CDC Director Robert Redfield’s job in jeopardy over coronavirus handling

Published May 20, 2020 7:26pm ET



Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is reportedly in the hot seat as the Trump administration has seemingly grown tired of his handling of the coronavirus.

Rumors that members of the White House are growing increasingly tired of Redfield grew louder over the weekend when White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who is also the coordinator of the Defense Production Act response, said that the CDC had “let the country down” with regard to coronavirus testing in the beginning of the pandemic.

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