After issuing a directive to put COVID-19 patients in nursing homes, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office acted repeatedly to downplay the tragic aftermath of their decision that led to more than 12,000 resident deaths.

Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chair of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, released a staff memo Monday that details how Cuomo’s office made a deliberate decision to exclude scientifically significant nursing home-related COVID-19 deaths from mortality rates and heavily edited official New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) documents to shift blame away from Cuomo and his team.

The release of the memo came in advance of a public hearing Tuesday featuring Cuomo.

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