CNN host Chris Cuomo responded to the news on Saturday evening that the
network fired him by saying that he was disappointed by the decision
and suggesting that he had already disclosed the information regarding
what he did to help his brother, then-New York Democrat Governor Andrew
Cuomo, navigate the public relations battle over sexual misconduct
allegations.

�This is not how I want my time at CNN to end but I have already told
you why and how I helped my brother,� Chris Cuomo said. �So let me now
say as disappointing as this is, I could not be more proud of the team
at Cuomo Prime Time and the work we did as CNN�s #1 show in the most
competitive time slot. I owe them all and will miss that group of
special people who did really important work.�

CNN president Jeff Zucker told employees about the termination in a
memo, saying that �it goes without saying that these decisions are not
easy, and there are a lot of complex factors involved.�

In a statement announcing the termination, the network said that it had
encountered new information that led to its decision:

Chris Cuomo was suspended earlier this week pending further
evaluation of new information that came to light about his
involvement with his brother�s defense. We retained a respected
law firm to conduct the review, and have terminated him,
effective immediately. While in the process of that review,
additional information has come to light. Despite the
termination, we will investigate as appropriate.

Cuomo was suspended on Tuesday after documents released by New York
Attorney General Letitia James showed that he was more involved in
helping his brother than he previously disclosed.

At the time of his suspension, the network said:

The New York Attorney General�s office released transcripts
and exhibits Monday that shed new light on Chris Cuomo�s
involvement in his brother�s defense. The documents, which we
were not privy to before their public release, raise serious
questions. When Chris admitted to us that he had offered
advice to his brother�s staff, he broke our rules and we
acknowledged that publicly. But we also appreciated the unique
position he was in and understood his need to put family first
and job second. However, these documents point to a greater
level of involvement in his brother�s efforts than we
previously knew. As a result, we have suspended Chris
indefinitely, pending further evaluation.

Chris Cuomo weighed in on the allegations made against his brother
during an interview this week on SiriusXM, saying, �The game has
rules.�

�And one of the general principles is you can fight against the other
party, and you can fight against the media, but only if you have your
party,� Chris Cuomo said. �Andrew had his party enforcing a rule
against him that if you have accusations, you have problems, and you
don�t really get to really vet the accusations, and you don�t get to go
against your accusers.�

Mediaite reported that Chris Cuomo said that his brother�s resignation
was forced in part because �he had the Republicans hating him� and
because �the media never really liked him.�

�So that is too much,� Cuomo said. �And that is why he had to resign. I
did not want him to resign in the beginning, because I believed him. �
But eventually, when there wasn�t going to be due process, and his
party was against him, and obviously the Republicans weren�t going to
help him, then he had no choice because he couldn�t do the work of the
state anymore.�

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