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Sen. Ron Johnson accuses CDC official in charge of COVID-19 injections of deleting records amid Congressional GOP scrutiny

By ramontomeydw // 2025-04-14

• Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) alleges CDC official Dr. Tom Shimabukuro deleted or lost records, potentially obstructing congressional COVID-19 investigations.
• Johnson urged AG Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and HHS Inspector General Juliet Hodgkins to probe whether Shimabukuro and other HHS officials intentionally destroyed records to evade oversight or FOIA requests.
• Violating record-keeping laws (Federal Records Act) or obstructing Congress could result in contempt charges, punishable by fines and up to a year in prison.
• Dr. David Morens of the NIH previously admitted avoiding official emails to dodge FOIA scrutiny, suggesting Dr. Anthony Fauci discouraged discussions linking COVID-19 to a Wuhan lab.
• Johnson emphasized the need for thorough investigations into systemic mishandling of COVID-19 records, as lawmakers and the public seek transparency on what was erased and why.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) has accused a key official of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of deleting records, ostensibly to impede investigations by Congress on the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). Johnson pointed his finger at the CDC's Dr. Tom Shimabukuro, who is responsible for overseeing COVID-19 safety. The senator put forward his accusation in letters addressed to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel and Juliet Hodgkins, acting inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). "HHS officials recently informed me that Dr. Shimabukuro's records remain lost and, potentially, removed from HHS' email system altogether," Johnson wrote. The senator for the Badger State pointed out that the CDC official's "potential mishandling of his official records" was "highly concerning." Given this development, Johnson called upon Bondi, Patel and Hodgkins to investigate whether Shimabukuro and other officials in agencies under the HHS "deleted or destroyed official agency records." The senator also demanded an inquiry into whether files were intentionally deleted to "avoid or subvert Congressional oversight or the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)." "Any attempt to obstruct or interfere with my investigatory efforts would be grounds for contempt of Congress," Johnson warned. Anybody found guilty of contempt of Congress faces a hefty fine and 12 months behind bars.

NIH official's shocking emails: "I delete anything I don't want public"

Under the Federal Records Act, government officials are required to preserve materials "made or received by a federal agency under federal law or in connection with the transaction of public business." It was enacted in 1950 to prevent the loss of government documents – a response to past incidents where vital records were destroyed to avoid scrutiny. Shimabukuro isn't the only one allegedly guilty of violating this law, however. Dr. David Morens of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has previously been in the crosshairs of Johnson and other GOP lawmakers. Morens, a longtime adviser to former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, went under fire after emails where he admitted to avoiding official correspondence channels were made public. "I always communicate on Gmail because my NIH email is FOIA'd constantly," Morens wrote in an email from 2021. "I delete anything I don’t want to see in the New York Times." In another email, Morens insinuated that Fauci – who retired in 2022 – discouraged discussions linking COVID-19 to a laboratory in China's Wuhan province. "Tony doesn't want his fingerprints on origin stories," Morens wrote. (Related: Congress seeks emails suggesting Fauci worked behind the scene to discredit COVID lab leak stories.) The House of Representatives subpoenaed Morens back in October 2023, with former Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) – then the chairman of the House COVID-19 Select Subcommittee – warning that "this obstruction will not be tolerated." Johnson later said of Shimabukuro's obstruction: "The extent to which HHS officials systemically mishandled, deleted, or destroyed their communications, data and other information relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccines must be thoroughly investigated." As investigations proceed, legal and political battles loom. What is clear, however, is that lawmakers and the public will continue demanding answers about what was erased and why. MedicalCensorship.com has more similar stories. Watch Dr. Tom Shimabukuro of the CDC admitting that the COVID-19 vaccines cause "debilitating illness" in this clip. This video is from the Puretrauma357 channel on Brighteon.com.

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