TRENTON – Senate President Steve Sweeney, Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, Senator Paul Sarlo, Senator M. Teresa Ruiz, Senator Sandra Cunningham and Senator Nick Scutari issued the following joint statement today in response to the Governor’s news conference on allegations of sexual assault and failed accountability during the gubernatorial campaign, the transition and into the administration:

“The continuing disclosures of alleged sexual assault and failed accountability during the gubernatorial campaign and into the new administration are alarming and disturbing. The conduct and behavior that has been described to this point cannot be ignored and the claims of the survivors must be taken seriously. If true, these are abuses of power that leave victims in their wake. The impact of any abuse is made worse by any failure to fully respond.

“The people of New Jersey deserve a full and straightforward accounting of what happened during the campaign, what carried forward into the transition and what continued into the administration. The unanswered questions multiply with each new allegation and assertion. We need to have a full accounting of what occurred, what complaints or accusations were made, what was done to get the full truth and what actions were taken in response.”

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