The meteoric rise and rapid collapse of Andrew Cuomo: A tragedy of his own making | Kelly
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Last summer, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was must-see TV. Now, he’s a must-to-avoid, the skunk at the Democratic political picnic. His once-promising future is now in freefall without a parachute.
Watching the self-immolation of any powerful figure is never fun. Failure is only laughable to those too naïve to know its enduring pain. And with Cuomo frankly, with any number of political figures, from U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas to New Jersey’s Chris Christie during his Bridgegate fiasco it’s entirely understandable for critics to chortle:
FOX News correspondent Bryan Llenas has the latest on New York nursing home scandal on Special Report
News that the FBI and federal prosecutors are investigating New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus task force in the deaths of thousands of nursing home patients and a suspected cover-up of the truth, invites the question: what crimes might have been committed?
Let’s begin with the obvious obstruction of justice.
If it is true that Cuomo’s top aide Melissa DeRosa admitted to lawmakers that the state misrepresented the number of deaths in nursing homes to avoid having the data used against us in a Department of Justice probe, then DeRosa appears to have confessed to a potential obstruction charge. If there were others, including Cuomo, who knowingly participated in concealing the truth this could constitute a conspiracy to obstruct.
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Baseball legend Henry Louis Hank Aaron died at age 86 on Friday, according to reports.
Aaron was an icon of the sport, hitting 755 home runs over the course of his two decades in the major leagues.
He was named MLB MVP of the 1957 season and named to 21 consecutive All-Star games during his storied career.