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Maya Yang in New York and agencies

Trump officials tried to ‘bully’ FDA over Covid treatments, House panel says

Donald Trump with Stephen Hahn, then the FDA commissioner, in August 2020.
Donald Trump with Stephen Hahn, then the FDA commissioner, in August 2020. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

Officials in the Trump White House tried to pressure health experts to reauthorize a discredited Covid treatment, according to a congressional investigation.

A report published on Wednesday by the Democratic-led House select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis contained new evidence of efforts to override Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decisions early in the pandemic.

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