Merrick Garland vows DOJ Cuomo nursing home probe will avoid conflicts of interest
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Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland pledged Monday that the Justice Department would avoid conflicts of interest in any investigation of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of the state’s nursing home crisis during the coronavirus pandemic.
DeRosa is the senior Cuomo administration aide who admitted his office withheld data on nursing home deaths out of concern it could be used in a federal investigation. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, pressed Garland on the situation during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, pointing out that Audrey Strauss, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, is DeRosa’s mother-in-law. "In this instance, the acting US attorney is the mother-in-law of the senior official of the Cuomo administration that admitted to the cover-up," Cruz said. "Will you at least commit to not having the investigation done by a person with a conflict of interest?"
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