The Human Rights Campaign has hired an outside law firm to investigate whether the organizations president, Alphonso David, inappropriately helped Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo push back against sexual harassment allegations.

This investigation which will take no longer than 30 days, will include consideration of whether Alphonso Davids actions aligned with HRCs mission and values, as well as with professional and ethics standards, reads an email that Morgan Cox and Jodie Patterson board chairs for HRC and the HRC Foundation, respectively sent to HRC staff on Monday morning. HuffPost obtained a copy of the email.

Alphonso David will be fully cooperating and has welcomed the investigation, they said.

David was part of Cuomos tight inner circle, serving as his counsel from 2015 to 2019. The New York attorney generals office last week released a bombshell report detailing its investigation into sexual harassment allegations against the governor, and David appeared to have played a significant role in Cuomos efforts to discredit his accusers.

The report states, for example, that David provided a confidential file to Cuomos top aides, which they used to discredit one of his accusers, Lindsey Boylan. The former Cuomo staffer has accused the governor of sexual harassment, including an unsolicited kiss in his office and an invitation to play strip poker on a government airplane.

The report also states that David was involved in discussions about calling and secretly recording a conversation between a former Cuomo staffer and another Cuomo accuser named Kaitlin, who has not provided her last name. Kaitlin claims that in 2016, the governor grabbed her at a fundraiser and put her into a dance pose for photographers. She says the governor had his staff reach out to offer her a job two days later.

According to the report, David also initially declined to sign onto a letter aimed at discrediting Boylan and attacking her claims as political, but later told a Cuomo aide he would sign the letter if we need him. He also agreed to reach out to women who previously worked for Cuomo to try to get them to sign onto a statement saying positive things about the governor, per the report.

David was serving as president of HRC at the time of all these incidents.