Former New York Governor and New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo refused to sentence President Donald Trump after his Justice Division indicted New York Legal professional Basic Letitia James.
When requested by Pix 11 reporter Dan Mannarino whether or not Trump ought to have “gone after” James, Cuomo responded, “Each side, Democrats and Republicans imagine there’s an excessive amount of politics within the justice system.”
Cuomo, who’s working for mayor as an Unbiased, made the identical comment in a earlier assertion reacting to the Oct. 9 indictment, which was condemned by his opponent Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mamdani, for not mentioning Trump or James by title.
Pressed to say whether or not he thought Trump was “proper” to focus on James, Cuomo mentioned, “He’ll say he didn’t go after her. The prosecutor will say they have been simply doing justice, which is what Tish James mentioned about going after President Trump…That’s why it’s political.”
Legal professional Basic James, who’s charged with mortgage fraud and maintains her innocence, endorsed Mamdani within the New York Metropolis mayoral race. The state’s prime prosecutor will rally for the Democratic nominee at a Monday night rally. Mamdani presently leads Cuomo by double digits forward of the Nov. 4 common election.
Mannarino famous that Mamdani known as out Cuomo for not being keen to sentence Trump’s very public demand for Letitia James, a longtime political foe who prosecuted him in a enterprise fraud case final 12 months, to be charged.
“If you happen to received’t condemn the president right here on this state of affairs, how can a New Yorker imagine you’ll truly stand as much as him?” the reporter requested.
“Condemn him for what?” mentioned Cuomo.
Mamdani, whose grassroots marketing campaign is asking for billionaires to pay greater taxes with a view to fund extra reasonably priced companies like housing, known as out Cuomo but once more in a publish resharing his Pix 11 interview.
“Andrew Cuomo is incapable of talking clearly and straight about Trump’s authoritarianism,” he wrote.
Legal professional Basic Letitia James notably performed a serious function in Cuomo’s resigning from workplace as New York governor in 2021. James launched an investigation of sexual harassment allegations made towards Cuomo by former staffers.
A 168-page report concluding the findings of James’ probe decided that Cuomo created a “tradition of worry, intimidation, and retribution” and a governor’s workplace that “accepted and normalized on a regular basis flirtations and gender-based feedback” by him.
James concluded that Cuomo sexually harassed a number of state workers by way of “unwelcome and undesirable touching” and “offensive and sexually suggestive feedback.”
Cuomo, who denied all allegations of sexual harassment, resigned every week later.
Andrew Cuomo is incapable of talking clearly and straight about Trump’s authoritarianism. pic.twitter.com/qKVErdJIhC
— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) October 12, 2025
