New York AG Eric Schneiderman, come on down!

[gratuitous]

It appears he'll be the next person accused of nonconsensual physical contact with women:

https://www.balloon-juice.com/2018/05/07/breaking-news-ny-state-attorney-general-eric-schniederman-has-been-accused-of-physical-abuse/

Anyone know who his deputy is?

[dalton99a]

1. Here We Go Again

[Fullduplexxx]

2. Well he's saying it was consentual

[TheRealNorth]

3. That link looks Legit

Is this fake news being pushed on Facebook today? Looks like The Con's are back at it, throwing spaghetti against the wall to see if anything sticks.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. Rowan Farrow reporting in the New Yorker.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/four-women-accuse-new-yorks-attorney-general-of-physical-abuse

[DURHAM D]

9. It is from The New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/four-women-accuse-new-yorks-attorney-general-of-physical-abuse

[kentuck]

18. Who owns the New Yorker?

Does anyone know? What are their politics?

[Blue_true]

25. Politics, left of center.

Generally accommodating at getting press for up an coming liberals. I am sure that Sniderman has gotten lots of positive articles about him through them.

Very oldline, blueblood magazine, don't know who owns it today.

[fallout87]

37. Left of center.

New Yorker was the outlet that outed Harvey Weinstein.

[JI7]

49. The women accusing him are liberals

[lapucelle]

59. Balloon Juice is not legit. It's RW.

The New Yorker, however, is another story.

[wellst0nev0ter]

74. Blogmaster is a raging Democrat n/t

[lapucelle]

85. I'm sure you're right. I remember it from the early 2000's,

and never went back.

[Denzil_DC]

86. Please stop claiming this. You're simply wrong.

John Cole, who runs the site, has been a loyal Democrat for more than a decade since he jumped ship from the Republicans. He took a lot of heat for it at the time from RWers, and shrugged it off. The major tipping point for him was the Terri Schiavo case, but he'd been growing increasingly disgusted with the GOP and the Bush II regime for quite a while before that.

Balloon Juice raises enormous amounts of money for Democratic PACs and candidates every election season. It has a wide range of writers, and has carried in-depth expert coverage of ACA issues etc. over the years. And as this breaking news shows, it's generally a reliable source.

[lapucelle]

87. Please read through the threads. N/T

[Denzil_DC]

88. I have, and there I've seen you make this same claim a few times. Which is why I piped up. n/t

[RockRaven]

4. Trump's confused

he's not sure what to tweet about this. So many conflicting gut instincts.

[OliverQ]

5. So our likely only back-up plan to stop Trump is a guy who is likely to have to resign.

We literally cannot catch a break.

[Loki Liesmith]

20. Uh he has lawyers working under him

Who can take over

[fallout87]

38. Not with the same political clout he has....

This is a big hit. Make no mistake about it.

[Loki Liesmith]

43. Indictments don't care about political clout.

I’m sure it’s a hit job. But it affects those cases not one whit.

[Cha]

63. I like your attitude, Loki

[TeamPooka]

64. yes, lawyers that will report to the next AG. Who may not make this their cause.

[Loki Liesmith]

89. We have till November

And then we elect a good one.

I don’t do panic. I generally don’t even do worry. It nets me nothing.

[TeamPooka]

94. Since Schneiderman resigned, New York law says state lawmakers will pick his successor.

The Senate and Assembly, in a joint session, will pick someone to fill out the remainder of Schneiderman's four-year term, which runs through the end of the year.
https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2018/05/08/ag-eric-schneiderman-replacement/589188002/

[OnDoutside]

7. balloon-juice.com ? Nah, not clicking on that.

[gratuitous]

8. What's wrong with Balloon Juice?

They have a good roster of folks with a wide variety of expertise on a lot of different subjects.

[OnDoutside]

10. Never heard of it.

[enough]

58. Oh you never heard of it? I guess that settles it. NT

[OnDoutside]

95. Yes, yes it does.

[bobbieinok]

23. Why? Balloon-juice is one of the best political blogs around. Extremely informative.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. Might want to update your OP with the outlet that actually did the reporting, the New Yorker.

Balloon Juice scares some people off, I guess.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/four-women-accuse-new-yorks-attorney-general-of-physical-abuse

[concreteblue]

12. Can't believe I am the first to say this:

What are the chances this is a coordinated attack from Trumpists attempting to bring Schneiderman down to disrupt the NY State investigations/prosecutions of Trump et al?
Just like with Senator Franken, whose accusers disappeared as soon as he resigned and no lawsuits/charges/investigations were ever made?
AG Schneiderman needs to hang tough as do the NY Democratic Party people and The DNC and Nation Democratic Party people.
We know how this goes. Hang tough. Demand a full and open investigation. FOLLOW THE MONEY!!! And don't back down!

On Edit: Oh shit! I posted this fresh off of troll-tripping on DISQUS. Had not read the article. OOPS.....
Waiting to read more on this. Hopefully his deputies are solid people of Integrity and commitment.

[pnwmom]

16. He has a strange denial, though. Not what I'd hope. nt

[Kirk Lover]

21. Playing Devil's advocate here...but what if it was consensual....but now they are saying it

was not.

[pnwmom]

40. Consensual to mean agreeing to a facial bruise? Unlikely. n/t

[Loki Liesmith]

24. If he's into the dom side of BDSM

I’d rather not have known about it but he can’t well deny ever striking a woman.

But frankly I don’t see how saying “I’m into consensual BDSM” is going to fly with most people.

[yardwork]

34. These four women say it was NONconsensual and they sound credible.

[Loki Liesmith]

41. I'm sure they do

The post I replied to said his denial was weak. But any denial that says “I only hit women who like it” is never going to sound strong. That’s my only point. I have no idea what happened between these folks and I won’t presume to guess.

But the AG is electoral toast regardless.

[pnwmom]

42. Especially if the women are denying it. And one of the woman said she hadn't even dated him. n/t

[Loki Liesmith]

45. Whether he did it or not he's useless now

Gotta go.

[malaise]

17. My first thought was I hope this is not another

Al Franken

[babylonsister]

13. If true, dammit!!!!

I had high hopes for him.

[Blue_true]

28. Same here. Wait and see. nt

[pnwmom]

14. He's got 2 chief deputies.

https://ag.ny.gov/senior-staff

[Blue_true]

31. Thanks. Look like both have firepower to spare. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

15. New Yorker has the story

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/four-women-accuse-new-yorks-attorney-general-of-physical-abuse/amp?__twitter_impression=true

There is a thread in LBN - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142054422

ETA - NYT now has it breaking - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/07/nyregion/new-york-attorney-general-eric-schneiderman-abuse.html

For the "concerned", note that Preet Bharara works in that office and you know where he is coming from.

[spooky3]

19. The office and the person are two different entities.

If an investigation reveals that he behaved inappropriately and if he leaves the office, another person can step into the role.

[JI7]

22. How do they decide his replacement ?

[Loki Liesmith]

26. Probably the Deputy Attorney General

They’ll be an election in November and he’s up. No way he will win.

Hope the Dems have a good candidate.

[spooky3]

54. I saw a tweet saying that the NY legislature selects the replacement to serve

until the next election.

[AJT]

77. If that's true it could go to a rightwinger.

[spooky3]

78. Here is a link to the tweet and other info:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=10588216

[AJT]

81. The NY legislature has 1 "democrat" who caucuses with repubs

and that gives the repubs control.

[crazycatlady]

83. The NY Senate

The NY Assembly is Democratic

[vi5]

27. Oh joy. I look forward to the spin on here.....

As to how this is some kind of conspiracy and how it's not his fault or how it doesn't take away from the good he's done or whatever other bullshit is going to get spewed.

[Me.]

29. Sick About This

was counting on him

[Loki Liesmith]

32. You don't trust his lieutenants?

[Me.]

46. Don't KNow His Lieutenants

nor if they have the fire to go after Comrade Trump that Schneiderman has

[Loki Liesmith]

51. They are working these cases

Mueller is coordinating with the *office* of NYAG, not the AG himself.

[triron]

90. Excellent and salient point.

[Me.]

92. You Don't Actually Know That

[Loki Liesmith]

93. Lol ok

[RandomAccess]

55. Me too. I'm really sick.

And I WANT to blame Ronan Farrow --

but I immediately realize how wrong that is. If he's been an abuser, he needs to face the music and both Chris Hayes and his interviewee are all agog about how much corroborating info there is in the article.

Damn

[Me.]

66. Ronan Is A Good Reporter

sigh

[RandomAccess]

67. I know.

Pulitzer prize winning reporter.

(I wish he'd switch to the environment or something.)

[matt819]

30. Shades of Al Franken? (Nt)

[JI7]

33. Opposite of al franken

[yardwork]

35. This sounds very different. This sounds real.

[brooklynite]

36. Anyone who's decided this is another "hit job" should consider this...

You're alleging that THEY discovered that Scheinderman likes to engage in roll-playing and rough sex and managed to set him up with not one, not two, not three, but four women, FOUR years before Trump became president, sp they could engage in such activities with him and then file complaints.

[GoCubsGo]

39. Interesting timing for this to come out.

[pnwmom]

44. #metoo is why a lot of things have come out. And is probably why

Cosby got convicted in his second trial but not his first.

[chowder66]

50. RE: timing - One of the victims dated him recently and wondered if any others were treated this way

she found out that he had treated others this way. They have just recently found out about each other.
On top of that they were getting angrier because of his Me Too involvement and advocating against abuse of women.
The hypocrisy pushed them over the edge.

[Takket]

47. i felt like Scheinderman was the 2nd most important person in the country

His holding state charges for a litany of crimes in NY by the drumpf cabal is what was keeping the power of the pardon in check so Mueller could do his work at the Federal level. All I can say is I hope whoever replaces him is well versed in everything going on and is ready for a fight with the president.......... because if we get some weakling in there drumpf is going to try and trample that person. Any chance we can get sally yates in there? LOL

[JI7]

48. Because of the office he held which someone else can take over

Alsoi it's not like he alone works on these cases. There are others and they will continue to do so.

Someone said this about Mueller also in case trump were to get rid of him .

That the work being done does not stop.

[Takket]

53. i'm not worried about there being a replacement.......

i'm worried about the temperament of the replacement. Make no mistake the day might come when the full fire and fury of the GOP descends on this person to defend drumpf. They will be insulted, defamed, accused of abuses and crimes........ it will not be pretty. I just hope the person can take it and stand firm.

[JI7]

56. This is NY.

[SummerSnow]

52. Trump is after Schneiderman, sounds suspicious to me. Time will tell.

[dalton99a]

70. Trump is overjoyed

From 2013:

Link to tweet

[SummerSnow]

96. There you go

[lapucelle]

57. While the story looks legit, I wouldn't link to coverage from Ballon Juice.

It's a right wing website.

Here's a link to the actual story in The New Yorker:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/four-women-accuse-new-yorks-attorney-general-of-physical-abuse

Who's the accused, Eric Schneiderman?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/26/nyregion/eric-schneiderman-attorney-general-new-york.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-attorney-general-files-100-trump-lawsuits-2017-12

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-07/mueller-is-making-sure-his-investigation-will-live-on-even-if-he-s-fired

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/08/trump-robert-mueller-eric-schneiderman

[renegade000]

61. To clarify, it's not a right wing website anymore.

John Cole had a come to Jesus moment some time during the Bush administration. It's been pro-Democratic and left-leaning for many years now.

[lapucelle]

65. That maybe true. I stay away from that particular place.

[dameatball]

60. Sucks. But next batter up! If there is a case there is a case.

[ProudLib72]

62. What really gets to me about this

The Rump is the biggest abuser of women ever, and he refuses to even consider resigning.

I am NOT saying that Schniederman should not be held accountable. I just hate the double standard.

[superpatriotman]

68. Coincidence is the enemy

Giuliani shows up from NY one week ago. NY AG taken down in scandal today.

Not a coincidence or chance. There is dirty, dirty shit going on everywhere. And all I hear from our side is...

[AJT]

80. I'm sure 45 or someone in his orbit hired investigators

to dig up dirt on everyone who may bring him down. They hit paydirt on Schneiderman. There may be others.

[BannonsLiver]

69. ...

[demmiblue]

72. Yes, yes you are. Thanks for the heads up. n/t

[BannonsLiver]

73. ...

[demmiblue]

76. Lol... nope. n/t

[IluvPitties]

71. This is very sad.

How much more dirt are we going to see?

[malaise]

75. You're right

Down he goes.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

79. right after the election Schneiderman was on air promising to save the day.

It was comforting then. In hindsight his ego may have got the better of him.

[PoliticAverse]

82. Schneiderman announces his resignation...

https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/statement-attorney-general-eric-t-schneiderman

“It’s been my great honor and privilege to serve as Attorney General for the people of the State of New York. In the last several hours, serious allegations, which I strongly contest, have been made against me. While these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct or the operations of the office, they will effectively prevent me from leading the office’s work at this critical time. I therefore resign my office, effective at the close of business on May 8, 2018.”

[UTUSN]

84. Oh, crap

[Tatiana]

91. What the F*%k is going on in the NY AG's office?

Seriously? Any potential successors that are female? Is this what it's come to?

Listening to the details, there seems to be photographic proof/evidence. And apparently one of the women he allegedly assaulted is a prominent NY attorney.

This is like bizarro world. Why wouldn't a prominent attorney press charges?

I'm reserving judgment, but this looks like Conyers territory, more than Franken.