New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has abruptly resigned after several women accused him of abusive sexual encounters that involved hitting, slapping, shaking and other forms of verbal and physical violence.
His fall from grace is particularly notable due to the fact that he was, for a time, considered a leading supporter of the #MeToo movement, congratulating women who stepped forward to accuse men of various forms of sexual abuse.
Four women have come forward to accuse the former New York State Attorney General of various forms of abuse. Two women have decided to remain anonymous while the other two provided their full names to The New Yorker for publication. The two women who have identified themselves as victims of Mr. Schneiderman’s abuse are both Democrats, making it impossible for him to claim that the allegations constituted a political witch-hunt. In fact, hours after the story broke, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo immediately called on Eric Schneiderman to resign his position.
Mr. Schneiderman initially resisted calls for his resignation; eventually he gave in to demands that he step down from his position, but has remained defiant. In his resignation speech, he claimed that the allegations that he beat and threatened several women have nothing to do with his professional conduct or his official work as Attorney General of the state. While he admitted to engaging in role-play, he adamantly denies that this involved violence or non-consensual sex.
His accusers, on the other hand, paint a scary picture of what Mr. Schneiderman is actually like. One notes that he would get drunk most nights when he came home from work. What is more, he would then force others to drink, steal prescription medication and engage in violent behavior that would involve choking, spitting, slapping and name-calling.
He allegedly used his position to threaten his victims, stating that he could have them followed, order their phones to be tapped and even have them killed should they reveal the nature of their abusive relationship with him. Naturally, the fact that Mr. Schneiderman’s position made it possible for him to follow through on these threats terrified his victims, causing them to remain silent for months even after the #MeToo movement gained steam. However, things came to a head when Mr. Schneiderman used his position to take on a leading role in the #MeToo movement. The hypocrisy of a man who gave speeches against sexual violence while beating and threatening them in bed was too much for these women to take, and they decided to take the risk and go public with their stories.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has already announced that it is opening a criminal investigation into Mr. Schneiderman’s behavior. If the allegations are substantiated, Mr. Schneiderman could be charged with a number of crimes. In the event that Mr. Schneiderman manages to evade criminal charges, there is always a chance that at least one of his accusers would take him to court to seek damages. In any case, it is clear that Mr. Schneiderman’s career is over. The disgrace he brought on himself simply cannot be repaired either now or in the future.
Mr. Schneiderman’s fall from grace is unlikely to affect at least his high-profile case against Harvey Weinstein, as the former Attorney General had already named a deputy to invest age the case. However, it is unclear how far Mr. Schneiderman got in investigating former Trump associate Paul Manafort for allegations related to state money laundering. The specifics regarding the state case against Mr. Manafort have not been made clear; however, it is entirely possible that both men could use Mr. Schneiderman’s involvement in the investigation against the prosecution should these cases every wind up in court.
The abrupt downfall of Mr. Schneiderman is almost impossible not to notice, even though a number of Democratic politicians are making a point to talk about it as little as possible. The man who has filed literally dozens of cases against President Trump has been exposed as not only a liar, but also an abusive misogynist and sadist. His downfall will not be forgotten by those who remember his audacious virtue signaling even as he violently abused the women in his life.
~ Conservative Zone
The democrats give prizes for this type of behavior, don’t they?
YES, THEY DO! IT’S CALLED BEING REELECTED OVER , OVER AGAIN…. TERM LIMITS PLEASE!!!!
There is a quote by Mark Twain that is the best way to promote term limits. “Politicians, like diapers need changing often and for the same reason.”: Mark Twain| Never a better metaphor used for the members of the swamp.
Mark blew that one. Voting and who one vote for r the best term limit we have. Repubs complain yet keep right on voting the same chump year in and year out.
O, yea – Trump is the swamp – him and his appointees. Resigning every time we turn around. Now most don’t even wanna be associated with the Trump swamp.
At least Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has the dignity to resign. Comrade Trump has 19 accusers at last count. In addition a couple porn stars, Playboy bunny having sex with Trump while his third wife was expecting Trump’s 3rd boy.
Yep! comrade Trump has no dignity, never did and never will.
Helloooooooooooo, as Mrs. Doubtfire would say. I guess this guy’s picture must be right at the dictionary definition of HYPOCRITE. And no I am not just singling out Donkeys here. Both sides of the isle are equally guilty in this activity. The only problem we have is that they are the rich and famous so they have get of of jail cards free in their possession. We do not.
Thanks God for election year.
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He is not only a liar but a HYPOCRITE. Remember both sides of the isle are guilty being involved in sexual misconduct. The problem ist they have money and money talks, and they receive the so called ” get of of jail cards” free in their possession. This of course is WRONG as they are free and can continue with their misconduct. The common folks that partake in this behavior get prison time and are put on a sexual list and have to register it at their local police station, and they are marred for life, these corrupt politicians get to go free and do anything without being blacked list at local police level, and many remain in political positions. THIS IS WRONG They should be locked UP, and fined BIG TIME They still continue to pay to play game, they need to be fired, jailed, fined receive NO BENEFITS, RETIREMENT, OR INCOME FOR REMAINING OF THE YEAR FROM OUR TAX PAYERS MONEY. THEY NEED TO BE PUNISHED MAYBE EVEN CASTRATED.
Who will run the country now that Schneiderman is gone?
He’s not upset he’s a horrible human being, he’s upset he got called out.
Then u must feel that way about comrade Trump too
It is my understanding, that it is a badge of honor in the democrat party to abuse women…right? I mean Bill Clinton is still their God among mere mortals the last I heard?
Is Trump ur God? Compared to comrade Trump Bill Clinton’s a Saint. After all he did leave office with a 68% approval.
Are you going to tell me that NOBODY else knew this was happening? That there were no rumors in Albany? Cuomo is a dirtbag. Wasn’t there someone else recently that worked for Cuomo upstate and also had to resign, but Cuomo covered for his ass for YEARS?
Another bad seed is gone, keep draining the swamp!
Almost anything can & will be overlooked if you manifest your hatred towards our current president.
I have come to the decision, that there is not one Democrat, honest. My day begins reading th3 entire paper and just about every day another Democrat is caught breaking the law. I can understand why the Democratic Party is worried about losing the next election. But their worries are of their own making, these Corrupt Democrats have been in office for any where of 10 years to 40 years.
The biggest criminal actions were when President Obama was in office,he was as corrupt as his fellow Democrats
It’s past time to vote OUT Democrats. They are tearing down America.
Don’t even think of voting for one of them, as they all are either corrupt
or back the corruption of the ones that are. Terrible times for America,
but if it weren’t for Trump, voters would never have known, eh? Keep
draining the swamp!!!! Until we do,………………….
There is no Democratic Party!
If they were made to call it what it actually is, they would have to call it the New Communist Party!