Republican Comer Urges Trump Administration to Prosecute Cuomo

The Republican chairman of a top House investigative committee urged the Trump administration on Monday to consider initiating a criminal case against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, now a frontrunner in the New York mayoral election.

House Oversight Chairman James Comer accused Cuomo, a Democrat, of lying to Congress about his involvement in a state report that undercounted coronavirus-related nursing home deaths.

Andrew Cuomo during a Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic hearing in Washington, DC, on Sept. 10, 2024.

Photographer: Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg

A federal prosecution potentially could bring lingering concerns about Cuomo’s actions as governor during the pandemic into sharper focus just as the mayoral race unfolds.

The Trump administration’s prosecution decisions regarding New York officials have ...