CNN suspends Chris Cuomo for helping brother in scandal

NEW YORK – CNN said Tuesday it was suspending anchor Chris Cuomo indefinitely aft details emerged astir however helium helped his brother, erstwhile New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, arsenic helium faced charges of intersexual harassment.

The web said that documents released by New York's lawyer wide Monday indicated a greater level successful his brother's efforts than the web antecedently knew.

“As a result, we person suspended Chris indefinitely, pending further evaluation,” the web said.

The CNN anchor had pressed sources for accusation connected his brother's accusers and reported backmost to the governor's staff, and was progressive helping to trade their effect to the charges, according to emails and a transcript of his grounds earlier investigators moving for authorities Attorney General Letitia James.

Cuomo had antecedently acknowledged talking to his member and offering proposal erstwhile the politician faced the harassment charges that led to his resignation. But the information released Nov. 29 revealed acold much details astir what helium did.

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Andrew Cuomo resigned successful August to debar a apt impeachment trial, aft an probe led by James's bureau recovered helium sexually harassed astatine slightest 11 women.

Cuomo's program, which airs astatine 9 p.m. Eastern clip connected weeknights, is often the network's most-watched amusement of the day.

Cuomo interviewed his member connected the aerial a fig of times during the archetypal 2 months of the COVID-19 epidemic. It was a deed with viewers, though it violated CNN's argumentation of not having Cuomo study connected his brother, and was a programming prime that has grown worse with clip and further revelations.

Chris Cuomo often consulted with his brother's aides erstwhile Andrew was warring the charges past May, sometimes disagreeing with their advice.

“This is my brother, and I'm trying to assistance my member done a concern wherever helium told maine helium did thing wrong,” Cuomo testified past July to investigators astatine the lawyer general's office.

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He has said helium had done thing to power his ain network's sum of the story.

Cuomo besides said that helium reached retired to different journalists to find retired whether they were penning stories astir his brother, astir notably seeking accusation connected what Ronan Farrow of the New Yorker was writing. He acknowledged helium didn't archer CNN helium was doing this, and characterized his actions arsenic thing retired of the mean for a journalist.

Critics person called connected CNN to instrumentality enactment pursuing the lawyer general's release, with David A. Graham of The Atlantic saying Cuomo should resign — oregon beryllium fired by CNN if helium doesn't.

Cuomo, a lawyer, is 13 years younger than Andrew Cuomo, who helium has described arsenic his champion friend. They are the sons of erstwhile New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, who was successful bureau from 1982 to 1996.

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