"We froze," said Melissa DeRosa, in a striking admission during a video conference with state Democrat leaders late last week, the New York Post reported.

Having rejected demands for accurate numbers from the state's legislators last fall, the secretary to the governor pleaded that they feared former President Donald Trump would turn "this into a giant political football ... He starts tweeting that we killed everyone in nursing homes ... He starts going after [New Jersey Gov. Phil] Murphy, starts going after [California Gov. Gavin] Newsom, starts going after [Michigan Gov.] Gretchen Whitmer."

DeRosa also explained the Cuomo administration feared that President Trump would direct "the Department of Justice to do an investigation into us."

"And basically, we froze," she admitted to the lawmakers on the call.

Her statements also indicate pro-abortion Cuomo and his aides intentionally concealed the data fearing it may be used as evidence by the DOJ: "Because then we were in a position where we weren't sure if what we were going to give to the Department of Justice, or what we give to you guys, what we start saying, was going to be used against us while we weren't sure if there was going to be an investigation."

Instead of seeking the forgiveness of the families of thousands of seniors who died prematurely, or to the critics of the administration's March 25 Health Department directive requiring nursing homes to admit infected patients, DeRosa sought reconciliation with her fellow Democrats for the political embarrassment it caused them... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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