Thu Dec 16, 2021 – 1:15 pm ESTThu Dec 16, 2021 – 1:50 pm EST
New York (LifeSiteNews) – The Empire State’s top ethics commission has ordered former Democratic Governor and Biden ally Andrew Cuomo to repay millions of dollars to the state.
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) said Cuomo must pay back $5.1 million in profits from his October 2020 book American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic.
JCOPE revoked its prior permission for him to write the book because it said he violated his promise not to use state resources for the publication.
The commission’s December 14 decision said Cuomo must “no later than 30 days [from December 14]…pay over to the Attorney General of the State of New York,” the profits from the book, which amounted to $5.1 million.
The New York Post reported that it remains questionable if Cuomo will be forced to turn over the profits. He put some of the profits into a trust for his daughters and donated some to the United Way.
“JCOPE has exactly zero authority to issue an order such as this,” David Grandeau, a former executive director of the ethics commission said.
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