governor of new york. we can talk more about that, but we can tell you that the d.a.'s officement, sent a release out, saying they had no knowledge of this event happening. >> and has the former governor responded, bryn? >> yeah, so, his personal attorney released a statement to cnn, saying, again, governor cuomo has never assaulted anyone and also saying, accusing that sheriff who filed this complaint of motives that are, quote, patently improper. important to note, the governor now has to make an appearance and that is set for november 17th, anderson. >> so, elle, what happens next? he makes an appearance in court, but who is the appearance in front of if the district attorney's office isn't involved? >> yeah, anderson, so, very important thing has to happen before andrew cuomo appears in court, and that is, the prosecutor needs to review this case first. now, one of the lesser known features of our criminal justice system is that police officers can and often do file initial criminal charges without first talking to a prosecutor. but ultimately, the prosecutor is the gateke

assistant number one did make the complaint of a groping allegation with the governor and we know back then the sheriff's office and d.a.'sere's the interesting thing here, john, this complaint was filed by the albany county office and we notification that the district attorney's hfs had that no it was this was filed and florida when we're talking about the former governor of new york. ryota glavine said governor cuomo has never assaulted anyone. we are learning that we should hear from the sheriff himself and he's going to be in court. >> we'll continue to track the case and thank you for your time on "inside politics" today. hope you have a fantastic weekend. erical hill picks up our coverage right now. >> president biden jid-in admitting the handling of a deal to sell submarines. france recently pulled its ambassador from washington saying it met with italy's president and prime minister and he gan the day to meet with pope francis. he has a war

officer from working at another law enforcement agency. governor newsom says he's mindful that quote, california is a leader in police reform and a lag or on police reform. he says well, sogress. california still has a lot more work to do. >> i mean, we have a lot to be where we have nothing to brag about. california is asserting itself in certain areas, but it's remarkable that we still struggle in other areas. senator reference just on this critical and important bill on decertification there's 46 other states 46 other states that established foundational laws to address that issue. why is it so hard? to the right thing. and yet it remains still hard to do the right thing. the opportunity to lead in those spaces presents itself. when we sign these bills. but we have work to do. just because you signed a piece of legislation doesn't change things fundamentally stay application. program. passing is not problem solving. >> the police unions for the cities of los angeles, san francisco and san jose have issued the following statement in response to sb 2 signing saying in part, quote, despite the fanfare, senator brad for who authored this bill. his attempt to decertify pe

not buried >> sean: 's are like a monopoly chicago and police department all across the country are now mandating vaccines. one officer in washington state had this message. to governor inslee before signing off for the final time. take a listen. >> this is my final signoff after after 22 years of serving the state of washington. being asked to read because i'm dirty. i would like to thank you guys, i would like thank you citizens of the county as well as my fellow officers within the valley. without you guys, i wouldn't have been very successful, you kept me safe and got me home to my family every night. thank you for that. i wish i could say more, this is it though. this is the last time you will hear me in a state patrol car. >> sean: all right. sounds like the chance. the early months of covid-19, police officers didn't have the option of staying home, did they? they had no idea what the status was of anybody they were coming into contact with, did they? these are members of the military that risked their lives for us. they had no idea either. what about the doctors and nurses, first responders, every single day, they worked in a petri dish of covid. there were d

governor's mansion. he forcibly placed his hand under the victim's blouse and touched her breast, according to the complaint. the victim's name was redacted. it was filed by at bean sheriff's office yesterday. interestingly, the d.a.'scoordination seems noteworthy given that it is up to the d.a. to decide whether to pursue this charge. as you will all remember, multiple women accused cuomo of sexual harassment. it led to his resignation. he has repeatedly denied the charges. his lawyer said cuomo has never assaulted anyone. and the lawyer questioned the albany sheriffs motives. he has been summoned to appear in court november 17th. that's a date that we are looking out for. . >> all right. we'll be watching that. mj, thank you so much for the latest. >>> joining us now senior legal analyst and former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, elie honig. >> so the charge is forcible touching. that means when a person touches another person without content either for the touchers sexual gratification or to degrade or humiliate the other person. arguably both could apply. this is a misdemeanor. they are the less serious crimes. but within the world of misdemeanors, it is an a-level misdemeanor. the

governor's mansion. the complaint says he forcibly placed his hand under the victim's blouse and touched her breast. the victim's name is redacted. now this complaint was filed by the albany sheriff's office. interestingly the d.a.'sement they were actually surprised to see this filing. that just seems significant, the lack of coordination given it's up to the d.a. to decide whether to further pursue these charges. just to, poppy, take a step back you'll recall there were multiple women that made allegations against andrew cuomo. these were complaints that ended up detailed in the ag investigation. he ultimately of course resigned. throughout that process he has maintained and denied these charges of sexual misconduct. we have heard again from cuomo's lawyer tonight. she said in a statement that cuomo never assaulted anyone and even went on to question the motives of the sheriff's office. now in terms of what is going to be next, you said it, november 17th that's the date the court has summoned him to appear. we expect that in those intervening weeks there will be other news. we'll be following those developments as they come in. >> m.j., thank you for that reporting. upfront now is jennifer rodgers. she's a forme

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also, the governor signed senate bill 2, and it creates a system within the commission on peace officer standards and training. the acronym is called p.o.s.t., spelled p-o-s-t, so this legislation also creates the peace officer standards and accountability division and peace officer standards advisability board within p.o.s.t. to review serious misconduct cases. and what's significant is the enactment of senate bill 2 will hopefully serve to end the practice of agencies shopping by officers who have been suspended or fired for misconduct. other bills include a.b. 26. this legislation just requires the requirement that officers immediately report the use of excessive force and require requires the action to intercede. also want to bring to your attention assembly bill 89, which was authored by reggie jones sawyer of los angeles. it raises the minimum age for a new police officer to 21 is. -- 21 in 2024 and requires that new officers have college degrees. i know that's something that has been talked about and is now state law. i also want to note that a.b. 481 which was authored by our own assembly man david chu, this establishes requirements that must be m