Carrie Johnson:
Well, Republicans in Congress had been investigating how Cuomo in New York state handled the pandemic and handled nursing home residents in the pandemic.
Cuomo testified on Capitol Hill. And, since that time, two different Republicans have sent referrals to the Justice Department, alleging Cuomo made false statements. Cuomo says he testified truthfully and to the best of his knowledge, but now DOJ seems to be investigating or looking into whether Cuomo misstated or misled lawmakers about his viewing or editing of a report about that topic, senior citizens in nursing homes and — in the pandemic.
And so it’s interesting because this is all happening or coming out about a month before the primary to be the mayor of New York City. Cuomo is running in that race. And another person who’s running is Eric Adams, the sitting mayor of New York City. Adams, of course, famously got rid of charges against himself after the DOJ, the new DOJ, in the Trump administration dropped that case.
The matter was so scandalous, so controversial that more than a dozen career prosecutors resigned over it.
