CNN Fires Chris Cuomo Over His Efforts to Help Andrew - The New York Times

The cable news network said it had “terminated him, effective immediately,” a move that came four months after Andrew Cuomo resigned as governor of New York.

The star anchor Chris Cuomo was fired by CNN on Saturday amid a network inquiry into his efforts to help his brother, Andrew M.

Cuomo, then the governor of New York, fight off a sexual harassment scandal.

The announcement completed a stunning downfall for Chris Cuomo, the top-rated anchor at CNN and a veteran television journalist who had built a successful broadcast career outside of his famed political family.

29 revealed that the CNN anchor had played a more intimate and engaged role in his brother’s political affairs than the network said it had previously known.

Cuomo, saying the anchor was “human” and facing “very unique circumstances.” The network also offered the anchor a formal leave if he wished to work more closely with his brother’s team.

In the wake of Chris Cuomo’s suspension on Tuesday, CNN said it would embark on an internal review of his conduct, but the network made no immediate plans to retain an outside law firm or forensic investigators.

Cuomo, previously at ABC News, was one of CNN’s first major hires after Mr.

After drawing national praise for his leadership in the early days of the pandemic, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was confronted with several scandals that eventually led to his resignation on Aug.

Chris Cuomo, a CNN anchor and Andrew Cuomo’s brother, was suspended indefinitely by the network on Nov.

The blurred ethical lines of the Cuomos’ relationship became apparent almost immediately: In 2013, the network was criticized after Chris Cuomo twice interviewed his brother on “New Day.”.

But CNN embraced the brothers’ on-air relationship at the onset of the pandemic, when Chris Cuomo, who contracted Covid, broadcast his show from quarantine in the basement of his Long Island home.

The next year, as Andrew Cuomo was facing a growing number of sexual harassment accusations, Chris Cuomo recused himself from reporting on the scandal, leaving a prime-time hole in CNN’s coverage of what was turning out to be a national news story

At the same time, away from the anchor desk, Chris Cuomo was participating in strategy sessions with Andrew Cuomo’s top aides