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“… The Inspector General concluded that Trump administration officials instructed attorneys to “focus specifically on New Jersey and New York despite having been provided data indicating that the nursing homes with the most significant quality of care issues were in other states.”
In October 2020, department officials sent letters to the governors of New York and New Jersey seeking more information about nursing home deaths. The inspector general said the officials provided the letters to the New York Post before they reached the governors, and that another official spoke anonymously to the newspaper. That, the report said, violated the department’s policies limiting contacts with the press.
An official also leaked details to the Wall Street Journal, the report said.
The report concluded that “the upcoming 2020 election may have been a factor in the timing and manner” of how prosecutors conducted the nursing home investigation and officials’ decision to make those steps public. …”
“… The Inspector General concluded that Trump administration officials instructed attorneys to “focus specifically on New Jersey and New York despite having been provided data indicating that the nursing homes with the most significant quality of care issues were in other states.”
In October 2020, department officials sent letters to the governors of New York and New Jersey seeking more information about nursing home deaths. The inspector general said the officials provided the letters to the New York Post before they reached the governors, and that another official spoke anonymously to the newspaper. That, the report said, violated the department’s policies limiting contacts with the press.
An official also leaked details to the Wall Street Journal, the report said.
The report concluded that “the upcoming 2020 election may have been a factor in the timing and manner” of how prosecutors conducted the nursing home investigation and officials’ decision to make those steps public. …”
