Cuomo aide admits they hid nursing home data so feds wouldn’t find out

NY Post ^ | February 11, 2021 | 6:51pm | Bernadette Hogan, Carl Campanile and Bruce Golding

[conservative98]

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.”

In addition to attacking Cuomo’s fellow Democratic governors, DeRosa said, Trump “directs the Department of Justice to do an investigation into us.”

“And basically, we froze,” she told the lawmakers on the call.

[Lod881019]

Isn’t this illegal?

[dynachrome]

Resident Bidet will give him a medal.

[EEGator]

Crime?

[lightman]

[Nathan _in_Arkansas]

Lying to the DoJ is only a crime if one is a conservative.

[lightman]

[Secret Agent Man]

Only democrats view exposure of their policies actually, literally killing people, first as a political issue.

How about stop literally killing people with your policies?

These creatures. Animals are far more kinder.

[TChad]

“(Trump) starts tweeting that we killed everyone in nursing homes,” DeRosa said.

Well, you missed a few. But you tried.

[stanne]

Not in NY not if you’re a dem.

[Gay State Conservative]

Governor Nipple Ring was too busy blaming the President for every death in *the country* to accept the blame for leaving the Javits Center and the Navy hospital ship empty while sending infected people back to the NH to infect their fellow residents.

[Gay State Conservative]

They forgot to mention the Trump hating RINO Governor of Massachusetts,the state with one of the highest fatality rates,per capita,in the country.

[virgil]

That’s not a political issue, it’s a criminal matter.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Obstruction of justice? Where is the Southern District of NY when true crime is committed?

[Mark17]

These scum sucking dirt bags, are nothing but a bunch of scum sucking dirt bags. 😁

[Bryan24]

Hey you nitwits, instead of CONTINUING to criticize Trump, maybe you can turn your wrath on the Governor and his administration that murdered thousands of seniors.

[Bigg Red]

The murderers covering their tracks....

[taxcontrol]

What would happen to a Republican citizen who hid data from investigators. I submit that they would be at least charged with the crime of obstruction.

But ..double standards and all.

[ronnie raygun]

They all need to be bought up on murder charges where are the families of the 12,000?????

[upchuck]

DeRosa and who ever else was involved in this cover up should be brought up on charges and spend some time in jail.

This is horrendous!!