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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 nursing home scandal could lead to federal charges, according to a longtime prosecutor.
John Daukas, who was acting attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division under President Donald Trump, said that Cuomo could face criminal charges after underreporting nursing home deaths and then attempting to cover it up.
In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Daukas said that Cuomo’s administration misled the public, and the Justice Department’s Civil Division has the jurisdiction to investigate Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
Daukas made note that the Justice Department requested nursing home data in October on more than 600 privately run nursing homes, though they were stonewalled by Cuomo’s administration, claiming that the federal government was politicizing the virus.