Andy McCarthy: 'Obviously inappropriate' for Cuomo vaccine czar to ask county officials for allegiance

Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy said it is "entirely understandable" that county officials may have felt threatened when New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's "vaccine czar" Larry Schwartz reportedly questioned them about their loyalty to Cuomo as he faces scandals related to nursing home deaths and sexual harassment allegations.

"It's obviously inappropriate for Schwartz to make these calls, which are utterly unrelated to his official duties," McCarthy told Fox News. "His job is vaccine distribution and has nothing to do with how county executives should be viewing investigations of Cuomo, so it's entirely understandable that they'd take it as a tacit threat re: vaccine supply." Despite this, McCarthy said he does not believe the Post report will result in any new investigation. He noted that there are already three federal investigations and one state probe into Cuomo and his administration, plus an impeachment inquiry, so there is "no reason to open a new one."