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\nGovernor Andrew Cuomo (D- NY)<\/p>\n
\nGovernor Andrew Cuomo (D- NY)<\/p>\n
Melissa DeRosa, Governor Cuomo\u2019s top aide, privately apologized to Democratic lawmakers for withholding the state\u2019s nursing-home death toll from COVID-19. She stated they \u201cwe froze\u201d out of fear the true numbers would \u201cbe used against us\u201d by federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n
Her stunning admission of a cover-up was made 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 for political reasons.<\/p>\n
Poetrooper sends.<\/p>\n
ROBERT KRAYCHIK<\/strong><\/p>\n Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s (D-NY) top aide admitted that her team withheld the number of deaths related to COVID-19 in New York\u2019s nursing homes to shield the Cuomo government from federal investigation and political scrutiny.<\/p>\n The New York Post reported on Thursday that Melissa DeRosa, New York\u2019s secretary to the governor, apologized to Democrat state legislators for \u201cpolitical\u201d damage caused by the Cuomo government\u2019s suppression of information related to nursing home COVID-19 deaths.<\/p>\n In a recorded call with state Democrat lawmakers, DeRosa said Cuomo\u2019s team feared a federal investigation in the context of former President Donald Trump\u2019s highlighting of coronavirus-related deaths in New York\u2019s nursing homes. This fear motivated Cuomo\u2019s government to suppress the statistics against requests for such information from the state\u2019s government and citizens\u2019 organizations.<\/p>\n Cuomo\u2019s team prioritized political protection over transparency with New York\u2019s citizens, assessed Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Queens), who partook in the conference call.<\/p>\n \u201cThey had to first make sure that the state was protected against federal investigation.\u201d Kim told the New York Post. He said DeRosa\u2019s remarks sounded \u201clike they admitted that they were trying to dodge having any incriminating evidence that might put the administration or the [Health Department] in further trouble with the Department of Justice. That\u2019s how I understand their reasoning of why they were unable to share, in real time, the data.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The AP is also reporting over 9,000 COVID-19 patients were released to nursing homes in New York state early in the pandemic, and Cuomo’s office’s subsequent underreporting of deaths in nursing homes. It’ll be interesting to see what spin the Cuomo Machine will put on these reports, but in the end he’ll blame Trump. Read the entire article here: Breitbart<\/a>
\nThanks, Poe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"