The hammer may finally be falling on disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. On Monday, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) resubmitted a criminal referral to Attorney General Pam Bondi, demanding the Department of Justice pursue federal charges against Cuomo for lying under oath to Congress during investigations into his deadly mishandling of the pandemic.
The accusation? Cuomo knowingly made false statements during his testimony before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, violating 18 U.S.C. §1001, the federal statute that prohibits lying to Congress.
Specifically, Cuomo testified on June 11, 2024, that he was not involved in drafting the July 6, 2020 New York State Department of Health report that whitewashed his administration’s now-infamous March 25 directive — the policy that forced positive-testing patients back into nursing homes, leading to the deaths of thousands of vulnerable seniors.
But according to the Committee’s nearly 50-page memo and newly obtained documents, Cuomo personally helped draft and edit the report. Not only that, but evidence suggests he may have attempted to influence witnesses and obstruct the investigation into his administration’s cover-up.
“This wasn’t a slip-up — it was a calculated cover-up,” Comer said in a fiery statement. “Lying to Congress is a federal crime, and Andrew Cuomo must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
This isn’t the first time Cuomo’s pandemic record has come under fire. In 2021, New York Attorney General Letitia James found his administration undercounted nursing home deaths by as much as 50%, and federal investigations into the matter quietly fizzled out under the Biden DOJ and Manhattan DA — raising serious questions about political favoritism.
But that’s changing. With the Trump administration back in charge, Comer made it clear: accountability is coming. The criminal referral outlines a damning timeline of obstruction, deception, and death — from Cuomo’s March 2020 directive to his dodging of subpoenas in late 2023 and beyond.
Notably, Comer praised Pam Bondi’s leadership at DOJ and indicated the Oversight Committee is prepared to fully cooperate with prosecutors.
The fact remains: thousands died, and Cuomo tried to rewrite history. Now, he may finally face justice not in a press conference — but in a courtroom. Let the investigations begin.