Attorney William Bennett, representing former superintendent of the Soldier's Home in Holyoke, Mass., Bennett Walsh, holds a press conference at the Springfield Sheraton Hotel to dispute arguments against Walsh in the COVID-19 breakout at the Home, Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Springfield, Mass. Bennett says the superintendent of the Massachusetts home where nearly 80 aging veterans sickened with the coronavirus have died was denied emergency aid as leadership and staff were frantically working to protect the residents. (Don Treeger/The Republican via AP)

Attorney William Bennett, representing former superintendent of the Soldier's Home in Holyoke, Bennett Walsh, holds a press conference Thursday, July 23, 2020 at the Springfield Sheraton Hotel to dispute arguments against Walsh in the COVID-19 breakout at the Home. (Don Treeger/The Republican via AP)