{"id":276501,"date":"2021-03-21T21:15:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T01:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=276501"},"modified":"2021-03-21T21:16:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T01:16:05","slug":"mich-facing-lawsuit-over-possible-covid-nursing-home-death-cover-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mich-facing-lawsuit-over-possible-covid-nursing-home-death-cover-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Mich. facing lawsuit over possible COVID nursing home death cover up"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmich-facing-lawsuit-over-possible-covid-nursing-home-death-cover-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=276501&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2389774\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2389774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 6:00 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, March 21, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) is facing a nursing home scandal similar to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D). According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gretchen-whitmer-may-soon-face-cuomo-like-scrutiny-over-nursing-homes-lawsuit-plaintiffs-say\">reports<\/a> Sunday, the state of Michigan faces a lawsuit over an executive order by Whitmer, which forced patients who had tested COVID-positive back into nursing homes in close proximity to other vulnerable residents.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Mackinac Center for Public Policy Official Steve Delie and Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Charlie Leduff, claim Michigan has been too tight-lipped about the state\u2019s true number of COVID-19 nursing home deaths. They pointed to the situation in New York, in which the state underreported thousands of nursing home deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Plaintiffs said Gov. Whitmer has used a special law in Michigan that has exempted her office from having to comply with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foia.gov\/\">Freedom of Information Act<\/a> to hide the true impacts of her COVID-19 policies. In an October ruling in 2020, Michigan\u2019s Supreme Court put an end to Whitmer\u2019s emergency powers under the pandemic, which passed the COVID-19 decision-making and policies over to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Delie and Leduff pointed out that, unlike Whitmer\u2019s office, Michigan\u2019s HHS is subject to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foia.gov\/\">Freedom of Information Act<\/a>. Despite this, the two said Michigan\u2019s Department of Health and Human Services has refused to be transparent about how Michigan\u2019s coronavirus numbers were derived.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the plaintiffs argued, although the state has published COVID-19 numbers, the public still has no way to verify if they are accurate. In the meantime, Michigan\u2019s Democrat Attorney General Dana Nessel has come under scrutiny for refusing to open an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans said there are parallels between Whitmer\u2019s handling of nursing homes and Gov. Cuomo\u2019s, and that a probe needs to be used to make sure the state has accurately reported its data.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of these questions, [but] the attorney general says \u2018nothing to see here, move along, move along,&#8217;\u201d State Sen. Jim Runestad (R) stated. \u201cAnd that didn\u2019t happen in New York City. In New York City, they knew that there were some answers that had to be garnered and they went and did a proper investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State Republicans have considered appointing a special prosecutor to look into the matter.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/ariz-sheriff-biden-border-wall-halt-incited-more-violence-cartels-act-more-aggressive-against-biden-administration\/\">Ariz. Sheriff: Biden Border Wall Halt Incited More Violence, Cartels Act More Aggressive Against Biden Administration<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 6:00 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, March 21, 2021 Gov. 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