Probe of Cuomo lays bare Democratic divide pitting progressives vs. establishment

Tuesday’s bombshell report by the progressive New York Attorney General saying Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women has once again highlighted the growing political divide between the Democratic Party’s left-wing and its establishment.

James, New York’s first Black attorney general with solid roots in Brooklyn politics and the organized labor scene in the state, has become a household name following several high-profile investigations of the governor and former President Donald Trump. While she has not formally announced her intention to run for governor, a Siena poll released in May showed her out-performing Cuomo among potential Democratic voters. Cuomo, who denies any wrongdoing and refuses to resign, appears to believe that the investigation by James’s office is a political one. His lawyers issued a statement Tuesday in response to the attorney general's report, saying, "Regrettably, as the findings in the Report show, the investigators have directed an utterly biased investigation and willfully ignored evidence inconsistent with the narrative they have sought to weave form the outset."