"Over the past few weeks, Republicans in Trenton have called for a special investigation into Murphy’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis in New Jersey. Several Republicans said an investigation needs to focus on a March 2020 order by Murphy and Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli that forced nursing homes to take COVID-19 positive patients back into their facilities as little was know about the virus and its transmission.

It is estimated that thousands of elderly patients contracted the virus and died due to this order, but Murphy recently blamed the health care providers for not following his guidelines once those patients returned to their nursing homes.

The Department of Justice has an active investigation ongoing into the matter."