Jeff Zucker has resigned as president of CNN, saying in a statement that he was doing so because he failed to share a “consensual relationship” with a colleague, also an executive at the network. According to Zucker, the relationship came up during an internal investigation of Chris Cuomo‘s time at CNN after the anchor was fired for using his position to defend his brother Andrew Cuomo against sexual harassment allegations. Zucker said that he has has a friendship with this colleague for decades, and, “I acknowledged the relationship evolved in recent years. I was required to disclose it when …