Friday, March 19, 2021

19 March 2021: FBI Is Investigating If Team Cuomo Falsely Reported Cuomo Nursing Home Deaths

F.B.I. Investigating Whether Cuomo Aides Gave False Data on Nursing Homes

The New York Times does it again with not exactly groundbreaking news. As in more than a month old news:

A federal investigation into Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s handling of nursing homes during the pandemic has focused in recent weeks on whether the governor and his senior aides provided false data on resident deaths to the Justice Department, according to four people with knowledge of the investigation.

Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation have contacted lawyers for Mr. Cuomo’s aides, interviewed senior officials from the state Health Department and subpoenaed Mr. Cuomo’s office for documents related to the disclosure of data last year, the people said.

The interviews have included questions about information New York State submitted last year to the Justice Department, which had asked the state for data on Covid-19 cases and deaths in nursing homes, according to the people. False statements in such a submission could constitute a crime.

Considering the Biden-Harris Department of Justice wasn't investigating Governor Cuomo's COVID nursing home deaths scandal until after Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa acknowledged the Cuomo administration had falsely reported and withheld data on the full extent of COVID nursing home deaths in New York's nursing homes, which is what forced them to begin their investigation in the first place, it's nice to have the New York Times confirm the FBI is indeed investigating the matter that forced them to start their investigation.

For background, here's where the Biden-Harris DOJ investigation appears in the timeline:

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