Sen. Ron Johnson demands watchdog probe of NIH over COVID recordsBy Josh Christenson
August 18, 2023
Sen. Ron Johnson has asked the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general to probe whether federal government scientists mishandled and concealed records about COVID-19 and other matters from the public.
Johnson (R-Wis.), 68, wrote a letter this week to HHS watchdog Christi Grimm requesting an investigation of alleged concealment and destruction of records at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) stretching back to 2014.
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic revealed June 29 that a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) senior adviser used a private email to duck Freedom of Information Act requests.
Dr. David Morens, who advised former NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci, said in a Sept. 29, 2021, email that he would “always try to communicate over gmail [sic] because my NIH email is FOIA’d constantly,” emails obtained by the House panel show.
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https://nypost.com/2023/08/18/sen-johnson-requests-ig-probe-of-nih-for-alleged-mishandling-of-covid-records/
