Trump Justice Department officials improperly provided reporters details of investigations into Covid-19 deaths at New York and New Jersey nursing homes shortly before the 2020 presidential election, the DOJ inspector general found.
Reporters at the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal received “non-public DOJ information” regarding the Covid-19 nursing home investigations in violation of DOJ’s confidentiality and media contacts policy, according to the IG report.
Bloomberg Law obtained a copy of the IG report Tuesday under the Freedom of Information Act, which provided additional details about the incidents disclosed last week in abbreviated form.
The department’s internal ...
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