House Republicans have referred former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo to Department of Justice (DOJ) over false testimony to Congress about the state’s COVID-19 nursing home death toll during the height of the pandemic.
The request, directed at Attorney General Pam Bondi, comes amid mounting evidence that Cuomo personally helped draft and edit a July 2020 report that significantly undercounted fatalities in senior care facilities.
According to the House Oversight Committee, which is leading the charge, Cuomo’s actions amounted to “criminally false statements” — a federal offense that could carry up to five years in prison for each of the three alleged lies.
Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) issued a strong statement Monday, declaring, “Andrew Cuomo is a man with a history of corruption and deceit, now caught red-handed lying to Congress during the Select Subcommittee’s investigation into the COVID-19 nursing home tragedy in New York. This wasn’t a slip-up — it was a calculated cover-up.”
Cuomo’s controversial March 25, 2020, directive required nursing homes to admit or re-admit patients recovering from COVID-19 — without requiring that they first test negative. This decision, critics argue, contributed to a devastating outbreak in the state’s long-term care facilities. By the