A House subcommittee is set to refer former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the Justice Department for potential prosecution over allegations that he lied to Congress about his role in shaping a New York state COVID-19 report on nursing home deaths, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
The move, set to be finalized on Thursday, represents a sharp rebuke from the Republican-led House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, which claims Cuomo engaged in a “conscious, calculated effort” to avoid accountability for thousands of nursing home deaths that occurred during the pandemic, according to NYT. The referral letter was signed solely by Subcommittee Chairman Ohio Republican Rep. Brad Wenstrup, with the ranking Democrat Rep. Raul Ruiz of California declining to endorse it.
The subcommittee’s referral focuses on Cuomo’s closed-door testimony, where he…
