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The Story Behind The Story: Our Scoop That Prompted A Congressional Investigation

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 2: U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS) Admiral Brett P. Giroir appears at a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on "The Administration Response t... WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 2: U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS) Admiral Brett P. Giroir appears at a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on "The Administration Response to Ongoing Shortages of PPE and Critical Medical Supplies" on Capitol Hill on July 2, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images) MORE LESS

October 2, 2020 1:37 p.m.

Today, we broke the news that the House Oversight Committee is opening an investigation based off of a story we did into the negligent way the Trump administration tried to distribute testing devices to nursing homes around the country.

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