one option is impeachment.
the new york state assembly is
ramping up its impeachment probe
of governor cuomo after an
emergency virtual meeting with
assembly democrats speaker carl
heastie released a statement
yesterday saying it was clear
governor cuomo could no longer
remain in office and that
democrats would move to complete
an impeachment inquiry, quote,
as quickly as possible.
and telling the "times" it could
take a month to complete the
inquiry and draw up the articles
of impeachment.
a trial in the state senate
could begin as soon as late
september or early october.
let's look at the legal angle
with nbc news correspondent tom
winter and former prosecutor
charles coleman.
charles, let me begin with you,
as a former prosecutor, as you
listened to the u.s. attorney,
one a former u.s. attorney, lay
out the findings of the
investigate that took five
months.