Wed Dec 1, 2021 – 8:11 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — CNN suspended news anchor Chris Cuomo “indefinitely” after the release of thousands of pages of documents revealing the fuller extent of his efforts to help his older brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, amid sex abuse allegations.
CNN said the documents, which were released by New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday, show “a greater level of involvement in his brother’s efforts” than they were previously aware of. These efforts included “continuously press[ing] the governor’s staff to let him play a larger role in his brother’s defense,” the BBC reported.
Andrew Cuomo resigned in August after prosecutors said he harassed staff members. A state investigation in March concluded that he sexually harassed and groped 11 women working for him. He has since been accused of sexual harassment by two more women.
Numerous emails and text messages show that Chris Cuomo asked one of his brother’s senior aides, “Please let me help with the prep,” and that he “pledged to contact other U.S. media outlets in order to try to learn of other allegations that were forthcoming,” the BBC said.
The newly released documents contradict what Cuomo told CNN viewers in August when he claimed that “I never made calls to
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