CNN’s Chris Cuomo Got Prioritized COVID Testing on Brother’s Orders

Earlier this month, CNN's Prime Time host Chris “Fredo” Cuomo told his viewers couldn’t talk about his brother, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s (D) nursing home deaths and sexual harassment scandals on ethical grounds because he’s family. But it’s difficult to see how that ban on Cuomo chatter could hold after a Wednesday bombshell report from the Albany Times-Union found Andrew had allegedly prioritized COVID-19 testing for his family, including Chris.

“High-level members of the state Department of Health were directed last year by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker to conduct prioritized coronavirus testing on the governor's relatives as well as influential people with ties to the administration, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter,” said reporter Brendan J. Lyon.