Reporter to Sue Gov. Whitmer Over Nursing Home Death Data

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Beech Woods Recreation Center in Southfield, Mich., Oct. 16, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

A legal foundation in Michigan is preparing to file a lawsuit on behalf of a reporter against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over the release of comprehensive COVID-19 nursing home death data.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff wrote in a recent tweet: “We are preparing a lawsuit against Gov. Whitmer of Michigan. She refuses to turn over COVID death data and accurate nursing home numbers to the public.