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🇺🇸Andrew Cuomo, one of America’s most powerful Democrats, has fallen spectacularly.

🔴He faces impeachment and possible criminal charges after allegations of sexual misconduct.

This is the inside story 🧵👇
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📺At the height of the Covid-19 outbreak, a staggering 60m people were tuning into Andrew Cuomo’s daily briefings.

📄But on August 3, New York's Attorney General released findings of a months-long investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct

🗣️Nearly a dozen women, including Andrew Cuomo’s employees, alleged inappropriate behaviour from the governor, who tried to claim he had simply been misunderstood

🗳️Andrew Cuomo was elected as New York governor in 2010, winning more than 60% of the vote.

His promises to clean up state politics and stick up for “the ordinary man” made him incredibly popular
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📈When the pandemic hit and most governors’ approval ratings tanked, Andrew Cuomo’s rose to 77% – his highest in almost 10 years

❌However, people in Mr Cuomo’s orbit have painted a picture of a control freak and a bully who fostered a toxic work environment.

He gained a reputation for his ruthless ambition, steamrolling over anyone to get things done

💬“I remember a Cuomo staffer telling me they woke up each morning hoping they'd get hit by a truck on the way to work…

...so they wouldn't have to go to an office where they had to scream at people all day,” said a New York Daily News journalist

🔴Women, many of whom former and current aides, have accused him of sexual harassment and abuse.

It was behaviour they said was accepted - if not normalised - in the governor’s office

🗣️In his responses to his accusers, he has belittled one woman as a “known antagonist” and accused others of peddling falsehoods.

In his television address he put his “touchy-feeling” nature down to his Italian heritage

⚫Andrew Cuomo is finding the aggressive tactics that helped him survive scandals over his decade in office are not all that effective when facing claims of unwanted sexual advances

🇺🇸He is now facing impeachment and possible criminal charges, a monumental fall from grace for a man heralded just months ago as America’s saviour.

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