There’s a new push to prosecute former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, accusing him of mendacity to Congress about his position within the COVID nursing residence disaster.
The Home Choose Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic first referred Cuomo for prison prosecution final October after concluding he made criminally false statements to Congress about efforts to undercount nursing residence deaths. The subcommittee stated the Division of Justice underneath former President Joe Biden took no motion so, on Monday, they despatched it once more.
The subcommittee managed by Home Republicans despatched a letter to Lawyer Normal Pam Bondi, bumping up their declare from final yr that Cuomo made what they name “multiple criminally false statements” throughout transcribed testimony final summer season.
The prison referral alleges Cuomo denied being concerned within the drafting or reviewing of the report throughout his June 2024 testimony, however that paperwork counter his claims. Cuomo additionally denied having discussions concerning the July 6 report being peer reviewed, based on the panel, which stated paperwork present in any other case. The committee stated it requested Cuomo if he knew individuals exterior of the well being division who have been concerned in drafting or modifying the evaluation and the previous governor responded “no,” which the panel stated it has proof he was not truthful.
A spokesperson for Cuomo described Monday’s referral meritless lawfare, saying “referrals like these, which have been also made against Planned Parenthood, Hillary Clinton and Anthony Fauci, don’t have to be resubmitted with a new administration, so the only point to doing this is politics.”
The panel stated Cuomo was not underneath oath throughout his testimony however was required to reply questions in truth to Congress.
The Cuomo administration got here underneath important scrutiny for a coverage that at the beginning required nursing houses to readmit recovering COVID-19 sufferers in an effort to keep away from hospitals from changing into overwhelmed.
