Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says an investigation into Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic isn't warranted "at this time."
In response to a request from state Sen. Jim Runestad of White Lake, Nessel, a Democrat and the state's top law enforcement official, said the Republican senator had provided insufficient indication that "any law has been violated."
"I appreciate that you and your colleagues have policy disagreements with Governor Whitmer’s response to COVID-19," Nessel wrote. "But an investigation by my office is not the mechanism to resolve those disagreements."
The decision is a setback for Republicans in the state Legislature who have slammed the Democratic governor's executive decisions for nursing homes over the last 12 months and sought to force the disclosure of more information about what happened inside the facilities.
As of Monday, 5,624 COVID-19 deaths were linked to long-term care facilities in Michigan, about 35% of the overall death total, according to state data.
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The decision is a setback for Republicans in the state Legislature who have slammed the Democratic governor's executive decisions for nursing homes over the last 12 months and sought to force the disclosure of more information about what happened inside the facilities.
As of Monday, 5,624 COVID-19 deaths were linked to long-term care facilities in Michigan, about 35% of the overall death total, according to state data.
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