Eric Schneiderman, an aggressive climate litigator, resigns after assault allegations

The announcement came hours after The New Yorker published the accounts of four women, who accused the Democrat of physical violence. The women described being slapped and choked, verbally abused and threatened by Schneiderman.

Planned Parenthood is defending an alleged abuser of women over a woman who is a political opponent.

Ronan Farrow’s shocking story in The New Yorker, that detailed horrific sexual abuse allegations against Schneiderman from four women, came out Monday evening and Schneiderman resigned shortly following its release.

The “kink” community is not happy with former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D.) after he responded to accusations he assaulted past girlfriends by admitting to “role-playing” in sexual relationships.

With Massachusetts’ attorney general, Maura Healy, Schneiderman also led the “Exxon Knew” investigation to determine if oil companies committed fraud when they tried to convince the public not to worry about climate change. That office will be vacant if James is appointed attorney general, creating a special election. Republicans now have four.

The state Democratic nominating convention is two weeks away and it is expected a candidate for the attorney general’s slot would be solidified then. The initiative is focused on recruitment and training, and is named for the year when two women in separate states ran for the office despite not being able to vote.

Manhattan private attorney Manny Alicandro is the only other Republican to officially announce candidacy for the attorney general seat. “So, I think it should be open and deliberative for the legislature, and for myself also”.

He says they haven’t yet started talking about specific candidates. “That is our focus”. From 1998 to 2001 she was the Acting Solicitor General and Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States.

“Interference with law enforcement investigations by an elected chief executive should always be viewed with great care, especially these days, given the propensity of our elected executive at the federal level in Washington to make statements and take actions that jeopardize the independence of our criminal justice system”, the Manhattan DA stated. She says she first heard the news when she arrived home around 8:00 Monday night.

“When you read those stories, reading the allegations, it definitely felt like numerous cases we see in domestic violence all the time”, she said. We need to build a movement for true equality and freedom for women a movement against male supremacy in all its forms and manifestations.

Other names mentioned include Congresswoman Kathleen Rice, who narrowly lost the democratic primary for attorney general to Schneiderman in 2010, and former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

Cuomo signed the 2015 order following a series of controversial fatal encounters between police and unarmed civilians in NY and across the nation. As for that ad, she is “now trying to move on to another P word, which is policy”. “His pattern of using his position to control and abuse women is shocking and demands an investigation”, said Staver.