NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday selected Joon Kim, a former U.S. Attorney, and Anne Clark, an employment discrimination lawyer, to lead the investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Kim and Clark will lead a team that is charged with “conducting a thorough and independent investigation of, and the circumstances surrounding, allegations of sexual harassment against Governor Cuomo,” according to a press release.
The team will also look into the Cuomo administration’s handling of sexual harassment allegations.
“Joon H. Kim and Anne L. Clark are independent, legal experts who have decades of experience conducting investigations and fighting to uphold the rule of law,” James said in a statement. “There is no question that they both have the knowledge and background necessary to lead this investigation and provide New Yorkers with the answers they deserve.”
Kim served as the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from March 2017 to January 2018.
“As the most senior federal law enforcement officer in the district, he oversaw all criminal and civil litigation conducted on behalf of the United States and supervised the work of approximately 220 assistant U.S.
attorneys handling a wide range of cases, including public corruption, fraud, cybercrime, money laundering, cryptocurrency, tax litigation, terrorism, racketeering, Bank Secrecy Act and sanctions violations, and theft of trade secrets and economic espionage, as well as civil rights, civil enforcement, and environmental matters,” a press release said of Kim’s career.
Clark is currently a partner at Vladeck, Raskin & Clark, P.C., where she “has successfully represented plaintiffs in numerous sexual harassment and other employment discrimination cases in the private sector, in education, and in government.”
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