Congressional investigation alleges Trump Administration actively tried to downplay the COVID-19 Pandemic

A new Congressional report makes alarming allegations against the trump administration saying they blocked accurate information about COVID-19. Those accusations come in a 91-page report issued by the Democrat-led House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus crisis.

Senior CDC employees say they were not allowed to convey information early on in the pandemic. One communications officer said Trump appointee Michael Caputo at the Department of Health and Human Services made her feel threatened. Another CDC official says he was not asked to do tele-briefings anymore after Caputo found his statements "too alarming."

Caputo denies both these claims and suggested the communication officer's allegation is a case of sour grapes after she clashed with his management style. Other CDC officials say the Trump administration made the process of releasing scientific reports and death tolls unnecessarily complicated.

Yet another CDC official says his team did not order the border to be closed during the pandemic but was handed orders to do so.