Is Andrew Cuomo Liar, Incompetent or Both?

I haven’t decided yet whether New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is a liar, an incompetent public official or both.

In a post June 5, I shared the outcome of a Freedom of Information Law (a.k.a., “FOIL”) request I had filed eight days earlier with Cuomo’s office: In short, he denied having any records of contact with representatives of the Amazon Defense Coalition, the over-the-top-zealous group behind a $27 billion lawsuit filed against Chevron Corporation in Ecuador. Further, it appears, he wants people like me to believe the accusatory tone he took in a widely-publicized May 4 letter to Chevron CEO David J. O’Reilly was based solely upon papers filed in the case and was without political motivation.

Now, for the second time in two weeks, Cuomo’s office has denied having had contact during the past 12 months with people on the plaintiff’s side of the case: representatives of Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C., the Philadelphia law firm providing funding for the plaintiff; and Steven Donziger, the lead plaintiff attorney in the case.

I don't believe it. To find out why, click here.