ann clark is a partner at vlad nick and raskin and clark p.y.consider she focused on employment law issues on behalf of employees at trial and appellate levels and during the 30-year career miss clark has represented many in employment and sexual harassment and other discrimination cases in the private sector in education, and in government. she also has deep experience with retaliation, whistleblower, breach of contract and concentration in ben cases. june kim is a partner at cleary, gottlieb, steen and hamilton, llp. and for more than two decades he's worked at the highest levels of government and in private practice. from march 2017 to january 2018 he served as the acting united states attorney for the southern district of new york. as the most senior federal law enforcement officer in the district. he over saw all criminal and civil litigation conducted on behalf of the united states. before becomes acting united states attorney, mr. kim served in various leadership positions in the office, including deputy united states attorney, chief of t

anne clark is a partner at raskin & clark p.c. and during her more than 30-year career, ms. clark has represented clients in a variety of employment and sexual harassment and other discrimination cases in government and private. june kim is a partner the clearly, gottlieb and hamilton l.l.p. for more than two decades he worked at the highest levels of government and in private practice. from march of 2017 to 2018, he act as the most senior federal law enforcement officer in the district. he over saw all criminal and civil litigation conducted on behalf of the united states. before becoming acting united states attorney, he served in various leadership positions in the office, including deputy united states attorney, chief of the criminal division and chief counsel to the united states attorney. ms. clark and mr. kim are experienced, credible and deeply respected professionals. together they ensure that this investigation was both independent and thorough. over the course of the five-month investigation, the investigators spoke to 179 individuals, including complainants, curr

and on march 8, 2021 anne clark and joon kim, they were officially deputized as special deputies. ms. clark and mr. kim and their respective firms were chosen to lead this investigation because of their decades of work at the highest levels, their deep expertise on matters in question, and their careers fighting to uphold the rule of law. anne clark is a partner at vladeck, raskin & clark, p.c., where she focuses on employment law issues on behalf of employees at their trial and appellate levels. and during our more than 30 year career, ms. clark has represented clients in a variety of employment, sexual harassment, and other discrimination cases in the private sector in education and in government. she also has deep experience with retaliation, whistleblower, breach of contract, and compensation and benefits cases. joon kim is partner at cleary gottlieb steen & hamilton llp. and for more than two decades, he has worked at the highest levels of government and in private practice. from march 2017 to january 2018, he served as the acting united states attorney for the southern distri

if you heard one of the investigators, ann clark, saying he acknowledged some of this. had a different view on how some of it played out, and denied other parts of it. >> he in march said that he wasn't going to bow to cancel culture. that this was cancel culture at play after the most of the new york delegation including senator schumer, including senator jill brandt as dana mentioned earlier came out and said it was time for him to go. so this is also a message to male politicians. it doesn't matter how powerful you are. it doesn't matter what kind of network you have. one of the things i think that struck a lot of us when all of these democratic politicians in new york were kind of coming out on mass is the united front they were presenting, because governor cuomo is known as a very vindictive man. as someone who will ga after people who speak out against him, and there was so much evidence that it was just enough is enough. >> i want to add one thing. as heroic as the women who came out and told their stories are, and they really are, i think we have to just be real

ann clark is a partner at a firm where she focuses on employment law issues on behalf of employees at the trial and appellate level and during her more than 30 year career she has represented clients in many discrimination cases in the private sector in education and in government. she also has deep experience with retaliation, whistleblower and other cases. june kim is with a law firm and for more than two decades worked at the highest levels of government and in private practice. from march 2017 to january 2018, he served as the acting united states attorney for the southern district of new york. as the most senior federal law enforcement officer in the district he oversaw all criminal and civil litigation conducted on behalf of the united states. before becoming acting united states attorney, mr. kim served in various leadership positions in the office including deputy united states attorney, chief of the criminal division and chief counsel to the united states states attorney. miss clark and mr. kim are experienced, credible, and deeply respected professionals. and together they i

andrea, she also said ann clark who helped lead this investigation along with june kim, she said any police department or prosecutorial department is free to look at the allegation which is is now public and what has been corroborated and pursue any sort of criminal action should they want to do so. a couple of other things that i noted from this report, first off, they do mention that cnn's chris cuomo who is an anchor in the evening prime time did help counsel the governor as to how to respond to some of these claims and the attorney general also said that a separate investigation looking into whether or not any public funds or public employees were used to help the governor write his book about the handling of the pandemic. that investigation and that review is ongoing and there's been no conclusions there. a couple of important things to note and he's been much more vocal about this recently has refuted the claims that have been made. he calls into question the independence of this investigation, however it's important to know that the governor and his counsel wanted this investi

i have respect for ann clark. she won't risk or do anything inappropriate.endent investigators left no stone unturned. these defense attorneys can stale it back and still defend governor cuomo. >> trace: we're at 3:31 on the east coast. the news conference was supposed to start a little bit ago. we're waiting for that. bring in peter king, former new york congressman. mercedes, stand by. he served his district for nearly 30 years. congressman, i want to see your take on this politically. the governor here with this news conference today is making it clear, he's going to fight the state legislature. they're talking about impeachment. so his idea is you want to fight? you have to fight. it starts today. your thoughts. >> andrew cuomo is a fighter. i knew his father, mario, before that. i've had a good relationship with andrew, as good as anybody can have. i'm against impeachment. i voted against bill clinton and donald trump. even though cuomo has a right to defend himself, cross examine the witnesses, find evidence, i don't think it's going to have an impact.

when the attorney general held her news conference on august 3 announcing this report, ann clark, one of the lead investigators, said, and let me quote her here, on november 16, in the executive mansion, the governor hugged executive assistant number 1 and reached under her blouse. under her blouse to grab her breast. if the attorney general drew that conclusion, don't you think they had an obligation to pull every email and every mansion record from november 16? because the first account that this particular woman made was in an anonymous -- please let me finish -- and it was in an anonymous interview with "the times union" and what she told "the times union" does not match up in any way, shape, or form with what happened on november 16 in documentary evidence and contemporary emails. >> there's a lot to get to here. the lawyer for this accuser gave a statement to cnn saying that date is incorrect, she has repeatedly said it didn't happen on november 16, 2020. also the lawyer says that the ag's office and the investigators wrote a contradictory and confusing footnote saying, and i'm

and on march 8th, 2021, anne clark and june kim, they were officially deputized as special deputies. s of work at the highest levels. their deep expertise on matters in question. and their careers fighting to uphold the rule of law. >> anne clark is a partner where she focuses on employment law issue on behalf of employees at trial and appellate level said. and during her more than 30-year career, miss clark has represented clients in a variety of employment, sexual harassment and other discrimination cases in the private sector in government. she has deep experience with retaliation, whistle-blower, breach of contract and compensation and benefit cases. june kim is a clearly, gotly, steam and hamilton, llp, and for more than two decades he has worked at the highest levels of government and private practice. from march 2017 to january 2018, he served as the acting united states attorney for the southern district of new york. as the most senior federal law enforcement officer in the district, he over saw all criminal and civil litigation conducted on behalf of the united states. before

i'm joined here today by ann clark and june kim, the two lead attorneys who are as special deputies tohe attorney general's office, to announce the findings of their investigation into allegations of sexual harassment it against governor andrew cuomo. i will make a brief statement and then turn it over to ms. clark and mr. kim who will delve into the investigation's findings.

and that the attorney general's press conference on august 3rd one of the investigators ann clark said it definitively to the world that governor cuomo groped the breast of an executive assistant in the mansion during the work day. but what was so apparent when i read the report, is that the investigators didn't bother to collector review evidence about november 16th to determine if their conclusion was correct. and everyone has to ask themselves why didn't they do that? why didn't they get all of the emails from that day? why didn't they get the records about when miss miso. they didn't collect the documents that prove the most serious allegation was false. records from the mansion reflect that senior members of staff were present there on november 16th. and the investigators did not ask, they did not ask any of those people about what they saw, what they heard, what miss comisso did that day. the april 7th anonymous ints view about the amount of time that she was in the mansion and what she was in the mansion for, they don't match up with the documentary evidence. and the investigato

reporter: the attorney general tapped former federal prosecutor joon kim and an employer lawyer anne clark to lead the investigation. they concluded the governor sexually harassed 11 women. on tuesday they detailed how cuomo allegedly harassed a new york state trooper assigned to the unit protecting the governor. >> in an elevator while standing behind the trooper, he ran his finger from her neck down her spine and said, hey, you. another time she was standing holding the door open for the governor. as he passed, he took his open hand and ran it across her stomach from her belly button to the hip where she keeps her gun. she told us that she felt completely violated to have the governor touch her, as she put it, between her chest and her privates. >> reporter: another accuser describes similar inappropriate touching. >> on november 16th, 2020, in the executive mansion, the governor hugged executive assistant number one and reached under her blouse to grab her breast. and he sometimes ran his hands up and down her back while he did so. there were also several occasions on which the governor

here's a little bit of what ann clarke, one of the outside attorneys who was tasked with investigating this, here is how she described the conduct she says they found recommendation while having his picture taken with employee of a state entity, the governor grabbed this young woman's butt. the governor also engaged in a widespread pattern of subjecting women to unwanted hugs and kisses and touching them in ways that made them uncomfortable. conduct that is not just old fashioned affectionate behavior he's and some of his staff members would have it. but, unlawful sex-based harassment. >> shannon: that's something different than what we saw from the governor when he played this which i personally as a former shower. attorney found a little bit bizarre this video montage of him hugging and kissing people. jonathan, let's talk now about the other side of this, not political but the legal implications. >> well, what's fascinating to me is, he may have locked himself into a defense at trial. some of these statements could be admissible for purposes of impeachment or rebuttal. he is respond

ann clark who helped head up the independent review said this is now a public report, all the evidence and information is out there, including text message screen grabs from one of the victims, charlotte bennett. that's out there and available if any police department or prosecutorial office wants to look at it. i have been asking around to various district attorney offices, so far they're not commenting publicly whether or not they'll pick it up from an investigation standpoint on the state level, whether that would be criminal. from a federal level as far as any potential issues for the governor there, according to pete williams, that appears to be more of a civil issue with respect to civil rights and harassment claims there. that would be the federal nexus. at this point, we have yet to hear that's something any sort of federal authority will take up, although it is important to remember this report was only released almost two hours ago. couple of things the governor contradicted himself within statements, he said he had not spoken about the investigation, yet had made numerous st

report concluded on page 24 and on page 142, it confirmed the governor groped miss commisso, and anne clarke said to the world that cuomo groped the breast of an executive assistant in the mansion during the work day. but what was so apparent when i read the report is that the investigators didn't bother to collect or review evidence about november 16th to determine if their conclusion was correct, and everyone has to ask themselves why didn't they do that? why didn't they get all of the e-mails from that day? why didn't they get the records about when ms. commisso was in the mansion that day. records from the mansion reflect that senior members of staff were present there on november 16th and the investigators did not ask -- they did not ask any of those people about what they saw or what they heard, what ms. commisso was doing that day? they don't match any of that up with the evidence, and the investigators didn't get that. now we are in a situation whereas of yesterday i read "the albany times union," and it says the governor groped her around november 25th is what she's saying. as i sai

episodes of this in the charlotte bennett stuff, which tish james said, or the outside investigator ann clark said was the most rob rated of all the complaints, in that moment he sought to be sort of portray himself i think as a savior in that story, that he -- that that entire relationship and interaction is different than he had normally because he was trying to make sure she was okay. i think that is going to be a really tough narrative for him to sell convincingly to voters about the charlotte bennett complaint specifically. he had goals here. there's no doubt. but what you saw most of all was at the end of it, andrew cuomo trying to remind new yorkers he's there not for his own well being, but he's there to try to do good for them, get back to work. we've seen this time and again when politicians get engulfed in scandal. they're going to focus on voters. and now we'll see if the new york voters buy that. >> it seems he's going to try to continue to fight for his reputation and his job as new york governor. we had a lot of democrats even before the report came out calling for him to resig

and that the attorney general's press conference on august 3, one of the investigators, ann clark said it definitively to the world that governor cuomo groped the breast of an executive assistant in the mansion during the workday. but what was so apparent when i read the report is that the investigators didn't bother to collect or review evidence about november 16th to determine if their conclusion was correct. and everyone has to ask themselves why didn't they do what? why didn't they get all of the emails from that day? why didn't they get the records about when ms. commisso entered and left the mansion? why didn't they speak to any of the witnesses, and there were many in the mansion that day. they didn't collect the documents that proved the most serious allegation was false. records from the mansion reflect that senior members of staff were present there on november 16th and the investigators did not ask -- they did not ask any of those people about what they saw, what they heard, what miss commisso was doing that day. her version of events, which conveyed to the times union in an

one of the chief investigators here ann clark came forward later and said, look, this report is public. it's out there now. so if it you're a police department or district attorney, you can have your opportunity to look at it and pursue things going forward. the report is very clear in who said what and when and includes testimony from the women. it also includes documented evidence about who is in on meetings including cnn's chris cuomo who is the brother of new york governor andrew cuomo apparently involved with trying to craft or at least respond to some of these allegations. so a whole host of things here. the governor, of course, denied this sexual harassment putting out a produced vud yoe today video today which included photos of him hugging or kissing other politicians or other influential types. that is his response so far. we'll have to see how that plays going forward. as you suggested, a faur amount fair amount of people are calling for his political end. >> as tom is mentioning, there he says the governor broke the law. explain this to our viewers in terms of why she might

employment attorney anne clark is one of the attorney general's lead investigators. >> we fod all 11dible. there was corroboration to varying degrees, probably at the >> woodruff: another investigator, joon kim, spoke to their findings about the toxic work environment around the governor. >> the executive chamber's culture of fear and flirtation, intimidation and intimacy, abuse and affection, created a work environment ripe for harassment. >> woodruff: in a video message today, cuomo argued that he has long had a habit of giving other people hugs and kisses, but responded this way, to the report's findings about groping and inappropriate comments. >> i never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances. i am 63 years old. i've lived my entire adult life in public view, that is just not who i am. >> woodruff: still, reaction from other new york political leaders was swift. the state's two u.s. senators, majority leader chuck schumer and senator kirsten gillibrand, both democrats, reiterated their calls on cuomo to resign. before today, president biden had said

presented by ann thompson and mike clark. i will passing over the presenter privilege lemmings. >> thank you. i am ann thompson joining you from aon. with me is mike clark. you may hear from him during this conversation and you may hear from others during this conversation. as we get started i will go to the next page. today we will talk about a few things. the goals are to look at consolidated view of the goals objectives, talk about the chart r.f.p. and high level line at the end of the presentation to deal with all of it. we appreciate your feedback and input as we have this conversation. with that we will go to the next slide. you will see that what we did and this is the ask of commissioner scott from the june meeting. we outlined the specific goals. we had added four pillars and we have some key objectives outlined. what we did from the ask was try to consolidate together into one picture. you will see on the left side the five goals. then we add the pillars. there is cost, we will change to this language. quality. we wi