OAN Staff Avril Elfie
12:55 PM – Tuesday, December 3, 2024
House report says former New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo “improperly” influenced the testimony of a former aide before speaking before a House committee investigating his administration's COVID-19 policies It has become clear that he may have tried to give
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On Monday, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic's report was released, saying Cuomo “likely made false statements” about his role in pandemic decision-making.
The report said this included his “direct involvement” in a March 2020 edict directing nursing homes to keep records of recovered COVID-19 patients. The report also notes that Cuomo allegedly “downplayed population deaths related to the pandemic” in a July 2020 report.
Earlier, the House of Representatives had already released a document outlining specific allegations related to Mr. Cuomo's conduct.
Nevertheless, Mr. Cuomo and his press secretary labeled the report a witch hunt on the part of Republicans.
“This is the same weak porridge that MAGA Republicans on this committee have been touting for months, if not years,” said Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi.
“Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo engaged in medical malpractice and caused the total number of deaths in New York nursing homes,” Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) said in the report's opening letter. He said there was bipartisan agreement on several topics, including “what was hidden from the public.” ”
new york post The findings of the report were detailed.
“Mr. Cuomo's name appears 203 times in the 500-page report, with more than 40 pages focused on his response to the pandemic. A directive issued by the Cuomo administration on March 25, 2020 requiring recovering COVID-19 patients to be admitted or readmitted to nursing homes is “medical malpractice” and “contrary to known science.” , which is inconsistent with federal guidelines, and the executive branch “tried to cover it up.” Contrary to Cuomo's denials in House testimony, he and his aides and advisers were “directly involved” in and approved the infamous directive, which was later rescinded following public backlash. Cuomo administration officials sought to counter criticism of the governor's March 25 proclamation by citing a controversial July 6, 2020 state Department of Health report, which states the number of nursing home residents due to the coronavirus. He testified that he had ordered the production of a report (which had been criticized for underestimating the number of deaths). Mr. Cuomo was directly involved in compiling the July report, and he also worked with outside government officials, including Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling and Greater New York Hospital CEO Kenneth Rusk. He instructed people to review the report. In a memo shortly before the report's publication, obtained by a House of Commons committee, Dowling offered to help “rewrite” the report. Cuomo's executive team decided to remove “out-of-facility” deaths (such as nursing home residents who died of COVID-19 after becoming ill and being taken to a hospital) from the July report, making the total The number of deaths has decreased dramatically. ” post Reported.
The Panel also concluded that: Andrew Cuomo likely made false statements to the Select Subcommittee in violation of 18 U.S.C., a federal crime that, if proven, could result in five years in prison.
In October, the commission said it had referred Cuomo's “criminal false statements” to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for possible prosecution.
Meanwhile, Azzopardi insisted that the House of Representatives was working to remove “persons who are considered political opponents.”
“From the beginning, this was an abuse of power and a waste of taxpayer money meant to punish perceived political opponents like Dr. [Anthony] fauci [then Director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases]Governor Cuomo and the 'deep state,' it will do nothing to prepare us for the next pandemic,” he said.
He argued that federal data shows New York state ranked 39th in nursing home deaths per capita in 2020.
“The Justice Department has found that while Manhattan prosecutors and others have investigated the nursing home issue three times and found no wrongdoing, the very same people who have been working hand in hand with this commission have committed The frivolous civil suit was dismissed by the court,'' Azzopardi added.
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