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N.Y. Attorney General’s Top Aide Resigns After Sexual Harassment Claims


Longtime chief of staff to Letitia James, the New York attorney general, has resigned amid a misconduct investigation, and three people with knowledge of the matter said it involved at least two allegations of harassment. sex.

The former chief of staff, Ibrahim Khan, was one of James’ closest political advisers for nearly a decade. He was accused by at least one woman of inappropriate touching and unwanted kissing. Ms. James has hired a law firm to investigate the allegations, two of the people with knowledge of the matter said.

A woman who filed a complaint was notified on Friday that her allegations of inappropriate touching and unwanted kissing have been substantiated.

Mr Khan defended himself in a statement and said he planned to leave his post before December 31, at the end of Ms. James’ first term. She was re-elected last month.

“I am expected to leave office to join the private sector later this year,” Mr Khan said in a statement. “This is unrelated to an investigation, however, that found no formal workplace misconduct,” adding that he is “proud of all that we have accomplished in the past four years.” years in service to the people of New York.”

Mr Khan’s claim that the investigation found “no formal misconduct at work” could not be immediately corroborated and Ms James’s spokesman did not immediately respond to the request. confirm that.

The allegations involve former employees of the office, according to two of the people with knowledge of the matter.

The office confirmed the resignation in a statement.

A spokesman said: “The attorney general’s office has processes in place to thoroughly investigate any allegations of misconduct. “The office takes these matters with the utmost seriousness and this situation is no different. An independent, impartial investigation was conducted and that employee resigned.”

The charges were filed against Mr Khan, who began working for Ms James as a spokeswoman for her campaign for public advocate in New York City in 2013 and later, after She took office, as chief of staff, being particularly sensitive to Ms. James, who oversaw the 2021 sexual harassment investigation by then-New York governor Andrew M. Cuomo.

When investigators hired by Ms. James’ office determined that Mr. Cuomo had sexually harassed multiple women over a seven-year period, Ms. James spoke out strongly against him.

“No man – no matter how powerful – is allowed to harass a woman,” she said in a statement.

Mr. Cuomo resigned soon after.

In Mr Khan’s case, many of the allegations were reported to the attorney general’s office by a political consultant, not by the victims themselves, according to one of the people with knowledge of the matter. this topic.

Ms.James has decided to hire an outside law firm to investigate the allegations. It is unclear when Ms. James was notified of the charges, or when the company was hired.

In 2017, when Ms. James was the city’s public advocate and Mr. Khan was her chief of staff, The New York Post reported that a former employee of the office had accused Mr. Khan of drugging and assaulting her. public sex grandma at a holiday party.

The Post reported that two investigative agencies, the city’s Bureau of Investigation and the Manhattan district attorney’s office, investigated the incident and closed the case.

The article is no longer on The Post’s website and the former employee cannot be reached for comment.

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