Democrats Launch Investigation into Trump Administration's Pressure on CDC's Coronavirus Reports
Source: PoliticusUSA
The investigation will focus on the CDCs Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports and comes after celebrated journalist Bob Woodward released recordings of interviews with the president in which the president admitted he sought to downplay the severity of the pandemic.
Representative Jim Clyburn, chair of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, and his fellow lawmakers wrote a letter addressed to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and CDC Director Robert Redfield requesting transcribed interviews and documents regarding efforts by political appointees at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to block the publication of accurate scientific reports by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during the coronavirus crisis.
Democrats are requesting interviews with the following people on the dates listed below:
Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director, CDC, September 22, 2020, 9:00 a.m.
Charlotte Kent, MMWR Editor-in-Chief, CDC, September 22, 2020, 1:00 p.m.
Nina Witkofsky, Acting Chief of Staff, CDC, September 23, 2020, 9:00 a.m.
Trey Moeller, Acting Deputy Chief of Staff, CDC, September 23, 1:00 p.m.
Kate Galatas, Acting Associate Director for Communication, CDC, September 24, 2020, 9:00 a.m.
Paul Alexander, Senior Advisor, HHS, September 24, 2020, 1:00 p.m.
Michael Caputo, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, HHS, September 25, 2020, 9:00 a.m.
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