Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday demanded a federal investigation into President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying the White House’s handling of the public health and economic crises has been marked by “confusion” and “potential political interference” at the expense of the wellbeing of millions of Americans.
Warren was joined by Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), and other senators in writing to the inspectors general of the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) and FEMA to call on the watchdogs to examine how the Trump administration has made a number of decisions regarding economic relief for Americans, the distribution of medical supplies, and other aspects of the pandemic response.
“The Trump administration appears to have made decisions about distributing life-saving supplies based on the electoral concerns of President Trump and his political allies rather than the most urgent public health needs,” the senators wrote (pdf).
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