After the alleged sexual allegations plaguing former New York governor Andrew Cuomo surfaced, the fallout has been messy for both the governor and those who had close ties to him.

One public figure, Alphonso David, is now feeling the ripple effect of the governor’s alleged actions. David, who was the president of the Human Rights Campaign, has now been dismissed from his role after an independent report found that he helped Cuomo address the sexual misconduct allegations that tarnished his name.

The organization shared in a statement of his dismissal that David’s continued relationship with the governor was a distraction from the organization and that his conduct took away from his ability to successfully lead the HRC.

In a Tweet sent late Monday night, David shared his outrage at the decision and highlighted what he deemed to be a lack of truth and “transparency” surrounding the circumstances.

David expresses of the HRC board, “They unjustly provided notice of termination to me in order to end my fight for the integrity of the review process and for which is right. I asked for the report, they refused. They lied about producing the report.” David goes on to add, “Expect a legal challenge.”

Human Rights Campaign, one of the most influential civil rights organizations which supports the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, hired David on as their president roughly two years ago. In their statement introducing David as the face of the organization, they described him as being a great fit because of his track record for effecting change for the LGBTQ+ community.

“David most recently made history as the first openly gay Counsel to the Governor of the State of New York and, before that, served as the first Deputy Secretary and Counsel for Civil Rights in New York,” the organization touts. They go on to describe his many efforts, including those toward marriage equality and ending gender discrimination.

Fast forward two years, and as part of his dismissal, the organization points to a violation of the conflict of interest policies as cause for his termination. The conflict they describe occurred when David agreed to assist the governor in helping him respond to the sexual misconduct allegation.

The HRC’s independent probe also found that in the state’s investigative report into the allegations against the governor, David was found to have had communications with the governor both before he was hired on as HRC’s president and after.

HRC points to an instance in the state’s report that indicates after David left his position with the governor, he took with him files that were related to Lindsey Boylan, one of Cuomo’s accusers. Following Boylan’s tweet accusing the former governor of being “one of the biggest abusers of all time,” David allegedly shared the files on Boylan with one of Cuomo’s top advisors. The files on Boylan were later leaked to the media in an effort to discredit her accusations.

David seemingly flipped sides once the state’s report was released as he joined the public in its outrage and called for the governor to resign.

Amid the controversy surrounding David and his efforts to advise the governor on his alleged sexual misconduct, an action that would go against the values of the HRC, the organization defended that David’s conduct with Cuomo could jeopardize their reputation and financial prospects moving forward. “This conduct has created damage to Mr. David’s reputation significant enough to impair his ability to effectively serve as the public face and voice of HRC/HRCF,” the organization explained in a statement.

David maintains that he did nothing wrong in his communication with the governor. He contends that he even supported the HRC’s prob; however, he maintains that his lawyers were not part of the investigation in his departure as the HRC implies.

Following his departure, the HRC will be led by Chief Operating Officer Joni Madison.