Justice Department orders Democratic governors to hand over nursing home death data

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The Justice Department demanded that several Democrat-led states hand over data on nursing home deaths due to COVID-19 to help it decide whether to launch a large-scale investigation.

“Today the Justice Department requested COVID-19 data from the governors of states that issued orders which may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents,” the Justice Department announced in a statement Wednesday, naming New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, four states with Democratic governors.

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