Whistleblower fights back
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The ousted director of a US agency responsible for developing drugs to fight the coronavirus pandemic filed a whistleblower鈥檚 complaint on Tuesday accusing President Donald Trump鈥檚 administration of retaliating when he raised concerns.
Rick Bright says in the complaint filed with a government watchdog that he warned about the virus in January and was met with hostility from Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and other high-ranking officials in the agency.
鈥淒r Bright acted with urgency to begin to address this pandemic but encountered resistance from HHS leadership, including Secretary Azar, who appeared intent on downplaying this catastrophic threat,鈥 reads the complaint, which his lawyers filed with the US Office of Special Counsel.
Bright鈥檚 lawyers argue that his removal as director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, a division of HHS, violated a federal law protecting whistleblowers.
HHS spokeswoman Caitlin Oakley said Bright was transferred to a job where he was entrusted to spend around US$1 billion to develop diagnostic testing.
鈥淲e are deeply disappointed that he has not shown up to work on behalf of the American people and lead on this critical endeavor,鈥 Oakley said.
Bright will testify before a US House of Representatives panel on May 14.
(Reuters)
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