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DOJ investigating Andrew Cuomo for allegedly lying about COVID decisions, source confirms

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for allegedly lying to Congress about his decisions made during the COVID-19 pandemic while serving as governor, a source familiar with the probe confirmed to Fox News.
The New York Times first reported that the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington opened the inquiry into Cuomo about a month ago after senior officials in the DOJ demanded an indictment of New York City Mayor Eric Adams for corruption charges be dismissed.
The DOJ declined to comment to Fox News.
The Trump administration is now in an unusual spot of ending a criminal case against Adams while opening a new case into Adams’ main rival within months of each other.
Cuomo is running in the Democratic primary to serve as the next mayor of New York City, while Adams is seeking re-election as an independent candidate.
HOUSE REPUBLICAN ASKS TRUMP DOJ TO CRIMINALLY PROSECUTE EX-NEW YORK GOV ANDREW CUOMO
Former governor and mayoral candidate, Andrew Cuomo, (C) marches in the Celebrate Israel Parade up Fifth Avenue on May 18, 2025 in New York City. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
«We have never been informed of any such matter, so why would someone leak it now? The answer is obvious: This is lawfare and election interference plain and simple—something President Trump and his top Department of Justice officials say they are against,» Rich Azzopardi, Cuomo’s spokesperson told Fox News. «Governor Cuomo testified truthfully to the best of his recollection about events from four years earlier, and he offered to address any follow-up questions from the Subcommittee — but from the beginning this was all transparently political.»
The former governor was grilled by Republican lawmakers last year about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. House Republicans subsequently recommended the Justice Department pursue criminal charges against him. They accused him of intentionally lying to Congress during the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into the excessive number of nursing home deaths.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., referred Cuomo to President Donald Trump’s Justice Department for criminal prosecution.
BILL MAHER SUGGESTS ANDREW CUOMO’S NURSING HOME SCANDAL MAY COST HIS NYC MAYORAL CAMPAIGN

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks outside the West Side Institutional Synagogue on April 1, 2025, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Cuomo – the Democratic scion now considered the current frontrunner in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary in June – was first referred to the Biden Justice Department for criminal prosecution in October 2024.
Former Rep. Brad Wenstrup, then-chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, said Cuomo made «multiple criminally false statements» to Congress about his handling of the 2020 COVID-19 nursing home death scandal.
Cuomo, who was governor at the time, issued a March 2020 directive that initially barred nursing homes from refusing to accept patients who had tested positive for COVID-19. The directive was aimed at freeing up beds for overwhelmed hospitals.
More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients were released from hospitals into nursing homes under the directive, which was later rescinded amid speculation that it had accelerated outbreaks.
SECOND COVID NURSING HOME DEATH’S CASE AGAINST CUOMO TOSSED

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo arrives to testify before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Rayburn House Office Building at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 10, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura)
The eight plaintiffs in the case argued that their loved ones contracted COVID-19 in nursing homes and died as a result of the directive. They accused Cuomo and his administration of being civilly liable for their deaths as well as being liable for failing to accurately report the number of nursing home deaths in New York state that resulted from the virus.
Cuomo has previously said that the directive was based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidance at the time.
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A report released in March 2022 by the New York state comptroller found Cuomo’s Health Department «was not transparent in its reporting of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes» and it «understated the number of deaths at nursing homes by as much as 50%» during some points of the pandemic.
In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi last month, Comer said «to our knowledge, the Biden Administration ignored this referral despite clear facts and evidence.» He requested that Bondi review the referral and «take appropriate action.»
«Andrew Cuomo is a man with a history of corruption and deceit, now caught red-handed lying to Congress during the Select Subcommittee’s investigation into the COVID-19 nursing home tragedy in New York,» Comer said in a statement Monday. «This wasn’t a slip-up – it was a calculated cover-up by a man seeking to shield himself from responsibility for the devastating loss of life in New York’s nursing homes. Let’s be clear: lying to Congress is a federal crime. Mr. Cuomo must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The House Oversight Committee is prepared to fully cooperate with the Justice Department’s investigation into Andrew Cuomo’s actions and ensure he’s held to account.»
Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan and Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
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Trump estudia retrasar la imposición de los aranceles mientras busca cerrar acuerdos comerciales con países aliados

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, afirmó este miércoles que su gobierno está dispuesto a extender los plazos para que sus socios comerciales puedan negociar acuerdos y evitar la entrada en vigor de los denominados “aranceles recíprocos”, cuya suspensión temporal vence el próximo 9 de julio.
“En cierto momento, simplemente enviaremos cartas (a los países). Y creo que entenderán eso, diciéndoles ‘este es el acuerdo’. Pueden aceptarlo o rechazarlo. No tienen que hacer uso de él. No tienen que comprar en Estados Unidos, como ya dije”, declaró Trump a la prensa a su llegada al Kennedy Center de Washington, donde asistió a un espectáculo musical.
El mandatario indicó que esas cartas se enviarán “en una semana y media o dos semanas”, con el objetivo de detallar los términos de los acuerdos propuestos. Trump señaló que la estrategia sigue la línea de la comunicación que ya mantuvo con la Unión Europea.

La semana pasada, la Casa Blanca confirmó que el representante comercial de Estados Unidos, Jamieson Greer, remitió una carta a varios socios internacionales recordando la proximidad del 9 de julio, fecha en la que finalizará la pausa establecida en abril para la aplicación de los aranceles. Washington había anunciado entonces un compás de espera para facilitar negociaciones bilaterales.
“Estamos negociando con Japón, con Corea del Sur. Estamos negociando con muchos de ellos. Estamos negociando con unos 15 países. Pero, como saben, tenemos más de 150 (en cola), y eso no es posible (gestionarlo)”, sostuvo Trump al ser consultado sobre los próximos acuerdos comerciales que buscará su administración.
El jefe del Ejecutivo también se refirió al reciente entendimiento con China, alcanzado el martes en Londres. “Logramos un gran acuerdo con China. Estamos muy contentos con él. Tenemos todo lo que necesitamos y nos va a ir muy bien con él. Y espero que a ellos también. Fue un acuerdo muy importante”, señaló.
Según Trump, el pacto incluye la imposición de un 55% de aranceles sobre productos chinos, aunque diversas fuentes cuestionan la cifra, al considerar que el mandatario sumó gravámenes que ya estaban en vigor antes del inicio de su actual mandato. Por parte de China, se mantendrían tarifas del 10% sobre importaciones estadounidenses.

El acuerdo contempla otras cláusulas como la aprobación de visados para estudiantes chinos en universidades estadounidenses y el suministro de minerales de tierras raras desde China hacia Estados Unidos, un componente estratégico en sectores como la electrónica, la defensa y la energía.
Desde que se suspendió la aplicación de los aranceles recíprocos en abril, Washington ha firmado un único acuerdo formal con el Reino Unido. Ese documento, de carácter esquemático, se selló con un país con el que Estados Unidos mantiene un superávit comercial. El pacto con China, aunque anunciado, aún requiere aprobación formal.

El gobierno estadounidense busca rediseñar su política comercial con múltiples países de manera bilateral, lo que ha implicado una revisión de acuerdos previos y una estrategia de presión arancelaria para impulsar negociaciones más favorables a los intereses estadounidenses.
(Con información de EFE)
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Trump tells judge he does not need Newsom’s permission to crack down on rioters, deploy National Guard

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The Justice Department on Wednesday doubled down on its assertion that President Donald Trump has the authority to call up U.S. National Guard troops in California, describing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s emergency lawsuit to block his action as a «crass political stunt» that risks «endangering American lives.»
At issue in the case is whether Trump, as commander in chief, has the authority to federalize the National Guard against the express wishes or consent of a state governor. Both sides are slated to appear in court Friday while a judge weighs California’s request for injunctive relief.
In the new court filing, lawyers for the administration said Trump, as president, has «no obligation» to consult with, or even to notify, Newsom before federalizing the National Guard.
‘STATE OF REBELLION’: EXPERT WEIGHS IN ON NEWSOM CHALLENGE TO TRUMP DEPLOYING NATIONAL GUARD
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks as California Attorney general Rob Bonta looks on during a news conference. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
«The extraordinary relief plaintiffs request would judicially countermand the Commander in Chief’s military directives – and would do so in the posture of a temporary restraining order, no less,» lawyers for the Trump administration said in the filing.
«That would be unprecedented. It would be constitutionally anathema,» they added. «And it would be dangerous.»
That argument is unlikely to sit well with Newsom.
And it comes one day after California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Tuesday sued the Trump administration over what the state described as the president’s unlawful action in federalizing the National Guard, which they noted was carried out without Newsom’s consent.
Bonta argued in the lawsuit that Trump’s actions were both inappropriate and illegal, since he did not first seek Newsom’s permission to federalize the troops. National Guard units fall under the dual control of state and federal governments, and any action to mobilize the units typically goes through the respective state governor first.
The judge overseeing the case declined the state’s request for a temporary restraining order blocking Trump’s actions but ordered both parties to court Friday to consider the request for broader injunctive relief.
REPUBLICAN ATTORNEYS GENERAL ACCUSE CALIFORNIA OF EXCUSING ‘LAWLESSNESS’

A protester places debris in a fire as Border Patrol personnel in riot gear and gas masks stand guard outside an industrial park in Paramount, California, on Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
At issue is 10 U.S.C. § 12406, or the law that Trump invoked in his memo late last week to call up the National Guard.
The law allows presidents to deploy the National Guard and other troops at the federal level in the event of «rebellion or danger of a rebellion» against the U.S. government.
In that case, the law says the president «may call into federal service members and units of the National Guard of any State in such numbers as he considers necessary to repel the invasion, suppress the rebellion, or execute those laws.»
But lawyers for Newsom told the court that Trump lacked the power to federalize the troops under Section 12406, since the immigration protests, in their view, did not amount to a rebellion.
TRUMP NOMINATES FORMER DEFENSE ATTORNEY EMIL BOVE FOR FEDERAL APPEALS COURT VACANCY

Donald Trump and Gavin Newsom (AP Newsroom)
«At no point in the past three days has there been a rebellion or an insurrection. Nor have these protests risen to the level of protests or riots that Los Angeles and other major cities have seen at points in the past, including in recent years,» they told the court.
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A group of 26 Republican state attorneys general from filed an amicus brief siding with Trump one day earlier, arguing that his decision to federalize the National Guard to address ICE riots and protests that broke out in parts of the state was the «right response.»
«In California, we’re seeing the results of leadership that excuses lawlessness and undermines law enforcement,» the attorneys general wrote in the statement, first provided to Fox News Digital. «When local and state officials won’t act, the federal government must.»
Fox News Digital’s Ashley Oliver contributed to this report.
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