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U.S. handling of American evacuees from Wuhan increased coronavirus risks, watchdog finds
The special counsel also criticized the HHS general counsel’s office for its ‘attempts to shame the whistleblower.’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...ns-evacuation/

In a notable rebuke, the special counsel criticized the general counsel’s office, led by Trump appointee Robert Charrow, for its “attempts to shame the whistleblower,” such as by publishing a nine-page supplemental report that repeatedly highlighted inconsistencies in her account and circulating it with members of Congress.

“It is reprehensible that HHS [general counsel] would use the investigation as an attempt to discredit [the whistleblower] when she showed tremendous courage in bringing these allegations forward,” Kerner wrote in his letter to Biden, adding that he worried about the effect on future whistleblowers.