{"id":9638,"date":"2025-05-21T09:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=9638"},"modified":"2025-05-21T09:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:20:11","slug":"justice-department-opens-investigation-into-former-gov-andrew-cuomo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/health-science\/justice-department-opens-investigation-into-former-gov-andrew-cuomo\/njackson\/2025\/05\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Department Opens Investigation Into Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov.\u00a0Andrew Cuomo\u00a0for allegedly lying to Congress about his decisions made during the COVID-19 pandemic while serving as governor, a source familiar with the probe confirmed to Fox News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York Times<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“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\u2014something President Trump and his top Department of Justice officials say they are against,” Rich Azzopardi, Cuomo\u2019s 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 \u2014 but from the beginning this was all transparently political.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Republican lawmakers\u00a0questioned Cuomo 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\u2019s investigation into the excessive number of nursing home deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) referred Cuomo to President Donald Trump’s Justice Department for criminal prosecution.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 9,000 recovering\u00a0coronavirus patients\u00a0were released from hospitals into nursing homes under the directive, which was later rescinded amid speculation that it had accelerated outbreaks.\u00a0Cuomo has previously said that the directive was based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidance at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A report released in March 2022 by the New York state comptroller found\u00a0Cuomo’s Health Department\u00a0“was not transparent in its reporting of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes” and it “understated the number of deaths at nursing homes by as much as 50%” during some points of the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi last month, Comer said, “to our knowledge, the Biden Administration ignored this referral despite clear facts and evidence.” He requested that Bondi review the referral and “take appropriate action.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Andrew Cuomo is a man with a history of corruption and deceit, now caught red-handed lying to Congress during the Select Subcommittee\u2019s investigation into the COVID-19 nursing home tragedy in New York,” Comer said in a statement Monday. “This wasn\u2019t a slip-up \u2013 it was a calculated cover-up by a man seeking to shield himself from responsibility for the devastating loss of life in New York\u2019s nursing homes. Let\u2019s be clear: lying to Congress is a federal crime. Mr. Cuomo must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The House Oversight Committee is prepared to fully cooperate with the Justice Department\u2019s investigation into Andrew Cuomo\u2019s actions and ensure he\u2019s held to account.” <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udea8 #BREAKING<\/a>: DOJ has launched a criminal probe into Andrew Cuomo over his testimony on his COVID response

Cuomo perjured himself MULTIPLE TIMES, and HID RECORDS from the committee

He\u2019s also responsible for the deaths of THOUSANDS of nursing home patients

LOCK HIM UP! pic.twitter.com\/cDp8EZWjBZ<\/a><\/p>— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>