House Republican seeks prosecution of former New York governor

Source: Politico

04/21/2025 04:58 PM EDT


House Oversight Chair James Comer is asking the Department of Justice to prosecute former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for lying to Congress as part of its investigation into New York State’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Comer, a Kentucky Republican, accused Cuomo, a Democrat now running for New York City mayor, of making “making criminally false statements” around the state’s management of the pandemic in nursing homes. Former Rep. Brad Wenstrup, the chair of the now-disbanded House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, had previously referred Cuomo to former Attorney General Merrick Garland for prosecution — a request that the Biden administration appeared to ignore.

But Comer’s decision to return to the referral suggests the Trump administration may now be willing to engage. In a statement, Comer demanded Cuomo be prosecuted “to the fullest extent of the law.”

“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,” he said. “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.” The Justice Department did not immediately return a request for comment.

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