CNN: House Probe Finds that Trump Admin Deliberately ‘Undermined’ Covid Response for Political Purposes

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SERFATY: "This is so far very damning report of how the Trump Administration handled their Covid response. This is a report from the House Oversight Committee, they conducted months and months of interviews with former Trump administration officials who were there during the pandemic response. And this report out of the committee concludes that, quote, 'Trump administration officials engaged in a staggering pattern of political interference in the pandemic response and failed to heed early warnings about the looming crisis. These decisions placed countless Americans’ lives at risk, undermined the nation’s public health institutions, and contributed to one of the worst failures of leadership in American history.' And the report cites, according to the committee, many powerful anecdotes they say they gathered over the course of the administration’s response, including Trump administration officials, they say, blocking numerous officials from speaking publicly about the state of the pandemic. In one case, the report cites that Trump was so angered by a briefing that he blocked CDC officials from briefing the public for three months.”