The inquiry follows a House GOP referral that alleges Cuomo lied when testifying before Congress about his handling of the COVID pandemic.

Congressional Republicans have pressed the Justice Department to investigate Cuomo for months, accusing him of lying to Congress during an investigation into coronavirus deaths in nursing homes — an issue critics have long accused Cuomo of mishandling.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is turning the accusation, a staple of Donald Trump's four criminal indictments, against the Justice Department amid reports that Cuomo − now running for mayor of New York City − is under federal investigation.