House Democrats ask White House Biden for documents related to the Trump administration’s alleged political interference in Covid’s response

Arguing that the committee needs the documents to continue its investigation, the Democratic Congressman from South Carolina also claimed that the new documents obtained by the committee show that the Trump administration made “efforts to suppress science during the pandemic”. The documents include an email from former HHS senior adviser Paul Alexander, where the committee alleges that he “pressed the Food and Drug Administration officials to quickly approve the emergency use of convalescent plasma and advised them to disregard concerns” by Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Director of the National Institutes of Health Francis Collins.

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He also requested documents related to coronavirus testing, the number of hospitalizations and coronavirus infections in the U.S., coronavirus data collections, herd immunity strategy, coronavirus vaccines and treatments, efforts by political nominees or White House staff “to review, revise, edit, delay, or prohibit the publication of any Weekly Morbidity and Mortality Report or other CDC reports “on the virus”, any adverse employment action taken or considered “against employees, employees or federal contractors related to the pandemic .

In December, the committee summoned then-HHS secretary Alex Azar and then CDC director Robert Redfield for documents related to the investigation of alleged political interference. They alerted Trump administration officials who had until December 30 to produce all emails and communications related to the publication of a series of scientific reports. The committee first requested the documents in September, and Democrats then said they encountered an obstacle with HHS and CDC in obtaining the documents and interviews needed to complete their work.