Senior HHS official placed on leave for promoting unfounded claims and conspiracy theories on social
Source: CNN
Senior HHS official placed on leave for promoting unfounded claims and conspiracy theories on social media
By Andrew Kaczynski and Nathan McDermott, CNN
Updated 6:13 PM ET, Tue February 20, 2018
(CNN)A top official at the Department of Health and Human Services has been placed on administrative leave after a CNN KFile inquiry while the agency investigates social media postings in which he pushed unfounded smears on social media.
Jon Cordova serves as the principal deputy assistant secretary for administration at HHS. A KFile review of Cordova's social media accounts found that he pushed stories filled with baseless claims and conspiracy theories, including stories that claimed Gold Star father Khizr Khan is a "Muslim Brotherhood agent" and made baseless claims about Sen. Ted Cruz's personal life. "Mr. Cordova is currently on administrative leave while we look into this issue further," an HHS spokesperson said in a statement.
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Cordova joined HHS in February of 2017, initially as part of the Office of the White House Liaison. In his current role, Cordova oversees day-to-day operations for the Office of Human Relations, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of Security and Strategic Information, Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance and Operations Office and the Program Support Center, according to his biography posted on the HHS website.
Prior to joining HHS, Cordova served as a Trump delegate from California to the Republican National Convention and worked in communications for Donald Trump's campaign in California.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/20/politics/kfile-hhs-social-media-postings/index.html
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