Andrew Cuomo Ordered to Turn Over $5.1 Million From Pandemic Book Sales

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was ordered Tuesday to give up $5.1 million in proceeds from his book on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics directed him to turn over the money from “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic” to the state attorney general’s office within 30 days, according to the The Associated Press and The New York Times. The joint commission found that the book flouted state ethics laws.

Jim McGuire, a lawyer for Cuomo, told the Times that his client will fight the order.

“JCOPE’s actions today are unconstitutional, exceed its own authority and appear to be driven by political interests rather than the facts and the law,” he said. “Should they seek to enforce this action, we’ll see them in court.”

In May of this year, he scoffed at the idea that he profited off of COVID deaths with the book, telling a reporter that was “stupid.”

(Excerpt) Read more in: The Wrap

Andrew Cuomo Ordered to Turn Over $5.1 Million From Pandemic Book Sales

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