuomo, to continue. work and provide assistance. economical to deal with the health emergency.

Cuomo, who gained notoriety for managing the pandemic after New York City became a global epicenter of the disease, he refused to resign despite allegations of sexual harassment, which he categorically denied.

The New York legislature announced an inquiry last Thursday to determine whether he should be impeached, while a group of 59 Democratic lawmakers in the state released a statement calling for his removal.

Eleven representatives from the United States House of Representatives were added to requests from state lawmakers on Friday., among them the progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman, who demanded the departure of the politician.

Also on that day, Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and his progressive colleague Kirsten Gillibrand, both representatives from New York, called for the governor’s resignation, noting that he had “lost confidence.” of his collaborators in the government and people of New York.

And the Sunday, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on Cuomo to think “how effective in his leadership of the state under the existing circumstances.”

Cuomo faces the second scandal in weeks, after Melissa DeRosa, his senior assistant, admitted to delaying the delivery of data on deaths from covid-19 in nursing homes for fear that the Justice Department, under Donald Trump’s administration could use these numbers “against you.”

With information from EFE

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