Governor Cuomo’s top aide privately apologized to Democratic lawmakers for withholding the state’s nursing-home death toll from COVID-19 — telling them “we froze” out of fear the true numbers would “be used against us” by federal prosecutors, The Post has learned.
The stunning admission of a cover-up was made by Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa during a video conference call with state Democratic leaders in which she said the Cuomo administration had rebuffed a legislative request for the tally in August because “right around the same time, [then-President Donald Trump] turns this into a giant political football,” according to an audio recording of the two-hour-plus meeting.
“He starts tweeting that we killed everyone in nursing homes,” DeRosa said. “He starts going after [New Jersey Gov. Phil] Murphy, starts going after [California Gov. Gavin] Newsom, starts going after [Michigan Gov.] Gretchen Whitmer.”
– Read more at the NY Post.
Calls were mounting on Thursday night to prosecute Andrew Cuomo and his staff for their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic after a top aide admitted that their administration hid damning information about deaths among nursing home patients, amid fears that it would be used against them in an investigation by Donald Trump’s Department of Justice.
In a remarkable confession made during a conference call with New York state Democrats, obtained by The New York Post, Melissa DeRosa admitted that officials ‘froze’ in August when the state legislature asked for the data, before rebuffing the request.
DeRosa told lawmakers: ‘We were in a position where we weren’t sure if what we were going to give to the Department of Justice, or what we give to you guys, what we start saying, was going to be used against us while we weren’t sure if there was going to be an investigation.’
– Read more at the Daily Mail
Janice Dean: People ‘should go to jail’ over New York nursing home death cover-up
The reported admission by a top adviser to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that the administration withheld information about the number of nursing home residents who died from COVID-19 means people “should go to jail,” Fox News senior meteorologist Janice Dean told “Fox News Primetime” Wednesday.
“This is the biggest bombshell we have had so far,” said Dean, who lost both her parents-in-law to the pandemic last year.
“We don’t have our loved ones here today, but by God, I am here to be a voice for all of them.”‘
— Janice Dean, Fox News
– Read more at Fox News
““we froze” out of fear the true numbers would “be used against us” by federal prosecutors,”,,,,,,,,,,and had to stall things until Biden came in to fire them and replace them with Democrat party controlled prosecutors to cover Killer CUOMO up in media dirt, just like CUOMO covered up our grandparents in real dirt. He should be made to spend a night inside one of those body filled refrigerator Trucks.
ah… no… make the refrigerator truck “visit” permanent… this particle of dung needs to thrown out of the country… along with his useless, no talent, stupid brother.
Or Grind him up into Cuomo’s COVID and Cream Icecream and load up in Pelosi’s Frig right next to the Tuttii Frutti and Chokeberry Ice Cream for consumption.
Or Hang him up in a meat locker for a Rocky Balboa workout.
SO IF he’s admitted to this, WHY IS HE NOT ARRESTED for lying to the feds?? OR IS THAT only conservatives who get charged, for lying?
They see this action as a good first step in saving Social Security and lessening the cost of Medicare
AND increasing their voter base.. Everyone knows, once you die, you become a permanent demon-rat voter.
Since I can’t retire yet from this state I can vote him out.
Ground game afoot.
Here’s hoping there is still a vote, by that time. When they know they can’t pull off a win in the football game, they will destroy the football.
Oh, I LEFT NY!
#1. WHY would anyone vote for a Democrat??
The dishonorable Democrat Party revolves around and its philosophy is based on Total Control, Lies, Hate, Cons, Deceptions, Immorality and the lack of Integrity, Ethics or Honor.
The goal of this traitorous Democrat Party is to change the U.S. from a capitalist system to a government controlled socialistic society.
The “Socialist Democrat Party State”……
You will be wards, servants, slaves to the “State”…….. Comrade. 🙁 🙁 🙁
You will be loyal and support the “Socialist Democrat Party State”
or you will be classified as
“Enemies of the State”.
Why so surprised? Chomp should have been run out of office years ago. New Yorkers voted for him so deserve all his screwups
NY City loves him, and they out vote the rest of the state
HE SHOULD be in jail. Not just voted out.
They “Froze”, so the easy thing to do was to LIE !
“The stunning admission of a cover-up was made by Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa “. This was a “stunning admission? We Conservatives knew that Cuomo murdered the elderly in the nursing homes, with his executive order and we knew there was a coverup. The Emmy Award winning Governor Cuomo. Cuomo won an award for killing the elderly. A man’s man, killing the frail! But don’t worry, this murderer will never be tried for murder by the Democrats in office, nor would he have been tried for murder, if William Barr was the Attorney General. The smell of the rotten Deep State.
They now have a witness, arrest this idiot and protect Melissa DeRosa so she can testify.
It makes me wonder. WHO THE HELL advised Trump to make barr the AG???
They were so afraid that they decided they wouldn’t use the Javitz Center or the Navy medical ship Trump sent. The ones who turned it into a political football was them, they’d rather order the COVID patients be put in the nursing home than accept/actually utilize Trump’s help. They’re only admitting it now because Trump is out and Biden is so dirty, they don’t have to worry about being prosecuted.
“Mommy, I accidentally ate all of the cookies while you were gone to the grocery store. It was not on purpose. It was on accident. I’m sorry and I love you, mommy. I’m not going to get a spanking am I?”
Where is the worthless spineless Republican Party and why are they not on every news outlet demanding this criminal be prosecuted ?
You can take it to the bank that if this were a Rep Governor the Radical Left would be relentless in their attack and not let go.
This is no different from the GOP’s spineless response to Shrillary’s email scandal, Obama’s illegal surveillance of Trump and FISA abuses, the current disgraceful second impeachment or any other criminal action of the Left whereas the GOP show how incompetent and ineffective they are.
From Jorge Boosh’s disgraceful comments to Mutt Romney, Cheney, McConnell et al, conservatives have had enough.
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Bush called Clyburn a ‘savior’ for helping Biden to get elected
https://www.gopusa.com/george-bush-called-clyburn-a-savior-for-helping-biden-to-get-elected/
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CAUSE THEY ARE worthless spineless hacks, they WON’T do a dam thing about this…
This is absolutely horrific. Action must be taken. In my opinion, at the very least Cuomo should be removed from office never to serve in politics again. I can’t imagine what the families are feeling who lost loved ones because of his actions. They need to group-up in an effort to prosecute and sue him. We all need to lend our voices of outrage also. Janice Dean – you’re a hero for New York’s seniors. Governor Cuomo – what a disgraceful person you are.
Every family member of someone who died, SHOULD SUE HIM Civilly, and bankrupt his butt.
He will be honored by his party for his contribution. He will be seen as a hero to the cause.
Cuomo has already said his “Our Fathers” and “Hail Marys”, so it is all good now. Nothing changes, brother Fredo remains arrogant, the NYT, The New Yokeler, USA Today and other rags plus the pious CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS, and PBS still worship the ground he treads upon, so like all the other numerous Dem scandals, we may as well move on, nothing to see there. Just keep sending your money, suckas.
Wow! Looks like Cuomo is in more trouble than Hunter, oh, wait, that’s right, he’s a Democrat, no charges will be filed, it’s all good!
Just love the way the Left attempts to Blame Trump, we panicked because Trump asked about us killing people, therefore, it’s Trump’s fault! Likely the same conclusion the DOJ will come up with if, they pretend to investigate!
All together now, who did not already know this?
Cuomo and Democrat response: “It wasn’t our fault! Trump scared us. We were afraid he’d recognize we did something wrong and make us answer for it.”
Where are the charges for Reckless Endangerment and Negligent Homicide? Yes, that’s exactly what Cuomo should be charged with. But that’ll NEVER happen.
IF we actually had a Dept of JUSTICE, vice the dept of cowards we do now, he certainly would be getting charged.. RIGHT along side Witchmer and the others that did the same.