22 February 2021: What Federal Crimes May Team Cuomo Have Committed?

Gov. Cuomo nursing home scandal could merit criminal charges: prosecutor

Former acting attorney general for the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ John Daukas describes how Governor Cuomo and members of his administration may have violated federal law in a WSJ op-ed. Since that article is behind a paywall, here is a summary of those laws from another report:

"Numerous federal criminal statutes could apply," he warned.

"It's a crime to make false statements to the federal government. It's also a crime to conceal information and otherwise obstruct government investigations.

"New York may have engaged in a conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and its agencies and possibly obstruct justice, among other crimes," he stressed.

"Even if it cannot be proved that the Cuomo administration knowingly provided false information to Justice and [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services], New York's willful failure to provide information may itself constitute a criminal offense — particularly if the intent was to thwart a federal investigation — which, after all, is exactly what Ms. DeRosa reportedly said the administration did," he wrote.