Dr. Rick Bright will testify on Capitol Hill next Thursday

[fleur-de-lisa]

Kaitlan Collins ✔ @kaitlancollins

Rick Bright will testify on Capitol Hill next Thursday, his lawyers just said.

Link to tweet

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/us-coronavirus-update-05-05-20/h_8d402208ad1beffc91482ffbb6e15f4a

Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted director of the office involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine, will testify on Capitol Hill next Thursday, his lawyers were informed.

“I’ve received notification from Congresswoman Eshoo that she is going to be scheduling hearings next week, May 14, and Dr. Bright will be testifying,” Bright's attorney told reporters during a conference call Tuesday.

CNN reported last month that Rep. Anna Eshoo, the chairwoman of the House's Health subcommittee, told CNN she plans to call in Bright to testify before her panel as she reviews the circumstances of his removal from a key position after he raised concerns about the safety of a drug that President Trump touted as a potential treatment to the coronavirus.

Bright had led the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority since 2016 when he was reassigned last month to a narrower position at the National Institutes of Health. He formally filed an extensive whistleblower complaint Tuesday alleging his early warnings about the coronavirus were ignored and that his caution at a treatment favored by Trump led to his removal.

[malaise]

1. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!

I was hoping for that

[Zoonart]

4. Oh man!

Mark your calendars.

[Iliyah]

2. Th House, right? . ..

[fleur-de-lisa]

3. Correct.

[MoonRiver]

5. WOOHOO!

Hope it's live!

[sheshe2]

6. Sing it Bright!

[doc03]

7. Can Trump stop it?

[Wounded Bear]

8. If I was Bright, I'd tell Trump to go fuck himself...

Then dare him to come and get him.

As a gov't agent, he doesn't sign gag orders.

[dweller]

9. you mean, does he have fatnixon's permission ?

😖

✌🏼

[thesquanderer]

24. I doubt it... Bright is no longer a government employee. (n/t)

[idziak4ever1234]

10. I love that we have the House

That poor man better brace himself for what is coming.

[renate]

11. In all seriousness, I hope he stays away from windows

And that he has excellent security.

Bless him for his bravery.

[Tribalceltic]

23. I was just thinking the same thing!

[spanone]

12. ⭐️⭐️⭐️K&R ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[BigmanPigman]

13. I haven't heard of that committee before.

Glad to know it is up and running and ready to investigate. I have a feeling we will be hearing a lot from them in the future. We want Fauci too.

[Tanuki]

14. ......

[crickets]

15. GOOD! K&R

[mnmoderatedem]

16. get redy to be a marked man Dr Bright

the trumpanzees will be out in full force. You may get a visit from the white militia that has been so prevalent lately

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. Hopefully, everyone will take precautions against the virus and its minions.

[wiggs]

18. Trump will try to stop it. Will classify their discussions. Or will get an injuction from a

friendly justice. They should say next week but have him just show up this week and get it done with. Or come up with a major distraction. Or come up with something in Bright's past that could be twisted. Or speak in code that he should be investigated, thrown in jail, or otherwise stopped.

If I were congress I would get his answers to written questions now. I believe this is a race, because I bet Trump thinks it is.

[ashredux]

19. He will testify...he woo tell Trump to stuff it

[Takket]

20. hope he is ready... the right is going to go full character assassination on him

they've had no trouble trashing the reputation of soldiers like Vindman just because he was born in another country, so Bright is going to be a target they have no issue attacking. hell they've proven there is NO person they won't attack to protect drumpf.

[bluestarone]

21. Maybe this will get Fauci

To come forward!

[Auggie]

22. Must see TV!