Andrew Cuomo: “I said the report was political. I said it was false. There…”

“Because there were allegations made which I said were political at the time, and it was going to be a political mess in Albany at a very sensitive time, and it would have been a distraction to state government. I said the report was political. I said it was false. There was no truth. I did nothing wrong. You said last May in a interview before the primary, in retrospect, that you shouldn't have resigned. Well, here's the yin and the yang.” (17:18–17:26)

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