(CNN) Dr. Jerome Adams, former US surgeon general and White House coronavirus task force member under President Trump, took to Twitter on Monday to defend Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House's coronavirus response coordinator under Trump. Both Fauci and Birx were often standing beside or behind Trump when the former president made spurious claims about the virus. Asha Rangappa, former FBI special agent and CNN analyst, posted to Twitter on Sunday night , "I'm sorry but I have a lot of trouble seeing Dr. Birx as a victim. JUST WATCHED Dr. Birx: All deaths over first 100,000 could have been mitigated Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Dr. Birx: All deaths over first 100,000 could have been mitigated 01:42More than 549,000 people in the US have died from Covid-19. Get CNN Health's weekly newsletter Sign up here to get The Results Are In with Dr. Sanjay Gupta every Tuesday from the CNN Health team.

Source: CNN March 29, 2021 22:07 UTC