Cuomo, alongside Christie, declares that the investigation into the forced removal of "leftists"

NEWARK – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who spoke with New Jersey President Chris Christie on bipartisanship, said he thought the congressional dismissal inquiry had was open because of pressure from "left" Democrats and predicted that it would create a total stalemate in Washington.

In what appeared to be a reversal of his comments Wednesday, when he said: "You're absolutely right, there should be an investigation," Cuomo said late Thursday, saying the nation was heading towards "a very long and unproductive "that does not end with the removal of President Donald Trump. The Democratic Governor's three terms suggested that President Nancy Pelosi had been forced to open the probe.

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"President Pelosi had to face the pressure of her caucus and when you talk about left pressure, there is a very leftist component of the Democratic Party for which she feels pressure," Cuomo said at a press conference. a face-to-face meeting. conversation at Seton Hall Law School. "It's a deliberate and responsible person. She is not a reflex. And I think she has withstood the pressure of her caucus admirably for a long time. "

Cuomo, who made no comment on the content of the whistle-blower's complaint or the partial transcript of Trump's appeal with the Ukrainian president, called the investigation of the Chamber "no action".

"I think that the question of Ukraine raises a lot of questions and I think it is, for an inquiry committee, fodder they can spend months, one witness after another, a witness after the 'other, on all kinds of different tracks,' Cuomo said. "Where is he finally going? Nowhere, because even if they vote for the impeachment, it will go to the Senate. "

The remarks were made during an hour-long discussion on civility in politics, during which Cuomo and Christie, a Republican, discussed their close friendship and time spent working together on discontinuance questions.

Christie, who ran for the Republican presidential election in 2016 before supporting Trump and leading his transition team, tried to downplay the importance of the president's call in July with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. A partial transcript of the appeal, released Wednesday, shows that Trump is pushing Zelensky to investigate former vice president Joe Biden.

Christie has criticized Democrats in the House for their way of dealing with the issue so far, claiming that they "lose their credibility when they announce an impeachment investigation before reading the transcript."

Just before the release of the transcript, Christie – a former US lawyer from New Jersey – told ABC News that it would be wrong for the chairman to say, "Listen to me, please me, go investigate Joe Biden. . " In fact, the president had asked Zelensky to serve him before making his request, according to this partial transcript.

Christie called it a "coincidence" that he had used these words, but then dismissed his suggestion that such wording could have justified the type of investigation underway.

"It's the president, who he is, how he talks and how he does business. And it's no mystery to anyone who knows him, even as a public servant in the last three years, let alone that I've known him for 18 years, "said Christie. "So, yes, I would not have said something like that. But that's how he talks. That's how he does business. I do not think it's a mystery to the American people. "

But Christie, who in the past has criticized the president's aides while avoiding criticism, has been troubled by other allegations in the anonymous whistleblower complaint about how the transcript of this appeal has been treated by White House officials. When asked when he thought there was a blanket, Christie replied, "I do not know."

"I think now we have to look at exactly what happened there," he said. "I think that the conduct of some of the people potentially around him regarding this transcript is a problem that must be addressed given the allegations contained in the complaint."