New York Attorney General Letitia James on Dec. 7 said that the sexual harassment allegations made against her former chief of staff were substantiated.
The Democrat’s chief of staff, Ibrahim Khan, stepped down from his role earlier this month following an investigation into at least two sexual harassment claims made against him.
James hired a law firm to investigate the claims two days later, according to her office.
“My office treated this matter as aggressively as every other matter that has come before our office. Within 24 hours, our office took disciplinary action and put Ibrahim Khan under restrictions, and within 72 hours, we engaged an outside law firm that began an impartial and exhaustive review of the allegations,” James said.
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Khan had told The New York Times in a statement on Dec. 2 that he was planning to leave his role as chief of staff on Dec. 31 when Jame’s first term ends.However, James confirmed on Wednesday, Dec. 7, that Khan had now resigned from his role.
“Mr. Khan resigned while the process was still ongoing. When the process concluded, my office spoke with each individual and informed them that the allegations were substantiated. I am confident in the steps that were taken to swiftly review the allegations and in the integrity of the investigation,” James said.
James, who oversaw a 2021 sexual harassment inquiry into then-New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, was reelected last month to serve another four years as New York’s attorney general.
Republican lawmakers in New York have called for an investigation into James after reports emerged that she may allegedly have known about the sexual harassment complaints against Khan but chose not to go public with them until after she was reelected.
“We’re protecting the rights of individuals and it’s important to understand this was a private investigation, which is separate and apart from the investigation we did into the former governor — which was a governmental investigation and a lawful investigation pursuant to a referral,” James said.
The Epoch Times has contacted James’s office for comment.