How Cuomo’s office sought help from prominent liberal advocates as it pushed to discredit an accuser

David — a onetime lawyer in the governor’s office who called for his former boss to resign this week — suggested changes to the never-released Boylan letter, which was later leaked to reporters, according to the investigation. He later made an effort to get signatures for it, even though he told Cuomo advisers he would not sign it himself, David told investigators. He also provided Cuomo advisers with an internal memo about Boylan, which he had retained after leaving the governor’s office, the report said.