The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo over his testimony last year to Congress, according to a report Tuesday.

The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after Republicans recommended that he be charged with lying to Congress over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic,

The Department of Justice launched a criminal investigation into former New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo over accusations he lied in a congressional hearing, according to multiple reports. The investigation surrounds concerns that Cuomo’s administration presented nursing home data that concealed the deaths of several thousand senior citizens in New York during the COVID-19 pandemic,