Multiple senior officials in the Justice Department under the first Trump administration improperly leaked non-public details of inquiries into Covid-19 deaths at nursing homes in Democratic-led states,

DOJ officials during the first Trump administration may have leaked private information to media outlets in a bid to influence the 2020 election, a watchdog report says.

An inspector general’s report shows a Justice Department official called the inquiries, which were embarrassing to N.Y. and N.J. governors, “our last play on them before election.”

Three senior Justice Department officials violated internal policies and engaged in “misconduct” when they leaked details about a non-public investigation to the media “days before an election,” the agency’s inspector general revealed Monday.

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,

Justice Department officials who served under President-elect Trump’s first administration may have influenced the 2020 presidential election through intentional media leaks targeted at