House GOP Coronavirus Panel Subpoenas Health Department Official

Nov. 3, 2023, 9:55 AM UTC

A House special subcommittee is serving a senior Biden administration health official with a subpoena, alleging she spent months evading questioning from lawmakers related to their probe into Covid’s origins.

The Republican heads of three oversight panels notified the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday that Assistant Secretary for Legislation Melanie Anne Egorin must testify at a deposition on Nov. 16. The letter notified HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra of the subpoena, sent by the House Oversight’s select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic.

This is the latest subpoena from Republicans in their quest to probe the origin of the ...

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