Senate Democrats urge inspector general to probe interference at HHS

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Senate Democrats call on inspector general to probe reports of political interference in HHS coronavirus response

whether Trump administration political appointees interfered with the Covid-19 response

to play down the virus' risks and change language to align with President Donald Trump, citing reports from POLITICO and other news outlets. “The consistent pattern running through these reports of political interference is the ongoing effort to minimize the seriousness of the virus,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and colleagues wrote in, who currently leads the Health and Human Services department’s office of inspector general.

, alleging that the much-read scientific bulletins were deliberating undermining Trump’s optimistic statements on the coronavirus.

 

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