A top aide to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. will no longer be involved in personnel cases, a sign of possible missteps in how the office handled a sexual harassment allegation last year.
A Gillibrand aide told CNN deputy chief of staff Anne Bradley erred in her communication with the woman who made the allegation against Abbas Malik, one of Gillibrand’s advisers.
Gillibrand, a champion of the #MeToo movement, is one of the several Democrats running in a crowded pool for the party’s bid in 2020. She was one of the driving voices in her party to call for former Sen. Al Franken to step down in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations.
Malik, a married Iraq War veteran who became the senator’s military adviser, was dismissed last week after media inquiries into his conduct and the allegations by a female staffer 10 years his junior. Malik had kept his position following an investigation, though his accuser resigned in protest over how her allegations against him were handled.
According to the aide, Bradley is no longer involved with investigations or personnel cases in Gillibrand’s office, even though her title did not change.
