The 79-minute sit-down interview was Birx’s first since formally exiting her role advising the Trump administration. Birx told host Margaret Brennan that she “always” considered quitting her job, during which she alternately drew criticism from other scientists and Trump. ADBirx added that she believed at least some of the data had been funneled along by Scott Atlas, then a White House coronavirus adviser. (On several occasions, envelopes containing that lethal powder were intercepted before reaching the White House or other government officials.) Well before that, however, she had anticipated that her role at the White House would be the final chapter of her career in the federal government.

Source: Washington Post January 25, 2021 11:04 UTC