Thread by @weareoversight

In the past month, new details of the Trump administration’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis have continued to surface, including the fact that the former president’s own case of Covid-19 was more severe than reported at the time.
nytimes.com/2021/02/11/us/…

And last week, the a House subcommittee renewed its investigation into political interference in the pandemic response following the release of emails from a former Trump political appointee criticized for meddling at science agencies.

https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1359176485450481664?s=20

Meanwhile, we continue to file records requests with federal agencies and state governments as part of our ongoing effort to shed light on the pandemic response across the country. Here’s what we requested this week:

Former President Trump aggressively promoted controversial and unproven treatments for Covid-19 while in office, including hydroxychloroquine. We FOIA’d DOD for White House directives concerning the acquisition of potential coronavirus treatments.

We filed several requests for communications sent by officials in Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Wyoming that contain terms related to “herd immunity.”

We sent a records request to the office of Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt for communications about tourism, holiday travel, and the spread of Covid-19 following a state campaign (which included a video featuring Stitt himself) to promote tourism.
americanoversight.org/investigations…