Cuomo Lies About Role in Brother’s Scandal, Thanks His Supporters

Nicholas Fondacaro | August 16, 2021
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After coming back from a “long-planned vacation” and ignoring it for a week, CNN Prime Time host Chris Cuomo finally got around to talking about his role in his brother, disgraced New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s sexual misconduct scandal (only after punting it to the end of the show). Throughout his comments, Cuomo would lie and mislead his audience about his role and what he was being honest about on his show.

After first thanking his supporters for “reaching out” to him, Cuomo went on to opine about how people were hurting and he hoped that a “higher good” could come from it all. And, of course, he had to talk about how hard it was for him

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Eventually, the lies would pour out of him like an overflowing bucket. “I'm not an advisor,” he declared. “I wasn't in control of anything. I was there to listen and offer my take and my advice to my brother was simple and consistent.”

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