DOJ Will Decide Whether to Investigate New York Nursing Home Deaths: White House

Families of COVID-19 victims who passed away in New York nursing homes gather in front of Cobble Hill Heath Center in Brooklyn, New York, to demand State Governor Andrew Cuomo apologize for his response to clusters in nursing homes during pandemic on Oct. 18, 2020. Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo

The Department of Justice (DOJ) will make the decision on a potential probe of New York officials over nursing home deaths from COVID-19, the White House said Friday.

“Any investigation, I would point to the Department of Justice,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in Washington.