Will Cuomo be impeached?
Skullduggery
Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
4.0 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Mike Isikoff and Dan Klaidman report on the scandal out of New York, featuring an interview with the lawmaker at the center of Gov. Cuomo's alleged cover-up and threats: NY state assemblyman Ron Kim (D, Queens). He describes in detail the alleged obstruction and lies around the state's Covid-19 reporting. And then we're joined by medical malpractice attorney John Dalli, who is a member of several state task forces on Covid-19 and elder care, to learn more about the latest charges of corruption in Albany.
GUESTS:
- Ron Kim (@rontkim) Member (D), New York State Assembly, 40th District (Queens)
- John Dalli (@jdalliesq) Member, New York State Bar Association Nursing Home Covid-19 Task Force; founding member, Dalli & Marino, LLP
HOSTS:
- Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
- Dan Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News
RESOURCES:
- "N.Y. Assemblyman: Lawmakers are 'inching toward' Cuomo impeachment probe" by Michael Isikoff, Yahoo News (Feb. 19, 2021)
- Gov. Andrew Cuomo's press conference for Friday, Feb. 19, The Daily Gazette
- "New York assemblymember: Cuomo 'berated me,' asked me to lie about alleged cover-up" by Daniel Payne, Politico (Feb. 18, 2021)
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| 0:00.0 | It is now my distinct pleasure to present the 2020 International MA Founders Award to Governor Andrew Cuomo |
| 0:10.6 | with a little help from some of my fellow New Yorkers. |
| 0:15.4 | To my governor, the government impart state, Andrew Cuomo. |
| 0:22.3 | Congratulations, Andrew, on your much-deserved Founders Award. |
| 0:26.8 | Governor Andrew Cuomo, you are the man. |
| 0:30.3 | I wish I could say that my daily COVID presentations were well-choreographed, scripted, rehearsed, |
| 0:37.1 | or reflected any of the talents that you advance. |
| 0:40.6 | They didn't. |
| 0:41.6 | They offered only one thing. |
| 0:43.8 | Authentic truth and stability. |
| 0:46.5 | But sometimes that's enough. |
| 0:48.9 | That was when millions of viewers got to watch last November when New York Governor Andrew |
| 0:53.0 | Cuomo was awarded an Emmy. |
| 0:55.2 | The highest honor in the television business for his press conferences on the COVID pandemic. |
| 1:01.4 | At the time, Cuomo was writing high, seen by many as a blunt speaking, no-spin truth |
| 1:06.7 | teller, a stark contrast to the preferra occasions and often ridiculous spin coming out of the |
| 1:12.3 | Trump White House. |
| 1:14.0 | But now, Cuomo's leadership and his commitment to the truth has come under sharp scrutiny. |
| 1:19.7 | The New York Attorney General has concluded that his administration undercounted by as |
| 1:23.7 | much as 50 percent the number of New Yorkers who died from COVID in nursing homes, and |
| 1:29.2 | a top aid as admitted health officials concealed key data about nursing home deaths. |
| 1:34.8 | On top of everything else, a Democratic lawmaker has said Cuomo, in an angry tirade threatened |
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