(JTA) — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who resigned hours after The New Yorker published a report detailing allegations against him by four women who said that he physically abused them, will not face criminal charges due to “legal impediments.” Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, the special prosecutor overseeing the investigation, told CNN on Thursday that…
A lawyer for women claiming to have been abused by disgraced ex-New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman reportedly says he told Michael Cohen about the abuse claims in 2013, just before Donald Trump tweeted that the then-squeaky clean lawman could face a scandal. Attorney Peter Gleason, who represents two women not among the four interviewed…
After multiple reports of physical abuse came out against former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, the National Rifle Association used the details to push its agenda, claiming that the solution to violence against women is more gun ownership. A May 7 New Yorker article reported that four women say Schneiderman repeatedly hit them, often…
As claims of physical and emotional abuse quickly consumed Eric Schneiderman’s promising political career, longtime allies struggled in vain to reconcile the lurid reports with the principled and progressive leader they thought they knew. The liberal stalwart resigned as New York’s attorney general on Monday night, less than four hours after the New Yorker published…
The news that Eric Schneiderman is accused of severely abusing women came as a shock to many people in the feminist community – although it shouldn’t. None of this should surprise us anymore. This problem of abuse crosses all classes, ethnicities, professions, religions, and geography. The dynamics of abuse across different corners of the world…
Updated 9:50 p.m. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced his resignation on Monday, hours after The New Yorker published allegations by four former romantic partners accusing him of physical abuse. The women said that Schneiderman repeatedly hit them, often while intoxicated and sometimes as part of violent sexual roleplay to which they did not…
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned after being accused of physical abuse by four women with whom he had relationships. Schneiderman issued a statement late Monday saying he could no longer continue as the state’s top lawman after the damaging accusations surfaced. The four ex-girlfriends told the New Yorker that Schneiderman, a liberal…
New York’s attorney general on Wednesday asked Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislators to give him and other local prosecutors power to bring criminal charges against people pardoned by President Trump. In a letter, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman urged Cuomo and legislative leaders to close a loophole in New York’s double jeopardy law shielding recipients…
100% of profits support our journalism
