Here’s Why the DOJ Is Reportedly Investigating Andrew Cuomo

The Department of Justice has reportedly opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo over his testimony about COVID-era nursing home deaths, though the mayoral frontrunner is unaware of the probe, his spokesperson said.

“We have never been informed of any such matter, so why would someone leak it now?” spokesman Rich Azzopardi told news outlets. “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.”

The criminal investigation into the Democrat began about a month ago, The New York Times reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.

The Republican-led panel House Oversight and Government Reform Committee asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue criminal charges against Cuomo, a Democrat, for making “criminally false statements” during a June 11, 2024, interview with the House COVID subcommittee.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) charged that there was “overwhelming evidence” that Cuomo, 67, presided over a July 6, 2020, audit that undercounted the total number of deaths in New York senior care facilities during the pandemic by 46%.

In his testimony, the ex-governor was adamant that he had not drafted, reviewed, discussed or consulted people for “peer-review” on the nursing home report, which was published by the New York State Department of Health.

Comer previously referred Cuomo for prosecution last year, but his request was denied by former President Joe Biden’s Attorney General Merrick Garland. […]

The report Cuomo is accused of lying to Congress about downplayed the consequences of his infamous March 25, 2020, directive forcing recovering COVID patients into senior care facilities without mandated testing to see if they could still infect others.

(Read more from “Here’s Why the DOJ Is Reportedly Investigating Andrew Cuomo” HERE)