Gov. Andrew Cuomo during a May 2020 news conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
"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," Comer said in a statement Monday. "This wasn’t a slip-up – it was a calculated cover-up by a man seeking to shield himself from responsibility for the devastating loss of life in New York’s nursing homes. Let’s 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’s investigation into Andrew Cuomo’s actions and ensure he’s held to account."
Reached for comment by Fox News Digital, Cuomo's spokesman, Richard Azzopardi, dismissed Comer's letter as "nothing more than a meritless press release that was nonsense last year and is even more so now."
"As the DOJ constantly reminds people, this kind of transparent attempt at election interference and law-fare violates their own policies," Azzopardi said. "Referrals like these – which have been also made against Planned Parenthood, Hillary Clinton and Anthony Fauci – don’t have to be resubmitted with a new administration, so the only point to doing this is politics."
Photos of seniors who died during the COVID-19 pandemic in nursing homes are displayed as family members attend a memorial event on March 23, 2025, in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
The select subcommittee launched its investigation in May 2023. It issued a subpoena for Cuomo's testimony in March 2024 after months of delays.
Cuomo sat for a transcribed interview on June 11, 2024. He later testified in front of the select subcommittee on Sept. 10, 2024.
Wenstrup noted that Cuomo claimed he was neither involved in the drafting nor the review of the July 6 report. Cuomo also testified that he did not have any discussions about the July 6 Report being peer-reviewed and that he did not know whether the July 6 report was reviewed by persons outside the NYSDOH. On all three accounts, Wenstrup said documents obtained by the select subcommittee demonstrate Cuomo's statements to be false.
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It's unclear if the Justice Department, now under Trump's control, will pursue action against Cuomo. Fox News Digital reached out to the DOJ on Tuesday for comment.
The DOJ motioned to dismiss an indictment brought under Biden against current New York City Mayor Eric Adams. A judge agreed to throw out the case with prejudice earlier this month. Adams is running as an independent in the mayoral primary.
Danielle Wallace is a breaking news and politics reporter at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on X: @danimwallace.
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