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- The New York Attorney General's office released its report on Tuesday, finding Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women.
- Carlson said on his show that night that the investigation looked into Cuomo's 'serial creepiness.'
- Cuomo denies that he has ever touched anyone inappropriately.
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On Tuesday's episode of his Fox News show, Tucker Carlson joked about the report released by the New York Attorney General's office detailing the extent of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sexual harassment.
Following the release of the report earlier in the day, lead investigator Joon H. Kim said during a press conference that the governor's pattern of sexual harassment was not limited to members of his own staff, but extended to other state employees, including a state trooper who served on his protective detail.
Cuomo first met the trooper, identified as "Trooper #1" in the report, in 2017 and requested that she be added to his protection service unit (PSU), the report said. Trooper #1 described the governor's behavior toward her after she joined the PSU as generally "flirtatious" and "creepy," according to the report.
"One thing we learned: Andrew Cuomo is not against defunding the police. He wants to have sex with them, or at least one of them," Carlson said.
At the same press conference, another lead investigator, Anne L. Clark, said that the governor had hugged one of his executive assistants and reached under her blouse to grab her breast.
In response to the report's release, Cuomo continued to deny the accusations and showed a slideshow of himself hugging and kissing both strangers and other public officials, including former Vice President Al Gore.
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"Now, we didn't show the tape but we just want to be totally clear that the video of the slideshow that Andrew Cuomo put on the screen showed him hugging Al Gore but not reaching up under Gore's shirt to grab his man boobs," Carlson said, referencing Cuomo reaching up the shirt of his executive assistant.
Carlson then had former federal prosecutor Francey Hakes on as a guest to provide her analysis of the situation, asking her, "How would you assess what we've just learned about Governer Creep-o?"
Hakes said Cuomo could potentially face criminal charges for sexual battery.
"Isn't it convenient that he has built for himself a touchy reputation? My question is, did he build that touchy reputation for himself so that he could claim later that these were all misinterpreted touchings and that he's just a very affectionate man?" Hakes said.
Carlson predominantly focused his segment on Cuomo, barely mentioning any of the 11 women who came forward with the sexual harassment accusations against him.