Trump’s stockpile chief put focus on biodefense. An old client benefited. - The Washington Post

Robert Kadlec's office at HHS made a deal to buy up to $2.8 billion of smallpox vaccine from a company that once paid him as a consultant, a connection he did not disclose on a Senate questionnaire when he was nominated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/before-pandemic-trumps-stockpile-chief-put-focus-on-biodefense-an-old-client-benefited/2020/05/04/d3c2b010-84dd-11ea-878a-86477a724bdb_story.html

Jared Kushner Ripped For Saying 'Our Stockpile' Isn't Meant For States To Use | HuffPost

Jared Kushner, White House adviser and son-in-law to President Donald Trump, declared on Thursday that the stockpiles of much-needed supplies governors were requesting to help with the coronavirus pandemic weren’t actually meant for the states. “The notion of the federal stockpile was it’s supposed to be our stockpile,” Kushner said. “It’s not supposed to be states’ stockpiles that they then use.” ...
  https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jared-kushner-stockpile_n_5e86dca8c5b6a949183425ca

‘Failure of the worst kind’: Republican blasts Trump for forcing states to compete with each other to obtain protective gear – Raw Story

In a series of tweets over the weekend, the Republican Senate Majority Leader of Arkansas lashed out Donald Trump’s administration for leaving states in dire need of medical supplies hanging as the coronavirus pandemic grips the country. Senator Jim Hendren — who is related to former U.S. Sen Tim Hutchinson (R) and current Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) — complained about the lack of access to federal stockpiles of the much-needed personal protective equipment (PPE) which is forcing his state into a bidding war with other states.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/failure-of-the-worst-kind-republican-blasts-trump-for-forcing-states-to-compete-with-each-other-to-obtain-protective-gear/