DOJ Launches Prob Into Andrew Cuomo Over COVID Lies
Fox News is reporting that the U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for allegedly lying to Congress about his decisions made during the COVID-19 pandemic while serving as governor. Fox says it obtained the information from a “source familiar with the probe.”
The New York Times first reported that the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington opened the inquiry into Cuomo about a month ago after senior officials in the DOJ demanded an indictment of New York City Mayor Eric Adams for corruption charges be dismissed.
The Trump administration is now in an unusual spot of ending a criminal case against Adams while opening a new case into Adams’ main rival within months of each other.
Cuomo is running in the Democratic primary to serve as the next mayor of New York City, while Adams is seeking re-election as an independent candidate.
“We have never been informed of any such matter, so why would someone leak it now? The answer is obvious: This is lawfare and election interference, plain and simple—something President Trump and his top Department of Justice officials say they are against,” Rich Azzopardi, Cuomo’s spokesperson, told Fox News. “Governor Cuomo testified truthfully to the best of his recollection about events from four years earlier, and he offered to address any follow-up questions from the Subcommittee — but from the beginning, this was all transparently political.”
The former governor was grilled by Republican lawmakers last year about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. House Republicans subsequently recommended the Justice Department pursue criminal charges against him. They accused him of intentionally lying to Congress during the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into the excessive number of nursing home deaths.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., referred Cuomo to President Donald Trump’s Justice Department for criminal prosecution.
Cuomo – the Democratic scion now considered the current frontrunner in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary in June – was first referred to the Biden Justice Department for criminal prosecution in October 2024.
Former Rep. Brad Wenstrup, then-chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, said Cuomo made “multiple criminally false statements” to Congress about his handling of the 2020 COVID-19 nursing home death scandal.
Cuomo, who was governor at the time, issued a March 2020 directive that initially barred nursing homes from refusing to accept patients who had tested positive for COVID-19. The directive was aimed at freeing up beds for overwhelmed hospitals.
More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients were released from hospitals into nursing homes under the directive, which was later rescinded amid speculation that it had accelerated outbreaks.
The eight plaintiffs in the case argued that their loved ones contracted COVID-19 in nursing homes and died as a result of the directive. They accused Cuomo and his administration of being civilly liable for their deaths as well as being liable for failing to accurately report the number of nursing home deaths in New York state that resulted from the virus.
Thus far the DOJ declined to comment to Fox News on the veracity of the claims regarding the probe of Cuomo.
PB Editor: I realize that this is being done mostly to foil his run for Mayor of New York, but the crimes and incompetence are quite real and many, MANY senior citizens died.
“The New York Times first reported that the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington opened the inquiry into Cuomo about a month ago after senior officials in the DOJ demanded an indictment of New York City Mayor Eric Adams for corruption charges be dismissed.” I think that says it all about the rule of law as viewed and weaponized by the Trump administration.
“Cuomo is running in the Democratic primary to serve as the next mayor of New York City, while Adams is seeking re-election as an independent candidate.” And if Adams is elected, Trump will hold for leverage his court case that can be reopened, for any reason, at any time, by Trump. Who’s weaponizing DOJ, SCOTUS, from the MagaState now?
“PB Editor: I realize that this is being done mostly to foil his run for Mayor of New York, but the crimes and incompetence are quite real and many, MANY senior citizens died.”
Does PB stand for Pure Bullshit?
Some facts: Covid hits us like the warm kiss of a hot fist as in NJ and NY, we were blindsided like Ran Paul mowing his lawn. Murphy and Cuomo both made bad decisions based on bad or lack of information from the Trump Administration which caused seniors in nursing homes to perish unnecessarily, probably. In both states, many court cases initiated, underway, and the courts will figure the truth, assess penalties if necessary. Most cases so far have been dismissed for cause or lack of evidence of wrongdoing. So, go for it, Pam bottled-blond Bondi. You go girl, and do what NJ or NY couldn’t do cause your lawyer are better, tougher, meaner than what you find in NJ or NY. Yeah, sure.
Remember, they got the info to take the actions they did for the nursing homes from the Federal Government under the watch of Trump and the statistically-failed Trump response. If these boys killed 10 to 20K seniors, then Trump’s response killed hundreds of thousands of people — old, young, and inbetween. My proof: our response gave us a death rate per 100K people that ranked us 222 out of 238 countries. That’s worse than a third-world response and looks criminal IMO. We lost 1.2 million. IF we had come in at 100; over 200,000 lives would still be with us. The numbers, even if inflated, point to a total failed Trump covid response. There’s no politics here, no fake news, just the numbers showing that we suck compared to most nations when it came to responding to covid, as directed by the Trump administration. Try that crime.
The truth is Cuomo was a real thorn in Trump’s side early in covid and Trump has Irish Alzheimer’s and just can’t let these things go. It’s revenge and retribution time again. So profitable for the people to spend our money like this.
NBC News: “Trump and Gov. Cuomo clash over coronavirus response after president tells him to stop ‘complaining”
NBC New York: “Cuomo: Trump Admin ‘Dysfunctional and Incompetent’ in COVID Response; Trump Fires Back”
CNBC: “Health and Science
NY Gov. Cuomo says President Donald Trump is ‘enabling’ the coronavirus pandemic”
WAPO: “Trump finds someone to blame for Coronavirus: Andrew Cuomo”
WRVO FM: my favorite: “Cuomo: Trump’s COVID-19 response makes Nixon look ‘innocent’”
Given all the cases dismissed so far in both New Jersey and New York, it’s doubtful that the incompetence of Team Trump will prevail for his retribution and revenge. Frankly, he’s probably assuring Cuomo’s victory, a real stretch given the other Cuomo scandals. Donny 2 Dolls love affair with his birthplace ended years ago and the NYC yearns for people who can stand up to this bully and his faithful, loyal, incompetent minions.