Is this a politically motivated prosecution? Or the antidote to a politically motivated non-prosecution?
The New York Times covers it as an example of the former. The Department of Justice has opened a probe into former governor Andrew Cuomo’s testimony before Congress about his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cuomo had insisted in his testimony that he had no role in a state Department of Health audit of Cuomo’s actions in regard to senior care facilities. That turned out to be a lie, as House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY) wrote in a criminal referral for perjury charges last summer:
The Republican-led House Oversight and Government Reform Committee asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue criminal charges against Cuomo, a Democrat, for making “criminally false statements” during a June 11, 2024, interview with the House COVID…
