Photo: Getty Images for CNNThe day after the New York attorney general’s office released transcripts showing that CNN host Chris Cuomo had helped chase down “intel” on reporters looking into sexual-harassment allegations against his brother, Cuomo has been suspended from the network indefinitely. In a statement provided by CNN, the network said the documents released on Monday “shed new light on Chris Cuomo’s involvement” in the defense of his brother, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo. When Chris admitted to us that he had offered advice to his brother’s staff, he broke our rules and we acknowledged that publicly. As a result, we have suspended Chris indefinitely, pending further evaluation.”Transcripts from Attorney General Letitia James’s office showed that Chris Cuomo wrote to top gubernatorial aide Melissa DeRosa in March asking to “please let me help with the prep” as more women came forward accusing his brother of sexual misconduct. Chris Cuomo is not the only outside party to face blowback for advising the governor amid the sexual misconduct scandal: In October, Alphonso David president of the Human Rights Campaign, was fired from the LGBTQ advocacy group for advising Cuomo on how to manage the crisis.

Source: CNN December 01, 2021 00:38 UTC