Reuters: New York state attorney general resigns after report he abused women
(Reuters) - New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned on Monday after allegations of physical abuse by four women were reported in an article in the New Yorker magazine.
Governor Andrew Cuomo had called for Schneiderman’s resignation within hours of the article’s publication, and only slightly more than an hour later Schneiderman, a Democrat who was running for re-election, said he was stepping down.
“In the last several hours, serious allegations, which I strongly contest, have been made against me,” Schneiderman said in a statement. “While these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct or the operations of the office, they will effectively prevent me from leading the office’s work at this critical time. I therefore resign my office, effective at the close of business on May 8, 2018.”
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Update #1: NY attorney general latest scalp in #MeToo reckoning (AFP)
Update #2: Manhattan DA to probe abuse allegations against Schneiderman (AP)
WMU editor: Like Harvey Weinstein before him .... this is also a big story. The Democrats were pushing him to be the champion of women rights and a liberal foil to President Donald Trump ... and on top of everything else he had vowed to use his office to hold President Trump accountable for his actions. Hmmm .... that story-line has clearly collapsed. As for President Trump .... he predicted this 5 years ago .... Trump Predicted Schneiderman Would Be ‘Gone’ Almost Five Years Ago in Tweet (Newsweek).
Update #3: This is the story that brought him down .... Four Women Accuse New York’s Attorney General of Physical Abuse (Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow, New Yorker).
