<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A House panel investigating the COVID pandemic referred former New York Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/andrew-cuomo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andrew Cuomo</a> to the Justice Department for investigation on Wednesday over “multiple criminally false statements” he allegedly made to lawmakers.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) made the criminal referral, alleging that Cuomo lied to the committee about his handling of COVID. Specifically, Wenstrup <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/covid-select-refers-former-new-york-governor-andrew-cuomo-for-criminal-prosecution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that Cuomo lied to House lawmakers about his knowledge of a report that was used to defend a New York policy that placed COVID patients in nursing homes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At issue is Cuomo&#8217;s statements to lawmakers about his knowledge of a New York State Department of Health <a href="https://health.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/docs/nh_factors_report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from July 6, 2020. The report was used to explain an </span><a href="https://skillednursingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/03/DOH_COVID19__NHAdmissionsReadmissions__032520_1585166684475_0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">earlier policy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> put forward by the state telling nursing homes they could not deny admission to people who had a confirmed or suspected case of COVID.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Under Cuomo’s policies, there were around 15,000 COVID nursing home <a href="https://apnews.com/article/cuomo-covid-pandemic-nursing-home-deaths-6fb16b6239e0da7d49ae0dd8b99987c3">deaths</a>, which was a much greater number than the figure first reported by New York. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to House investigators, Cuomo lied to lawmakers about his role in reviewing and editing the July 6 report and lied about discussing other aspects of the report during an interview with lawmakers on June 11.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Mr. Cuomo made multiple criminally false statements, including that he was neither involved in the drafting nor the review of the July 6 Report. Documents establish that statement to be false,” Wenstrup <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024.10.30-SSCP-Referral-of-Andrew-M.-Cuomo.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> to the DOJ. “Mr. Cuomo also testified that he did not have any discussions about the July 6 Report being peer reviewed. Documents show that statement to be false. And Mr. Cuomo testified that he did not know whether the July 6 Report was reviewed by persons outside of the NYSDOH. Documents again demonstrate that statement to be false.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/nyregion/cuomo-crime-covid-hearing.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> all allegations of wrongdoing.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This taxpayer-funded farce is an illegal use of Congress’s investigative authority,” Azzopardi told The New York Times. “The governor said he didn’t recall because he didn’t recall. The committee lied in their referral just as they have been lying to the public and the press.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wenstrup said that witnesses and documentation evidence backed up his panel’s assertions against Cuomo.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Andrew Cuomo repeatedly lied to Congress, and he must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.” Wenstrup said. “This deliberate and self-serving attempt to avoid accountability for the thousands of lives lost in New York nursing homes during the pandemic will not stand.”</span></p>

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