Ex-Pfizer Doctor Tells Congress He Didn’t Delay Covid Shot Data

A former Pfizer Inc. scientist denied an allegation made by House Republicans that he conspired to delay the release of Covid shot data to hurt Donald Trump’s 2020 election prospects, the latest twist in a dispute that demonstrates how vaccines are increasingly becoming a political flashpoint.

Philip Dormitzer, a former top official at Pfizer, said the idea that he and his colleagues sought to prevent Trump from winning reelection is a “false conspiracy theory,” according to a letter to the House Judiciary Committee obtained by Bloomberg.

Dormitzer’s letter follows a resurgence of interest in Trump’s oft-repeated allegation that the ...