Cuomo Scandal Entangles Leader Of Influential LGBTQ Advocacy Group

The New York Attorney General's sexual harassment investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo has raised criticisms of a prominent LGBTQ advocate, who is accused of participating in efforts to discredit the governor's alleged victims.

That advocate, Alphonso David, the president of Human Rights Campaign, is now facing demands that he resign.

The organization describes itself as "America's largest civil rights organization working to advance LGBTQ equality," and has become the most influential such group in the country.

David previously served as a counselor to Cuomo, where he acted as the New York Democrat's "chief counsel and principal legal advisor," according to his biography.

In 2019, David was named the President of Human Rights Campaign, or HRC. He is the first person of color to hold that role. But even after leaving government, the Attorney General's investigation details how David remained in close contact with Cuomo's advisers as they responded to multiple women's accusations of sexual harassment. David, the report states, sent one accuser's confidential personnel files to a Cuomo adviser. That adviser then leaked the accuser's files to the media, according to the report. In another instance described in the report, David took part in discussions about a draft letter