Political Meddling In The Fight Against COVID-19 (Terry Gross, Fresh Air podcast)

'Politico' reporter Dan Diamond describes efforts by Trump loyalist and HHS spokesperson (currently on leave) Michael Caputo to alter weekly CDC reports and have scientists change their findings on the course of the coronavirus pandemic. "Caputo walked in the door of the health department in the middle of this once-in-a-century pandemic, having been personally recruited by the president, and the goal was very much to execute the president's agenda and to knock down any messaging, any communications that were seen as conflicting with what President Trump was saying about coronavirus."
Interview:
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/23/916092154/political-meddling-in-the-fight-against-covid-19