What We Know About Cuomo’s COVID-19 Cover-up

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🗓️ 23 February 2021

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Summary

The cover-up may be worse than the crime, Joel Zinberg, a medical doctor and contributor to the Manhattan Institute's City Journal, says of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s inaccurate reporting of COVID-19 nursing home deaths in his state.

Zinberg, who is also a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a professor, and a former member of the Trump administration, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain what is known about Cuomo’s mismanagement of New York nursing homes during the pandemic and whether or not he sees Cuomo’s actions as an impeachable offense.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday, February 23rd. I'm Rizad Aljudas.
0:09.6	And I'm Virginia Allen. Critical information continues to surface in New York over Governor
0:15.4	Andrew Cuomo's handling of COVID-19 and nursing home residents. Joel Zimberg, a medical doctor
0:21.9	and contributor to the Manhattan's Institute City Journal, joins the show to discuss
0:26.9	Cuomo's cover-up of the accurate number of nursing home deaths in the state
0:31.4	and whether or not impeachment proceedings are likely going to commence.
0:36.0	Don't forget, if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or a five-star
0:40.7	rating on Apple podcasts and encourage others to subscribe. Now onto our top news.
0:46.0	The Senate is holding confirmation hearings from Eric Garland, President Joe Biden's
0:58.4	nominee for Attorney General. And Garland says that the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case
1:03.6	was horrendous. Epstein worked in the baking and finance sectors before being prosecuted for
1:09.2	sex trafficking and was found dead in his prison cell on August 10, 2019.
1:14.3	At the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. He said the handling of Epstein's case
1:19.5	was horrendous, but added that he couldn't speak to why the Justice Department acted in the way
1:24.8	it did, per USA Today. Garland also weighed in on the gun control debate. Here's what he had to say
1:31.3	via the New York Post. As I'm sure you know, the president is a strong supporter of gun control and
1:36.8	has been an advocate all of his life, professional life on this question. The role of the Justice
1:42.4	Department is to advance the policy program of the administration as long as it is consistent
1:47.4	with the law. Garland told the Senate Judiciary Committee. On Monday, the Supreme Court announced
1:53.9	that it would not shield former President Donald Trump from having to turn over his tax returns
1:59.4	to a New York grand jury. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., a Democrat,
2:05.4	has been seeking access to Trump's financial records since 2019 after a New York grand jury
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