Janice Dean: DOJ won't investigate COVID nursing home orders – here's what I think will happen next
I will forever be grateful to former Attorney General Barr and Trump administration for launching the investigation
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When
Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., messaged me on Friday afternoon that he had received word via a letter that the Biden administration’s investigation into the nursing home tragedy in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Michigan was being dropped I was incredibly sad, but not surprised.
Scalise has been helping me and other families behind the scenes in Washington to try and get answers about why Democratic governors ordered COVID-infected patients into nursing homes in spring 2020.
Scalise sent me the letter and gave me permission to post about it on social media:
A terrible day for thousands of families. In a letter to @SteveScalise @TheJusticeDept wrote that they were dropping the nursing home investigations in all states including New York. There will be no justice for our loved ones, and it feels like we’ve lost them all over again.
It was in August 2020 that the U.S. Justice Department Civil Rights Division requested information from New York in connection with the controversial March 25 order from the state’s Department of Health that required nursing homes to admit COVID-19 positive patients who were discharged from hospitals.
It also asked for records from Pennsylvania, Michigan and New Jersey – states that had the same mandates that "may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents."
For months we were waiting for answers. As we waited, several sources were telling me the investigation was being swept under the rug.
Not only did Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his administration fail to provide any information to the Justice Department, lawmakers or countless reporters and grieving families who have asked it be disclosed, he blamed others for his disastrous mandate and instead says all of it is politically motivated.
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Janice Dean: DOJ won't investigate COVID nursing home orders – here's what I think will happen next