CDC director Robert Redfield accused by House watchdog of trying to "conceal and destroy evidence" of political interference with coronavirus scientific guidance. @LennyMBernstein, @bylenasun: https://t.co/JRVkHsiEny

— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) December 10, 2020

A senior CDC official told a House panel that she was instructed to delete an Aug. 8 email that showed a political appointee tried to meddle in a key report. The official said she understood the direction came from CDC Director Robert Redfield. https://t.co/sjymhvHo40

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) December 10, 2020

A senior CDC official told congressional investigators this week that director Robert Redfield had instructed staff to delete an email from a Trump political appointee seeking control over the agency’s scientific reports on the pandemic https://t.co/Ya2ZZPMwvt

— POLITICO (@politico) December 10, 2020

“I went to look for it after I had been told to delete it, and it was already gone,” MMWR editor Charlotte Kent told investigators about the email on Monday.

Here's the email 👇 https://t.co/1Du0POKK9V pic.twitter.com/PnEYRdLnAP

— POLITICO (@politico) December 10, 2020