New York’s anti-gun attorney general leaves under sex abuse allegations

By Chris Eger

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has walked away from his post in the wake of explosive allegations this week. (Photo: NY AG’s office)
Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s staunchest legal advocate and SAFE Act defender Eric Schneiderman quit Tuesday amid allegations of sexual abuse.
A former public interest attorney and five-time state senator who was elected to serve as the Empire State’s Attorney General in 2010, Schneiderman announced his abrupt departure from office late Monday after four women came forward to The New Yorker with reports of violence and sexual abuse at his hands.
“In the last several hours, serious allegations, which I strongly contest, have been made against me,” said Schneiderman in a resignation statement issued just hours after the news broke. “While these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct or the operations of the office, they will effectively prevent me from leading the office’s work at this critical time.”
Schneiderman supported Cuomo’s controversial New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act which was rushed into law in 2013 as a response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. The strict portfolio of gun control measures, some still in limbo a half-decade later, was defended by Schneiderman to the

Source: Guns.com