by Jennifer Smith at The Daily Mail
The NY State Assembly has suspended its impeachment investigation into Andrew Cuomo in a move that has sparked suspicion of a ‘shady deal’ between the outgoing governor and New York Democrats that both satisfies public calls for his head while allowing him to preserve his career.
Cuomo resigned on Tuesday, before the Assembly could launch an impeachment trial that would not only block him from running again but would stop him from claiming his pension.
Others had wanted the impeachment proceedings to continue, claiming he should be stopped from seeking office again because of the nursing home scandal and the sexual harassment claims against him.
The committee launches its investigation in March. It had 6 Republicans and 14 Democrats.
But on Friday, Carl Heastie – the NY State Assembly Speaker who was overseeing the investigation – said it had been suspended.
He said it came to the attention of the committee that the legislature ‘couldn’t impeach’ an official who was no longer in office, but admitted that if they’d continued, they’d have likely voted to impeach based on the evidence.
He claimed they would turn over all of the evidence they have found since March to relevant authorities.
Now, there are suspicions Cuomo struck a deal with the Democrats in Albany who were out for blood…
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