NEW: Chairman of House subcmte. on coronavirus Clyburn is demanding more info from officials in the admin. after a career employee at CDC testified about a political appointee's efforts to "alter or rescind" info considered damaging to President Trump. nbcnews.to/2JVAnBn
Chairman Clyburn writes that the testimony raises "serious concern about what may be deliberate efforts by the Trump Administration to conceal and destroy evidence that senior political appointees interfered with career officials’ response to the coronavirus crisis" at the CDC.
Clyburn’s letter reveals that on Monday, Dr. Charlotte Kent, Chief of the Scientific Publications Branch and Editor-in-Chief of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, stated she had been instructed to destroy an email and that she understood the order came from Dr. Redfield.
In the Aug. 8 internal email to Kent and other health officials, previously reported by Politico, Dr. Paul Alexander demanded the CDC insert new language in a previously published scientific report on coronavirus risks to children.
Kent stated that she received a call the following morning from another career official instructing her to delete the email at the request of Dr. Redfield.
When Kent tried to find the email, she said it had already disappeared, according to committee aides.
When Kent tried to find the email, she said it had already disappeared, according to committee aides.
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