DOJ investigating Andrew Cuomo for allegedly lying about COVID decisions, source confirms

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a transgression probe into erstwhile New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for allegedly lying to Congress astir his decisions made during the COVID-19 pandemic portion serving arsenic governor, a root acquainted with the probe confirmed to Fox News.

The New York Times archetypal reported that the U.S. attorney's bureau successful Washington opened the enquiry into Cuomo astir a period agone aft elder officials successful the DOJ demanded an indictment of New York City Mayor Eric Adams for corruption charges beryllium dismissed.

The DOJ declined to remark to Fox News.

The Trump medication is present successful an antithetic spot of ending a transgression lawsuit against Adams portion opening a caller lawsuit into Adams’ main rival wrong months of each other.

Cuomo is moving successful the Democratic superior to service arsenic the adjacent politician of New York City, portion Adams is seeking re-election arsenic an autarkic candidate.

HOUSE REPUBLICAN ASKS TRUMP DOJ TO CRIMINALLY PROSECUTE EX-NEW YORK GOV ANDREW CUOMO

Former politician and mayoral candidate, Andrew Cuomo, (C) marches successful the Celebrate Israel Parade up Fifth Avenue connected May 18, 2025 successful New York City.  (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

"We person ne'er been informed of immoderate specified matter, truthful wherefore would idiosyncratic leak it now? The reply is obvious: This is lawfare and predetermination interference plain and simple—something President Trump and his apical Department of Justice officials accidental they are against," Rich Azzopardi, Cuomo’s spokesperson told Fox News. "Governor Cuomo testified truthfully to the champion of his recollection astir events from 4 years earlier, and helium offered to code immoderate follow-up questions from the Subcommittee — but from the opening this was each transparently political."

The erstwhile politician was grilled by Republican lawmakers past twelvemonth astir his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. House Republicans subsequently recommended the Justice Department prosecute transgression charges against him. They accused him of intentionally lying to Congress during the House Oversight Committee’s probe into the excessive fig of nursing location deaths.

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., referred Cuomo to President Donald Trump's Justice Department for transgression prosecution. 

BILL MAHER SUGGESTS ANDREW CUOMO'S NURSING HOME SCANDAL MAY COST HIS NYC MAYORAL CAMPAIGN

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks extracurricular the West Side Institutional Synagogue connected April 1, 2025, successful New York City.  (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Cuomo – the Democratic scion present considered the current frontrunner successful the New York City Democratic mayoral superior successful June – was archetypal referred to the Biden Justice Department for transgression prosecution successful October 2024. 

Former Rep. Brad Wenstrup, then-chairman of the House Select Subcommittee connected the Coronavirus Pandemic, said Cuomo made "multiple criminally mendacious statements" to Congress astir his handling of the 2020 COVID-19 nursing location decease scandal. 

Cuomo, who was politician astatine the time, issued a March 2020 directive that initially barred nursing homes from refusing to judge patients who had tested affirmative for COVID-19. The directive was aimed astatine freeing up beds for overwhelmed hospitals. 

More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients were released from hospitals into nursing homes nether the directive, which was aboriginal rescinded amid speculation that it had accelerated outbreaks. 

SECOND COVID NURSING HOME DEATH'S CASE AGAINST CUOMO TOSSED

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo arrives to attest earlier the Select Subcommittee connected the Coronavirus Pandemic successful the Rayburn House Office Building astatine the U.S. Capitol connected Sept. 10, 2024, successful Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura)

The 8 plaintiffs successful the lawsuit argued that their loved ones contracted COVID-19 successful nursing homes and died arsenic a effect of the directive. They accused Cuomo and his medication of being civilly liable for their deaths arsenic good arsenic being liable for failing to accurately study the fig of nursing location deaths successful New York authorities that resulted from the virus. 

Cuomo has antecedently said that the directive was based connected the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidance astatine the time.

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A study released successful March 2022 by the New York authorities comptroller recovered Cuomo's Health Department "was not transparent successful its reporting of COVID-19 deaths successful nursing homes" and it "understated the fig of deaths astatine nursing homes by arsenic overmuch arsenic 50%" during immoderate points of the pandemic. 

In a missive to Attorney General Pam Bondi past month, Comer said "to our knowledge, the Biden Administration ignored this referral contempt wide facts and evidence." He requested that Bondi reappraisal the referral and "take due action." 

"Andrew Cuomo is simply a antheral with a past of corruption and deceit, present caught red-handed lying to Congress during the Select Subcommittee’s probe into the COVID-19 nursing location calamity successful New York," Comer said successful a connection Monday. "This wasn’t a slip-up – it was a calculated cover-up by a antheral seeking to shield himself from work for the devastating nonaccomplishment of beingness successful New York’s nursing homes. Let’s beryllium clear: lying to Congress is simply a national crime. Mr. Cuomo indispensable beryllium prosecuted to the fullest grade of the law. The House Oversight Committee is prepared to afloat cooperate with the Justice Department’s probe into Andrew Cuomo’s actions and guarantee he’s held to account." 

Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan and Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.