“I never met him, I know nothing about him,” President Trump said of Rick Bright. The top federal scientist recently filed a whistleblower complaint alleging he was demoted for failing to go along with Trump’s push to promote a drug as a COVID-19 cure.
filed this week, top federal scientist Rick Bright alleges he was removed from his post for failing to go along with the president's push to promote a drug as a cure for COVID-19.
On Wednesday, Trump dismissed the complaint, telling reporters Bright"seems like a disgruntled employee who's trying to help the Democrats win an election." "I never met him, I know nothing about him," Trump said, adding that he didn't think"disgruntled people" should work for his administration. Trump also observed that Bright is being represented by a legal team that represented"other people" – seemingly an allusion to lawyer Debra Katz's representation of Christine Blasey Ford, who testified against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation.
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