'Stop this nonsense': Dr Fauci hits back at Trump administration attacks amid rising coronavirus cases across US
Dr Anthony Fauci, one of America’s top infectious disease experts and leading member of the government’s coronavirus task force, has hit back at attacks by Trump administration officials over his handling of the pandemic.
“Ultimately, it hurts the president to do that. When the staff lets out something like that and the entire scientific and press community push back on it, it ultimately hurts the president,” he told The Atlantic.
His comments come in response to increasing criticism from the White House, including a list of bullet points forwarded to journalists by the White House which CNN said "resembled opposition research on a political opponent."
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