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Cuomo, who has denied wrongdoing, already was known to be facing criminal investigations by various New York state district attorneys for his conduct toward women.

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• At a press conference a week before Cuomo quit, James said he had “violated federal and state law” by his actions against the women.

• The federal investigation of Cuomo by the DOJ was disclosed in a legal services contract that the office of current Gov. Kathy Hochul signed with the law firm Wilkie Farr & Gallagher.

• The contract was posted Thursday on the state Comptroller’s website shortly after The New York Post first reported its contents after obtaining it through a Freedom of Information Law request.

• The same contract noted that the DOJ and other law enforcement entities had made requests for information about Cuomo’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly in his handling of cases involving nursing home patients.

• Authorities also have asked for information about a lucrative deal Cuomo cut to write a book about his handling of the state’s pandemic response, the document says.

SOURCE: CNBC