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Posted On: 12/22/2020 3:58:55 AM
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‘Subpoenas are necessary’: House watchdog details extensive meddling with CDC Covid-19 reports
New documents show political appointees sought to influence at least 13 reports as they ignored warnings from career officials.
The House panel probing the Trump administration's coronavirus lack of response released new documents detailing political appointees’ extensive efforts to modify or scuttle scientific Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, as it also ordered top Trump health officials to quickly provide documents.
Trump appointees attempted to “alter or block” at least 13 scientific reports on the coronavirus as outbreaks surged across the spring and summer, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), the chair of the House select subcommittee on coronavirus, wrote on Monday
New documents show political appointees sought to influence at least 13 reports as they ignored warnings from career officials.
The House panel probing the Trump administration's coronavirus lack of response released new documents detailing political appointees’ extensive efforts to modify or scuttle scientific Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, as it also ordered top Trump health officials to quickly provide documents.
Trump appointees attempted to “alter or block” at least 13 scientific reports on the coronavirus as outbreaks surged across the spring and summer, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), the chair of the House select subcommittee on coronavirus, wrote on Monday
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