A Republican-led House subcommittee on Wednesday ruled against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for allegedly lying to Congress about his involvement in nursing home deaths during the coronavirus pandemic. The matter was referred to the Ministry.
Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), leader of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, avoids responsibility for how nursing home deaths were accounted for in early 2020 He signed a letter of reference accusing Cuomo of making a “conscious and calculated effort” to do so. When the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic began.
According to a new report in the New York Times, the referral comes after Cuomo met privately with a subcommittee to review a state health department report that blamed Cuomo for these deaths. He claims that there was not.
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Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo takes the oath to testify before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the Rayburn House Office Building at the U.S. Capitol on September 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. . (Kent Nishimura)
Mr. Cuomo reportedly reviewed a report from the state health department and wrote some early drafts in an email, but the former governor said he did not remember any of that.
“This taxpayer-funded travesty is an illegal use of Congress' investigative powers,” said Richard Azzopardi, a spokesman for Mr. Cuomo. “The governor said he doesn't remember because he doesn't remember. The commission has lied to the inquiry just as it has lied to the public and the press.”
This comes as Mr. Cuomo has emerged as the front-runner in next year's New York mayoral election. Current Mayor Eric Adams was recently indicted by a grand jury on five counts of bribery and corruption, including illegal foreign campaign fundraising, and it is unclear whether he will run again.
Cuomo resigned as governor in August 2021 following allegations of sexual harassment, which he continues to deny.
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Criminal referrals by House subcommittees do not affect the legal system, and Congress has no authority to tell the Justice Department what to do with them.
It is also unclear whether the next election will have any impact on subcommittee referrals, regardless of who controls Congress or who is elected president.
Former New York Gov. Andrew has announced his latest response to the coronavirus pandemic as Republicans scrutinize his role in the state's response, claiming he undercounted deaths in nursing homes. He spoke about the response and controversial nursing home policy. (Kent Nishimura)
Cuomo's memoir, “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic,” has come under scrutiny in recent years, with the state Ethics Commission declaring he used state resources. To help write the pen, he was ordered to return the $5 million advance paid for the work.
Mr. Cuomo also denied this and successfully sued the board, arguing that he had a right to due process.
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According to the Times, Cuomo has argued that information and data on deaths from the coronavirus in its early stages was unreliable and that his administration focused on more reliable numbers that people could trust.
In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Wenstrup said Cuomo had “no discussion of the July 6th report being peer reviewed” and that “the July 6th report was not subject to peer review.” “We do not know whether the report was reviewed by someone outside the state,” he said. Ministry of Health.
Congressman Brad Wenstrup, chairman of the COVID-19 Special Subcommittee, demanded answers from former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo about his response to the pandemic behind closed doors. (Getty Images)
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“Mr. Cuomo provided some false statements to the subcommittee in what appears to be a consciously calculated effort to avoid responsibility,” Wenstrup said in a letter of introduction reviewed by the Times. “The Department of Justice should consider Mr. Cuomo's past misconduct when considering whether to prosecute him for the false statements made.”
Mr. Cuomo accused the subcommittee of misusing government resources to “investigate matters that are clearly outside its jurisdiction for the benefit of private litigation.”
