State GOP demand answers of Whitmer's 'hush-money' payment of ex-state health director By Amy Lange and David Komer online producer Published LANSING, Mich. (FOX 2) - Republican lawmakers demanding answers after revelations that the former director of the state's health department signed what they're calling a secret deal after state health director Robert Gordon's abrupt resignation from his post in January. State Republicans want answers on payoff agreement between Whitmer and ex-Michigan health director Robert Gordon's confidentiality agreement and a $155,000 payout he received is now under investigation by the oversight committee. They want answers about the state's policies they say have led to more than 24,000 residents in long-term care facilities being infected with COVID-19. More than 5,500 have died.