Republican senators call for investigation into NY Gov. Cuomo over nursing home “cover up” Covid death toll

Nine Republican senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee have written the Democrat Chairman of the committee, Dick Durbin, asking for an investigation into New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s alleged cover up of New York’s nursing home COVID-19 death toll. Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) wrote, in part: On Feb. 11th, the New York Post reported that Melissa DeRosa, a top aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York, told a group of…