Coming out of hiding, President Joe Biden has started to take questions from the press. While he still hasn’t given a formal press conference, reporters are using their allotted time to finally ask him some hard-hitting questions. With a border crisis, the Andrew Cuomo scandal, and COVID-19, there are plenty of talking points to keep the President busy. Most recently, Biden was forced to confront a long-time friend and the abuser of seven women, Andrew Cuomo. 

As it stands, seven women have come forward accusing Cuomo of everything from sexual advances to aggressively groping them without their permission. And while an investigation is underway, the governor refuses to resign. According to Cuomo, he was hired to do a job and won’t step down until told otherwise. But what does his friend and President think about the allegations against him? 

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President Biden agreed to sit down and do an interview with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos. What was supposed to be another Town Hall meeting like the one with Anderson Cooper suddenly took a drastic turn when Stephanopoulos started asking about Biden’s relationship with Andrew Cuomo. Stephanopoulos asked, “I know you said you want the investigation to continue. If the investigation confirms the claims of the women, should he resign?”

Caught a little off-guard by the question, Biden takes a minute before answering, “Yes, I think he’ll probably end up being prosecuted, too.”

This marks the first time that President Biden has taken a stance when it comes to his friend and the claims against him. Seeing an opportunity to get more of the story, Stephanopoulos asked, “How about right now? You said that you want the investigation to continue, you saw Chuck Schumer, Sen. Schumer, Sen. Gillibrand, the majority of the congressional delegation, don’t believe he can be an effective governor. Right now, can he serve effectively?”

With a few of the Democrats already calling for Cuomo’s resignation due to the growing “MeToo” movement, Biden has refused to take a stance on the matter, not wanting to divide the Democratic party.

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Still, with the question asked, Biden responded, “Well that’s a judgement for them to make about their state whether he can be effective. Here’s my position, it’s been my position since I wrote the Violence Against Women Act. A woman should be presumed to be telling the truth, and should not be scapegoated and become victimized by her coming forward. Number one. But there should be an investigation to determine whether what she says is true, that’s what’s going on now. And by the way, it may very well be, there could be a criminal prosecution that is attached to it,” he concluded. “I just don’t know.”

With just a snippet of the interview released on Tuesday, voters on both sides of the aisle are anxiously waiting to see what else President Biden had to say and if he will ever mention the growing border crisis.