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House Republican asks Trump DOJ to criminally prosecute ex-New York Gov Andrew Cuomo
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., referred former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to President Donald Trump’s Justice Department for criminal prosecution.
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.
In a new letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday, 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.»
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo during a May 2020 news conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
«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.»
Reached for comment by Fox News Digital, Cuomo’s spokesman, Richard Azzopardi, dismissed Comer’s letter as «nothing more than a meritless press release that was nonsense last year and is even more so now.»
«As the DOJ constantly reminds people, this kind of transparent attempt at election interference and law-fare violates their own policies,» Azzopardi said. «Referrals like these – which have been also made against Planned Parenthood, Hillary Clinton and Anthony Fauci – don’t have to be resubmitted with a new administration, so the only point to doing this is politics.»
Mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo arrives to attend a Sunday service at First Corinthian Baptist Church in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City on April 13, 2025. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Cuomo administration issued a directive on March 25, 2020, mandating that nursing homes admit or re-admit potentially COVID-19 positive patients «while simultaneously prohibiting nursing homes from testing these patients before admission or re-admission,» Wenstrup wrote to former Attorney General Merrick Garland in October. The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) issued a subsequent report on July 6, 2020, titled «Factors Associated with Nursing Home Infections and Fatalities in New York State During the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis.» The report alleged nursing home staff – not the March 25 directive – caused excess COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.
Comer said witness testimony and new documents revealed in the select subcommittee’s referral showed Cuomo «personally drafted and edited portions of this purportedly independent and peer-reviewed report.»
New York state Attorney General Letitia James said in a January 2021 investigative report of her own that the Cuomo administration may have undercounted the total number of nursing home deaths by as much as 50%
Photos of seniors who died during the COVID-19 pandemic in nursing homes are displayed as family members attend a memorial event on March 23, 2025, in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
The select subcommittee launched its investigation in May 2023. It issued a subpoena for Cuomo’s testimony in March 2024 after months of delays.
Cuomo sat for a transcribed interview on June 11, 2024. He later testified in front of the select subcommittee on Sept. 10, 2024.
Wenstrup noted that Cuomo claimed he was neither involved in the drafting nor the review of the July 6 report. Cuomo also testified that he did not have any discussions about the July 6 Report being peer-reviewed and that he did not know whether the July 6 report was reviewed by persons outside the NYSDOH. On all three accounts, Wenstrup said documents obtained by the select subcommittee demonstrate Cuomo’s statements to be false.
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It’s unclear if the Justice Department, now under Trump’s control, will pursue action against Cuomo. Fox News Digital reached out to the DOJ on Tuesday for comment.
The DOJ motioned to dismiss an indictment brought under Biden against current New York City Mayor Eric Adams. A judge agreed to throw out the case with prejudice earlier this month. Adams is running as an independent in the mayoral primary.
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El papa Francisco, sentado, preside el funeral del papa emérito Benedicto XVI en la plaza de San Pedro del Vaticano el 5 de enero de 2023. El momento del funeral del Papa Francisco, que durará varios días, aún no se ha anunciado. (James Hill/The New York Times)Trayectoria
El Papa Francisco celebrando el Viernes Santo en una Plaza de San Pedro vacía durante la pandemia de 2020. Foto Nadia Shira Cohen para The New York Times
Un altar en honor de Francisco en la puerta de Santa Maria Maggiore el martes. Foto Gianni Cipriano para The New York TimesAsistentes
The Department of Homeland Security in May will begin implementing REAL ID requirements for U.S. travelers for the first time, a move that comes as the administration looks to act on some of President Donald Trump’s top policy priorities, including its crackdown on illegal immigration and border security.
The enhanced ID requirements are slated to take effect May 7 and will apply to all U.S. travelers over the age of 18.
The law establishing REAL IDs isn’t new: Congress first passed the REAL ID Act in 2005 in an effort to crack down on identity verification in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and set «minimum security standards» for state-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards.
But after 20 years of slow-walking the law’s enforcement, the abrupt timing of the May 7 enforcement is likely to catch many Americans flat-footed.
Just how necessary is obtaining a «REAL ID»? We broke down the changes coming next month and what’s at stake for those who don’t comply. Here’s what you need to know in the final weeks before the new rules take force.
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REAL ID requirements are going into effect nationwide soon. (Getty)
What is a REAL ID and how can I get one?
Beginning May 7, all federal agencies, including DHS and TSA, are required to accept only state-issued driver’s licenses and state identification cards that comply with the updated identity verification standards.
The goal of the REAL ID Act is «to make state driver’s licenses and ID cards (which are identification cards that states issue to non-drivers) more secure, less susceptible to fraud, and more reliable as a form of identification,» Magdalena Krajewska, an associate political science professor, wrote in a 2020 article for the Oxford Academic. (The government has for years tried to stand up the REAL ID requirements, most recently in the months before the COVID-19 pandemic.)
The law seeks to add another layer of security to various forms of identification and to make it harder to counterfeit state IDs.
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on Friday said two people within DHS have been identified as those disclosing information on operations that have plagued law enforcement amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation plans. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
What do I bring to the DMV?
The short answer: It depends. In order to obtain this enhanced form of ID, individuals must present to their local DMV valid proof of identity; proof of their Social Security number and date of birth, and two additional documents that prove they live in the state. This varies from state to state, though updated guidance can be found here.
The good news is that individuals can obtain one of the enhanced IDs at any time. All 50 states, D.C., and five U.S. territories are now issuing REAL ID-compliant driver’s licenses and ID cards, according to the DHS.
The REAL ID requirements are a «coordinated effort by the federal government to improve the reliability and accuracy of driver’s licenses and identification cards for individuals across the federal government,» Bart Johnson, TSA’s federal security director for upstate New York, told reporters this month.
REAL ID and TSA lines (Reuters/DC DMV)
Who needs to have one?
Every adult in the U.S., if they want to travel by plane or enter government facilities.
«Every air traveler 18 years of age and older must have a REAL ID-compliant ID, which is a state-issued driver’s license, state-issued identification card, or another acceptable form of ID, such as a U.S. passport» before the May 7 deadline, the Transportation Security Administration said in a statement.
Though the other IDs are not rendered obsolete, the TSA said Americans will need to present these new IDs every time they board a commercial flight, even when traveling on a domestic trip. They will also need this updated ID to access federal facilities or be granted access to federal buildings.
Does everyone need to update their ID?
No, not everyone needs to get a new ID. In fact, certain states have required REAL ID verification from residents for years, meaning individuals living in those states and with active forms of identification need not hustle to the local DMV.
Enhanced and «REAL ID-compliant» identification cards are marked with a seal, often a star in the top right-hand corner, according to DHS.
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What happens to individuals without a REAL ID?
The abrupt enforcement timeline could catch many Americans flat-footed, especially ahead of what is predicted to be a busy summer travel season.
While legacy IDs are still valid for travel, including driving, airline passengers who present noncompliant forms of ID before boarding, and without another acceptable alternative, such as a passport, «can expect to face delays, additional screening and the possibility of not being permitted into the security checkpoint,» DHS officials said.
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El cardenal argentino que acompañaba al papa Francisco contó cómo fueron sus últimos días: «No se pudo hacer nada»
El exarzobispo de La Plata y actual prefecto del Dicasterio para la Doctrina de la Fe en el Vaticano, Víctor “Tucho” Fernández, fue una de las personas que acompañó al papa Francisco durante sus últimos días y dio detalles del momento en el que el santo padre se descompensó y su despedida en privado.
Fernández es uno de los cuatro argentinos que podrá votar para elegir al próximo pontífice. Fue designado en su cargo por el propio Francisco en 2023.
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“Me daba cuenta de que le quedaba poco tiempo, pero pensé que todavía un tiempito más lo tendríamos entre nosotros”, se sinceró durante una entrevista radial y agregó: “De hecho, la muerte de él fue sorpresiva incluso para los enfermeros, porque fue un ictus y no se pudo hacer nada, fue muy rápido”.
El cardenal también reveló que pudo despedirse en privado del papa el mismo lunes de su partida. “Me permitieron pasar para darle mi último saludo, todavía no lo habían revestido”, recordó. “Se me mezclaban dos cosas en el corazón: por un lado, un gran respeto porque estaba allí delante del que fue sucesor de San Pedro, y, por otro lado, era Jorge Bergoglio, quien siempre me dio aliento en los momentos duros y nunca me dejó bajar los brazos”, insistió.
Cómo fueron los últimos días del papa Francisco. (Foto: Instagram / franciscus)
Además, dio detalles de cómo fue su relación con el sumo pontífice desde su llegada al Vaticano: “Nunca le dije ‘vos’, siempre ‘usted’. Para mí era una figura inmensa. Su voz sigue dentro mío diciéndome: ‘Tucho, fuerza’”.
Sobre el final, Fernández concluyó notablemente emocionado: “Este mundo, que parece huérfano y sin rumbo, perdió un padre. Un padre universal. Y eso yo se lo agradezco a Dios”.
“Gracias por traerme de vuelta a la plaza”
El medio oficial de la Santa Sede, Vatican News, también detalló las últimas palabras que el sumo pontífice le dijo a su enfermero personal, Massimiliano Strapetti, en la previa de la misa por el Domingo de Resurrección. “¿Cree que podré hacerlo?“, fue la frase que esbozó el papa Francisco cuando surgió la idea de recorrer la plaza San Pedro a bordo del papamóvil.
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Desde el Vaticano informaron que Strapetti lo tranquilizó y le aseguró que estaba en condiciones de realizar el recorrido, pese a su delicado estado de salud.
Tras la tradicional bendición “urbi et orbi” desde el balcón de la basílica de San Pedro, donde dio sus recordadas últimas palabras públicas, comenzó el paseo entre los miles de fieles que estaban reunidos para celebrar la Pascua.
El papa Francisco recorre la Plaza de San Pedro a bordo de su papamóvil después de dar la bendición Urbi et Orbi (para la ciudad y para el mundo, en latín) al finalizar la misa de Pascua que ofició el cardenal Angelo Comastri en la plaza San Pedro, el domingo 20 de abril de 2025, en el Vaticano. (Foto: AP/Andrew Medichini)
El medio oficial del Vaticano reveló que luego de la recorrida, que duró alrededor de 15 minutos, el jefe de la Iglesia Católica le agradeció a su enfermero: “Gracias por traerme de vuelta a la plaza”.
La información oficial indicó que durante la tarde del Domingo de Pascua, Jorge Bergoglio descansó en la residencia de Santa Marta y que por la noche cenó con total tranquilidad.
Los médicos informaron que los malestares comenzaron a las 5.30 de la mañana (hora de Italia), unos minutos antes del horario en el que solía despertarse.
Más de una hora después de esos primeros síntomas, Francisco saludó a su enfermero personal, entró en coma y murió a las 7.35. “No sufrió, todo sucedió rápidamente, dicen quienes estuvieron a su lado en esos últimos momentos”, señaló Vatican News este martes, con base en el testimonio que dieron las personas que estuvieron presentes en ese momento.
Además, agregó: “Fue una muerte discreta, casi repentina, sin largas esperas ni demasiado clamor para un papa que siempre había mantenido su salud en gran secreto”.
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