The White House moved on Friday night to replace a top health official whose report on coronavirus supply shortages made Trump look bad.
the principal deputy inspector of the department, following a report she released last month that disclosed the nationwide shortage of supplies for medical workers fighting coronavirus, and delayed access to COVID-19 testing kits at hundreds of medical centers.
When asked about the report at a news briefing in early April—a time when the president was already facing criticism for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic—Trump denounced its findings as “wrong” and insisted that a reporter find him the name of the inspector general behind it. He also took his frustrations to Twitter,
Grimm’s report as “another fake dossier.” The president claimed that the report was politically biased after learning that Grimm had served under President’s administration, despite the fact that she began working in the inspector general office late in Presidentnotes, “Ms. Grimm’s case in effect merged the conflict over Mr. Trump’s response to the outbreak with his determination to sweep out those he perceives to be speaking against him.
Trump’s war on oversight has remained consistent even in the face of a public health crisis. As my colleague, the president “has taken some of his most dramatic steps yet to remove [checks and balances on his power] since being acquitted by the Senate in January,” starting with the purging of officials likewho testified against him in the House.
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