The U.S. House of Representatives is addressing the Trump administration’s possible omissions in fighting the corona pandemic. Trump adviser Fauci should also speak – but he must not.
The White House blocks a planned hearing by prominent U.S. government advisor and immunologist Anthony Fauci on the corona crisis in the U.S. House of Representatives. White House deputy spokesman Judd Deere said Friday night that it was “counterproductive” to allow people working on the virus to be present at Congress hearings. These could be heard “in due course”. House Budget Committee spokesman Evan Hollander told NBC that Fauci was going to be interviewed next week about how Donald Trump’s government responded to the virus.
The House of Representatives is controlled by the Democrats, who accuse the Republican Trump of serious omissions in the Corona crisis. Trump had initially reduced the risk of the corona virus. In the investigation into the impeachment proceedings against Trump in the Ukraine crisis, the White House had already blocked statements by government officials that the House of Representatives wanted to hear. In the trial, Trump had been cleared of all charges in the Senate. The upper Chamber of Congress is dominated by Trump’s Republicans.
Fauci is one of the most prominent experts in the White House Coronavirus Working Group. The immunologist warned US states on Thursday not to rashly loosen measures to prevent the virus from spreading. In such regions, there is a risk of renewed infections, he told CNN. Then there would be almost no alternative to tightening the protective measures again. Trump is in favor of easing the situation as quickly as possible, which numerous US states have now initiated. He wants to mitigate the devastating consequences for the US economy.
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