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FOX News senior meteorologist Janice Dean calls for bipartisan investigation on ‘Fox News Primetime’<\/p>\n
Republican New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik demanded Thursday night that her Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his “senior team” be “prosecuted immediately” at the state and federal level.<\/p>\n
Stefanik\u2019s fiery statement followed a bombshell New York Post report alleging that a top Cuomo aide apologized to political damage Democrats suffered over the coronavirus\u2019 nursing home death toll by appearing to blame the delayed release of data, in part, on the Trump administration.<\/p>\n
“Governor Cuomo, the secretary to the governor, and his senior team must be prosecuted immediately \u2013 both by the attorney general of New York state and the U.S. Department of Justice,” Stefanik said. “This bombshell admission of a cover-up and the remarks by the secretary to the governor indicating intent to obstruct any federal investigation is a stunning and criminal abuse of power.”<\/p>\n
CUOMO AIDE TELLS NY DEMOCRATS ADMINISTRATION HID NURSING HOME DATA TO KEEP IT FROM TRUMP DOJ: REPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa told top state Democrats that the Cuomo administration had withheld data on COVID-19 deaths at nursing homes to avoid federal scrutiny following a federal probe into the issue in several states, according to the Post report.<\/p>\n \n Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y. (Getty Images) In a leaked conference call with Democratic lawmakers, she said the administration feared the data could “be used against us” by the Justice Department.<\/p>\n “We explained that the Trump administration was in the midst of a politically motivated effort to blame Democratic states for COVID deaths,” senior Cuomo adviser Rich Azzopardi said Thursday evening. “And that we were cooperating with federal document productions — and that was the priority. And now that it is over, we can address the state Legislature.”<\/p>\n But the call prompted condemnations from New York Republicans at all levels of government \u2013 with the state party chairman Nick Langworthy calling for Cuomo\u2019s impeachment and the state Assembly\u2019s Minority Leader William Barclay demanding subpoenas and hearings.<\/p>\n CUOMO ADMIN SAYS TOTAL CORONAVIRUS DEATHS IN NURSING HOMES IS EVEN HIGHER<\/strong><\/p>\n “Instead of apologizing or providing answer to the thousands of New York families who lost loved ones, the governor\u2019s administration made apologies to politicians behind closed doors for the \u2018political inconvenience\u2019 this scandal has caused them,” said New York State Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt, who demanded a “top to bottom” investigation and that Cuomo\u2019s emergency powers be stripped until it\u2019s sorted out.<\/p>\n “If the governor is involved, he should be immediately removed from office,” Ortt said.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/640\/320\/elise-stefanik-andrew-cuomo.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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