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The Counsel

Did Cuomo Commit a Crime?

The Counsel

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics

4.7861 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Third Degree, Elie Honig discusses the investigation of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s alleged misrepresentation of the number of nursing home deaths due to COVID-19.  Join Elie every Monday and Wednesday on Third Degree for a discussion of the urgent legal news making the headlines. Third Degree takes on a bit of a different flavor on Fridays, when Elie speaks with a rotating slate of America’s most impressive law school students.  Elie’s analysis doesn’t end with Third Degree.Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring articles by Elie, a weekly roundup of politically charged legal news, and historical lookbacks that help inform our current political challenges: cafe.com/article/the-stay-tuned-newsletter/ Transcript, references and supplemental materials are available on the CAFE website: https://cafe.com/third-degree-podcast/did-cuomo-commit-a-crime/ Third Degree is produced by CAFE Studios.  Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Senior Editorial Producer: Adam Waller; Technical Director: David Tatasciore; Audio and Music Producer: Nat Weiner; Editorial Producers: Sam Ozer-Staton, Jake Kaplan, Noa Azulai. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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about breaking legal news,

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compelling cases, and what it means to lead a life in the law. Those Friday conversations

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That's cafe.com slash insider and use the code justice. And now on to the show.

1:27.6

From Cafe, this is third degree. I'm Ellie Honig.

1:42.4

It's not a crime for an elected official to lie to the public. I don't recommend it,

1:47.6

but you can't get locked up for doing that. Now that's said, a lie to the public is often an

1:53.5

indicator, a symptom of something potentially worse. Common sense tells you people lie for a reason.

2:00.5

And often, that's an effort to cover up

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