Trump says former vaccine chief 'seems disgruntled'
Source: The Hill
President Trump on Wednesday blasted a former top federal scientist who filed a whistleblower complaint against his administration, likening him to a "disgruntled employee."
When asked by a reporter in the Oval Office about Rick Bright, the former head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Trump said he'd only just learned about him earlier in the day.
"I never met Dr. Bright. I don’t know who he is. I didn’t hear good things about him. I did not hear good things about him at all," Trump said. "And to me he seems like a disgruntled employee that’s trying to help the Democrats win an election."
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Trump in his remarks pushing back on the whistleblower complaint Wednesday alluded to the fact that Bright's attorney is the same one who represented Christine Blasey Ford, the Stanford professor who accused Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.
"He certainly seemed to have a well packaged deal, he's got the same lawyers as some other well known people had," Trump said of Bright.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/496476-trump-says-former-vaccine-chief-seems-disgruntled
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