SenApprops on COVID hrg, Redfield insists the scientific integrity of the CDC reports, known as the MMWR reports not compromised: “I want to make it really clear … At no time, has the scientific integrity of the MMWR been compromised..." 1/4
2/4 "And I can say that under my watch it will not be compromised.” SenMurray asks if Redfield agrees "no truth at all" to claims by HHS's Caputo there's “resistance unit” at CDC. “Absolutely senator and I want to make a comment that not only is it not true, it deeply saddens me"
3/4 “When I read those comments, because as I said in my statement, CDC is made up of thousands of dedicated men and women, highly competent. It is the premier public health agency in the world, dedicated 24-7 to use their skills to protect the American public and the world…
4/4 "And it deeply saddened me that those false accusations were made by a group of really unbelievably professional people that serve this nation," said Redfield
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UPDATE: FBI-Phoenix tells ABC News that no items related to this matter were taken to the FBI lab at Quantico, as Kari Lake’s spokesperson claimed in a statement earlier today.
Asked by ABC News if anything from the alleged incident was sent to Quantico for testing, a spokesperson from FBI-Phoenix said “no.”
The FBI’s comment that nothing is being tested at a lab in Quantico directly refutes Lake camp's claim two envelopes sent to campaign office...
...w/suspicious white substance were allegedly "confiscated by law enforcement and sent to professionals at Quantico for examination, and we are awaiting details," as Lake campaign spokesperson Colton Duncan claimed in a stmt to ABC in on Sunday
FBI, HAZMAT & bomb squad called to Kari Lake HQ 'suspicious item' in mail
A campaign staffer for Kari Lake, the GOP candidate for governor in Arizona, allegedly opened an envelope holding a suspicious white substance delivered to Lake’s campaign headquarters in Phoenix, her campaign tells ABC News.
Sergeant Phil Krynsky of the Phoenix Police Department told ABC News on Sunday, "Officers responded to a found property call at an office building near 40th st & Camelback Road. When officers arrived, they learned there were suspicious items located inside the mail….”
#BREAKING: #AZ federal judge orders in-person hrg TOMORROW in new suit filed by advocacy groups @votolatino@AZRetiredAms seeking to challenge Clean Elections USA & founder Melody Jennings' alleged voter intimidation campaigns.
The suit accuses CEUSA, Jennings & 10 unnamed "supporters" from armed "organized vigilante groups" of conducting "coordinated vigilante intimidation campaign" at ballot drop box locations -- and seeks a temp restraining order to block them from access to ballot drop box sites.
Complaints argues that “organized vigilante groups have already turned away voters" and that their “presence has led to repeated complaints of voter intimidation."
Of 130 prospective jurors in the pool, 60 in prospective jury pool remain, 70 were dismissed.
All 18 prospective jurors who were ushered into the jury box for this first panel finished reading all their answers to jury questionnaire before the judge dismissed court for today.
A woman from prospective jury panel of 18 was excused bc 1 of her answers to jury questionnaire. she answered “yes” to question 29 on the questionnaire; Asked if 29 was yes by Judge Merchan, he then asked her to step forward to speak with counsel. she was then dismissed.
She told reporters outside court room question 29 had to do with biases against Trump that would not allow her to be an impartial juror in the case.
Trump Payroll attorney Michael Van Der Veen told me “there was a lot of bias” when I asked if dismissed jurors from the panel had connections or biases against Trump, Trump Org, Weisselbergs, etc.
He also told me among those prospective jurors dismissed were people who had connections to the organization, people with connections to the grammar school Columbia Prep three who knew prosecution.
Van Der Deen said they’d like jury selection to conclude on Friday but tbd on how realistic that is.
Latest in Trump Org criminal trial day 1: jury selection under way -
Out of a group of 130 prospective jurors, nearly 50 raised their hand to go back to speak with the judge, prosecution and defense outside the court room [no press access so we can’t hear]
to talk over any issues they have named by the judge that would exclude them from serving, and bringing the jury questionnaire we haven’t seen yet.
Reasons for jurors seeking to be excused could scheduling conflicts and the normal rung of issues that jurors seek to be excused from. Or Bias and connections to or opinions on a list of names that would impede them from serving as a juror - or judge of the facts.