House Republicans Want Andrew Cuomo Prosecuted For Lying To Congress

The House Oversight Committee resent its criminal referral to nan Justice Department recommending erstwhile New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D, beryllium charged pinch making mendacious statements to Congress. The committee claims Cuomo “knowingly and willfully” made mendacious statements astir deaths successful New York nursing homes during COVID-19. 

“This wasn’t a slip-up—it was a calculated cover-up by a man seeking to shield himself from work for nan devastating nonaccomplishment of life successful New York’s nursing homes,” Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said successful a statement. “Andrew Cuomo is simply a man pinch a history of corruption and deceit, now caught red-handed lying to Congress during nan Select Subcommittee’s investigation into nan COVID-19 nursing location calamity successful New York.” 

What did Cuomo dishonesty about? 

It each started successful March 2020 erstwhile nan Cuomo management ordered nursing homes and semipermanent attraction accommodation successful nan authorities to admit COVID-positive patients. Over nan adjacent 16 months, 17,425 patients successful those accommodation died from nan virus. 

In May 2023, nan House Select Subcommittee connected nan Coronavirus Pandemic opened an investigation into Cuomo. They discovered he helped draft, reappraisal and edit what was expected to beryllium an independent New York State Department of Health study connected nan matter. The authorities study undercounted nan number of deaths and blamed unit for nan excessive deaths, not nan request to admit sick patients. 

The New York Attorney General’s agency released a study that said nan Cuomo management had undercounted nan deaths by half.  

Mr. Cuomo participated successful aggregate interviews pinch nan committee during its investigation. During a transcribed question and reply successful June 2024, Cuomo testified that he was not progressive successful nan reappraisal aliases drafting of nan Department of Health Report, that he did not person immoderate discussions astir a adjacent reappraisal of nan study and that he had nary knowledge of individuals extracurricular nan Department of Health reviewing nan report. 

The committee states each 1 of those statements is “demonstrably false.”

The committee primitively sent its criminal referral to nan Justice Department during nan Biden administration, but it did not bring charges. They are asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to reappraisal it and return action. 

Cuomo is moving for NYC Mayor

Cuomo is presently nan front-runner successful nan New York City Mayoral election. The Democratic primary is June 24, and nan victor is beautiful overmuch guaranteed to triumph nan wide predetermination acknowledgment to nan city’s 3.6 cardinal registered Democrats, compared to 530,000 registered Republicans. 

Cuomo is challenging incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, D, who decided to tally arsenic an independent aft he was charged pinch fraud and bribery, starring to a important nonaccomplishment of support successful his party. The Trump management dropped those charges, and a judge yet dismissed them pinch prejudice, truthful prosecutors could not effort to bring them guardant again if Adams falls retired of favour pinch nan Trump DOJ.