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Trump Claims Cuomo Vowed He Won't Run Against Him In 2020 Trump Claims Cuomo Vowed He Won't Run Against Him In 2020
Trump Claims Cuomo Vowed He Won't Run Against Him In 2020 This story has been updated. President Donald Trump said that Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New Castle called him recently and pledged not to challenge the Republican for President in 2020.  Cuomo denied that he told Trump that he would not challenge him. "I don't have any personal, political conversations with the President,” Cuomo told Albany reporters. Trump made the claim in an upstate fundraising appearance on Monday, Aug. 13. Trump told Republican donors in Utica that Cuomo once called him and promised that he wouldn't run against him. Trump, who toyed with a run for governor before s…

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Molinaro Cites 'Quid-Pro-Cuomo' Emails In Bid-Rigging Trial Molinaro Cites 'Quid-Pro-Cuomo' Emails In Bid-Rigging Trial
Molinaro Cites 'Quid-Pro-Cuomo' Emails In Bid-Rigging Trial Secret emails loomed large as communications detailing "Quid-pro-Cuomo" were presented by federal prosecutors at the "Buffalo Billion bid-rigging trial," Republican gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro said in a campaign mailing. The Dutchess County executive, who is running against Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New Castle, was referring to the federal corruption case investigating links between Democratic campaign donations and state-backed developers. A SUNY official on trial for allegedly rigging bids to favor donors to Cuomo on Upstate economic development projects was advis…

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