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Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers as he built real estate empire — ground.news main source: Reuters ●, 290 media reports — 26 September 2023 (LINK)
Trump's digital company faces a big crisis this week: DWAC, hoping to take the former president's media company Trump Media, which owns Trump Social, public, hasn't been able to close the deal. It could be forced to liquidate — www.thestreet.com — 3 September 2023 (LINK)
Federal judge to set date on 28 August for historic US versus Trump trial: Special counsel Jack Smith has requested that the trial begin on January 2, 2024, while Trump's attorneys have proposed a date of April 2026 — ground.news: media reports — 28 August 2023 (LINK)
Trump campaign raises $7.1m following historic Georgia mugshot — www.bbc.com — 27 August 2023 (LINK)
Trump cards surge over 177% in volume, highest since 4 May, and 61% on floor price amid the former President’s mugshot release — coinedition — 26 August 2023 (LINK)
Former US President Donald Trump has surrendered in Georgia and been formally booked on charges of plotting to overturn the state's 2020 election results. This is the first time a police mugshot has been taken of a former US president — ground.news: 104 media reports — 24 August 2023 (LINK)
Trump first US president to be charged with crimes — heathercoxrichardso — 24 August 2023 (LINK)
Trump indicted in Georgia over 2020 election meddling, the 4th criminal case against him: + 18 associates — ground.news: 353 media reports — 14 August 2023 (LINK)
— The charges include racketeering, violating the oath of a public officer, forgery, and false statements. The defendants, including Rudy Giuliani and Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows, must surrender to authorities by August 25th.
Factcheck: Donald Trump vastly underestimates job gains under Joe Biden — politifact — 5 August 2023 (LINK)
— "During Biden's first 30 months in office, just 2.1 million new jobs were created, and by contrast, during my first 30 months in office we created 4.9 million new jobs," Trump said Aug. 5. We have previously fact-checked Biden for exaggerating the scale of job gains on his watch, but none of Biden's statements were as far off base as Trump's. When Biden took office in January 2021, the U.S had almost 143 million nonfarm jobs. By Biden's 30th month in office — June 2023 — the number of nonfarm jobs had risen to 156.2 million. That's an increase of 13.2 million jobs, or more than six times as big as the 2.1 million jobs Trump referenced in his speech.
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted for allegedly breaking several laws in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment accuses Trump of spreading false claims of voter fraud and orchestrating a plot to overturn the election results — ground.news: 481 media reports — 1 August 2023 (LINK)
Judge dismisses Trump's $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN, says its use of 'Big Lie' regarding Trump isn't defamation — cnn / Yahoo — 29 July 2023 (LINK)
— The Court finds Nazi references in the political discourse (made by whichever 'side') to be odious and repugnant," Judge Singhal wrote. "But bad rhetoric is not defamation when it does not include false statements of fact." "CNN declined to comment on the decision"!
Trump indictment: Additional charges, third defendant added in classified documents case — ground.news: 188 media reports — 27 July 2023 (LINK)
thehill.com: Five revelations from new Trump charges — (LINK)
Did Donald Trump ever apologize to the 'Central Park Five' after their exonaration and decade in prison when he called for the death penalty? No — /www.politifact.com — 25 July 2023 (LINK)
— Despite the exoneration, Trump on at least five occasions has expressed that he continues to believe the original verdict that the men were guilty and that a settlement made by the city was a mistake.
Biden’s narrative on never discussing business deals with Hunter continues to crumble: Hunter Biden's longtime business partner reportedly to testify then-Vice President Joe Biden frequently sat in on business calls with son — www.foxnews.com ● → — 25 July 2023 (LINK)
12 July 2023
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen settles lawsuit against Trump Organization — www.reuters.com ● — 21 July 2023 (LINK)
— Cohen is still seeking the dismissal of a $500 million lawsuit by Trump in a federal court in Florida.
Donald Trump must face E. Jean Carroll defamation suit as DOJ reverses course — news.yahoo.com — 12 July 2023 (LINK)
7 July 2023
Instagram post distorts outcome of 2018 lawsuit involving Trump family charity: not forbidden from operating a charity — eu.usatoday.com — 7 July 2023 (LINK)
— The post generated over 5,000 likes in less than a week, and the tweet accumulated over 25,000 likes. The claim references a 2018 lawsuit that alleged Donald Trump and his children unlawfully used funds from the Donald J. Trump Foundation to further business and political interests.
7 July 2023
Trump draws enthusiastic crowd for campaign event in Council Bluffs😡 — ground.news: 11 media reports — 7 July 2023 (LINK)
4 July 2023
Fact Check: Did Trump's South Carolina Rally Attract 50,000 People? Unverified — www.newsweek.com — 4 July 2023 (LINK)
1 July 2023
Trump promises to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Biden family if elected in 2024→ — ground.news: 7 media reports — 1 July 2023 (LINK)
30 June 2023
Trump family's NFT endeavors continue with Melania's 'The 1776 Collection' of U.S. landmarks — www.cryptoglobe.com — 30 June 2023 (LINK)
27 June 2023
Trump is only living US president not descended from slaveholders, report says — ground.news: 24 media reports — factuality: mixed rating 27 June 2023 (LINK)
— rump has a history of defending symbols of the Confederacy despite not having any ties to slavery, while at least 100 lawmakers and two Trump-appointed Supreme Court Justices have ancestors who enslaved Black people.
14 June 2023
Trump campaign raises $2 million after arraignment on federal charges — thehill.com — 14 June 2023 (LINK)
Fact check: Trump makes numerous false claims in speech after court appearance — edition.cnn.com — 14 June 2023 (LINK)
9 June 2023
Fact Check: Did Trump Sign Into Law Felony on classified documents for Which He's Indicted? True — www.newsweek.com — 9 June 2023 (LINK)
26 May 2023
Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge in the documents case, wasn't pictured in a Team Trump hat — www.politifact.com — 12 June 2023 (LINK)
Thirty-seven count felony indictment against Trump revealed — ground.news: 310 media reports — 9 June 2023 (LINK)
Trump Rolled Back Decades Of Clean Water Protections. The Supreme Court Just Went Even Further — huffpost.com — 26 May 2023 (LINK)
10 May 2023
Trump-appointed Special counsel John Durham concludes FBI never should have launched full Trump-Russia probe — source — 16 May 2023 (LINK)
— Durham's findings are at odds with a previous Justice Department inspector general investigation into the FBI's Russia probe, which identified problems with the investigation but concluded in December 2019 there was sufficient justification to open the inquiry.
Trump fills his CNN town hall with a fire hose of old and new false claims — washingtonpost ● — 10 May 2023 (LINK)
reuters: Trump jokes about sexual abuse verdict, repeats election falsehoods — (LINK)
cnn: Fact-checking Trump's CNN town hall in New Hampshire — (LINK)
9 May 2023
Trump Sexually Abused E. Jean Carroll And Owes $5 Million In Damages, Jury Finds — ground.news: 532 media reports — 9 May 2023 (LINK)
3 May 2023
Trump Failed To See Inflation Coming — And It's Costing Him More Than $1 Million A Month — source — 3 May 2023 (LINK)
26 April 2023
Trump loses appeal to block Pence from testifying about direct communications — CNN — 26 April 2023 (LINK)
Alvin Bragg Upends Trump's 'Protect Melania' Story — Newsweek — 6 April 2023 (LINK)
22 March 2023
Twitter flooded with deepfakes of Donald Trump resisting arrest — skynews.com.au — 22 March 2023 (LINK)
16 February 2023
George Soros says DeSantis will beat Trump for GOP nomination — ground.news: 9 sources — 16 February 2023 (LINK)
14 March 2023
Trump suggests Pence to blame for Jan. 6 violence after former VP's criticism — ground.news: 13 sources — 14 March 2023 (LINK)
1 February 2023
New York AG asks judge to sanction Trump team for "false" denials in lawsuit — axios — 1 February 2023 (LINK)
1 February 2023
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Has Found 40 Tunnels under Trump's Border Wall — source — 1 February 2023 (LINK)
— CBP discovered 40 tunnels from 2017 to 2021, according to data obtained through a Cato Institute Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. CBP discovered these tunnels as former President Trump extended his 30-foot wall across hundreds of miles along the border. The former president was warned about the potential for tunnels but insisted that his wall would have anti-tunnel "technology".
30 January 2023
Trump sues journalist Bob Woodward over release of interview recordings — thehill — 30 January 2023 (LINK)
13 January 2023
Republicans Aim To 'Expunge' Trump Impeachment (And McCarthy May Let Them) — nationalmemo ← — 13 January 2023 (LINK)
December 2022
Trump tax returns reveal web of losses, write-offs, 'disguised gifts' and little charity — independent.co.uk — 31 December 2022 (LINK)
What ChatGPT Says About Donald Trump: "Some Americans may have positive views of Donald Trump, while others may have negative views" — medium — 20 December 2022 (LINK)
Jan. 6 panel refers Trump on at least four criminal charges, including insurrection and obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress — axios — 19 December 2022 (LINK)
— PBS: Read the Jan. 6 committee's summary of its final report (LINK)
— Heather Cox Richardson: 6 Jan and beyond (LINK)
Crypto Twitter Delves Into Strange, Sloppy Side of Trump's NFT Collection: evidence of stolen art and shady wallet addresses — coindesk — 19 December 2022 (LINK)
Donald Trump has an aide who follows him on the golf course to show him positive articles — /mashable — 19 December 2022 (LINK)
November 2022
Trump's Truth Social Losing Hundreds of Thousands of Users Per Month: Report — mediaite — 29 November 2022 (LINK)
Judge says Trump's political actions around 2020 election not protected by 'absolute immunity' — ground.news: 11 sources — 28 November 2022 (LINK)
Donald Trump Unbanned On Twitter by 51.8% But Is Not Willing to Come Back, will stay with Truth Social — coingape — 20 November 2022 (LINK)
Trump won't be fact-checked on Facebook now that he's a presidential candidate — mashable — 16 November 2022 (LINK)
Mary Trump Loses Case Against Uncle Donald Trump to reopen hearing — complex — 16 November 2022 (LINK)
She had signed a settlement agreement with her family that barred her claims. On Monday, a judge overseeing the case ruled that the agreement barred her from bringing her claims. It is the second legal victory this week for the former president after a federal judge dismissed Michael Cohen's retaliation lawsuit.
Donald Trump announces candidacy for US president — * usatoday — 16 November 2022 (LINK)
Fact-checking Trump's 2024 announcement speech — CNN — 16 November 2022 (LINK)
Larry Kudlow: Trump's speech was full of optimism, centered on a 'national greatness' agenda — foxbusiness — 16 November 2022 (LINK)
Ex-Trump Org. CFO Allen Weisselberg testifies against the company — politico — 15 November 2022 (LINK)
Under questioning by prosecutors, he said he knew he owed taxes on the $1.76 million untaxed, off-the-books compensation, which included an apartment overlooking the Hudson River, leases for two Mercedes-Benz and private school tuition for his grandchildren. He said he knew that his tax forms were false because they underreported his income. He told the jury he continues to get paid $640,000 a year in salary and will "hopefully" receive his usual $500,000 bonus in January.
Trump mounts anti-McConnell campaign as conservatives seek delay in leadership elections — ground.news: 9 sources — 12 November 2022 (LINK)
Judge hits Trump lawyers with $50,000 fines over tossed Clinton lawsuit — axios — 11 November 2022 (LINK)
"Coordinated effort across Fox News, WSJ and NY Post": Rupert Murdoch dumps "biggest loser" Trump — salon — 10 November 2022 (LINK)
Trump says he will make a 'big announcement' on November 15: Presidential run in 2024? — foxnews — 7 November 2022 (LINK)
October 2022
Trump announces Florida rally with Rubio but not de Santis — CNN — 27 October 2022 (LINK)
Trump Organization tax fraud trial this week — ground.news — 24 October 2022 (LINK)
Judge: Trump signed off on voter fraud allegations he knew were false in legal docs — axios — 20 October 2022 (LINK)
Trump fundraising overhead soaks up 91 cents of each donor dollar: report — huffpost — 17 October 2022 (LINK)
Trump used Secret Service protection to scam taxpayers — rollingstone — 17 October 2022 (LINK)
Trump skirts testimony question in hostile 14-page Jan. 6 response — thehill — 14 October 2022 (LINK)
Trump was betrayed by his Diet Coke valet — nymag — 14 October 2022 (LINK)
"Astonishing level of evidence": Trump "caught red-handed" after Mar-a-Lago inside source identified — salon — 13 October 2022 (LINK)
September 2022
The shell company trying to buy Trump's Truth Social is now based at a UPS store mailbox — gizmodo — 27 September 2022 (LINK)
Donald Trump wins ruling in rape accuser Carroll's defamation lawsuit — reuters — 27 September 2022 (LINK)
The number of times Donald Trump's Family has used Truth Social might surprise you — thelist — 27 September 2022 (LINK)
August 2022
Liz Cheney loses re-election bid in pro-Trump backlash — variety — 16 August 2022 (LINK)
Ex-Mueller prosecutor: "Once Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty, it's over for the Trump Organization" — salon — 16 August 2022 (LINK)
Trump's Voter Fraud PAC gave $60,000 to Melania's fashion designer — rollingstone — 5 August 2022 (LINK)
Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. sit for depositions as part of NY probe into Trump Organization's finances — ground.news: 0 → — 2 August 2022 (LINK)
Donald Trump repeats false claim he ordered '10-20,000 troops' on Jan. 6, despite his own Defense Secretary debunking — mediaite — 2 August 2022 (LINK)
July 2022
* Did Trump bury Ivana on his golf course to claim a tax break? — thedailybeast — 31 July 2022 (LINK)
Trump supporter who assaulted cops at the Capitol sentenced to five years in prison — NBCnews — 26 July 2022 (LINK)
Mark Ponder's sentence is tied for the longest imposed to date for Jan. 6 with that of Robert Scott Palmer, who attacked law enforcement officers with a fire extinguisher.
Is Rupert Murdoch turning on Donald Trump? — poynter — 25 July 2022 (LINK)
One America News gets dumped by Verizon, the only major carrier it had left — theverge — 24 July 2022 (LINK)
New York Post editorial board throws cold water on a 2024 Trump campaign, calling him 'unworthy' to serve in the White House for another term — Business Insider — 23 July 2022 (LINK)
Trump called McConnell a 'disloyal sleaze bag' after the Jan. 6 committee aired a clip showing the senator blaming him for the Capitol riot — Business Insider — 23 July 2022 (LINK)
Trump Ignored a Call from the Pentagon during Jan. 6 Capitol attack as he kept trying to steal the election — rollingstone — 21 July 2022 (LINK)
Ivana Trump, ex-wife of former President Trump, died from fall: Medical examiner — abcnews — 15 July 2022 (LINK)
Prominent conservatives issue report rebutting Trump election claims — CNN — 14 July 2022 (LINK)
Heather Cox Richardson latest on the Jan. 6 hearings — heathercoxrichardson — 12 July 2022 (LINK)
The five most damaging allegations against Trump from the Jan. 6 hearings so far — thehill — 4 July 2022 (LINK)
Fox: Media hypes January 6 witness' Trump-Secret Service testimony as gospel: Concha — foxnews — 1 July 2022 (LINK)
2 Secret Service sources told CNN that Trump angrily demanded to be taken to the Capitol on January 6, partly confirming Cassidy Hutchinson's explosive testimony — Business Insider — 1 July 2022 (LINK)
June 2022
Donald Trump limo video on Jan. 6 tweeted by Committee — Newsweek — 29 June 2022 (LINK)
Cassidy Hutchinson shows Trump's complicity in the attack on the Capitol — nymag — 28 June 2022 (LINK)
* Trump is covertly recruiting more violent insurrectionists with promises of future pardons — dailykos — 18 June 2022 (LINK)
Trump allies paid millions to Jan. 6 rally organizers since 2020 — truthout.org — 18 June 2022 (LINK)
Trump uses his new social media site to share QAnon content — vice — 13 June 2022 (LINK)
Trump 'scammed supporters out of $250 million for nonexistent fraud fund' — rollingstone — 13 June 2022 (LINK)
Jan. 6 committee says it has ample evidence to indict Trump — ap / pbs — 12 June 2022 (LINK)
D.C. disciplinary office files ethics charges over Rudy Giuliani's false election claims — reuters — 11 June 2022 (LINK)
Fox News' Sean Hannity pitched Trump on Hunter Biden pardon — report — The Guardian — 11 June 2022 (LINK)
Biden scraps Trump's Air Force One paint scheme because of heating risks — NBCnews — 10 June 2022 (LINK)
Heather Cox Richardson: the prime-time January 6 committee hearing — heathercoxrichardson — 10 June 2022 (LINK)
Takeaways from the prime-time January 6 committee hearing — CNN — 10 June 2022 (LINK)
Trump told staff Mike Pence 'deserved' to be hanged during Capitol attack: Jan. 6 Committee — rollingstone — 9 June 2022 (LINK)
What we know about Trump's actions as insurrection unfolded, U.S. Committee holds public prime-time hearing — AP — 9 June 2022 (LINK)
Michael Avenatti sentenced to 4 years in prison for stealing from Stormy Daniels — cnbc — 2 June 2022 (LINK)
May 2022
Trump lauds new children's book about the fight between 'Hillary Queenton' and 'handsome King Donald' — inoreader/business insider — 19 May 2022 (LINK)
Top Trump Appointee Met With Activists Who Pushed 'Big Lie' on Jan. 6 — washington post / thedailybeast — 17 May 2022 (LINK)
The Company Buying Truth Social Reminds Investors Of Trump's Many, Many Business Failures — uproxx — 17 May 2022 (LINK)
Trump ordered to pay $110k fines as contempt order lifted — ground.news — 11 May 2022 (LINK)
Federal judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Twitter — engadget — 7 May 2022 (LINK)
April 2022
Biden blocks sales of inefficient lightbulbs, reversing Trump-era policy — cnbc — 26 April 2022 (LINK)
Piers Morgan Finally Shows Unedièted Clip Of Donald Trump Talk TV Storm-Off; Blames "Incompetent Aide" &
A Trump "Simmering With Anger" But Reality Is Damp Squib
— deadline — 26 April 2022 (LINK)
Judge holds Trump in contempt for failing to turn over documents to New York Attorney General Letitia James: All of those facing contempt were in Trump's inner circle — cbsnews — 25 April 2022 (LINK)
Jan. 6 witnesses held in contempt: Who, why and what's next: All of those facing contempt were in Trump's inner circle — ap / independent — 6 April 2022 (LINK)
Ivanka Trump testifies to Capitol riot committee — BBC — 6 April 2022 (LINK)
2 Key Tech Execs Quit As Trump's Social Platform Stagnates — mediapost — 4 April 2022 (LINK)
March 2022
The Jan 6 conspiracy investigation — heathercoxrichardson — 28 March 2022 (LINK)
The Trumps Did Business With an Oligarch Linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard. They'd Like You to Forget — motherjones — 28 March 2022 (LINK)
Trump DC hotel gets OK to sell to Miami investment fund — miamiherald — 26 March 2022 (LINK)
A top prosecutor who abruptly left the Manhattan DA's office said in his resignation letter there's 'no doubt' that Trump committed 'numerous' felonies — business insider / Yahoo — 24 March 2022 (LINK)
North Carolina investigating Trump aide Mark Meadows over voter fraud allegations — cnbc — 17 March 2022 (LINK)
Report Details 'Unraveling' of Trump Probe That Led Prosecutors to Resign — commondreams — 6 March 2022 (LINK)
Trump and right-wing lawyer were part of 'criminal conspiracy' to overturn 2020 election, January 6 committee alleges — CNN — 3 March 2022 (LINK)
Parler, the right-leaning social media app, Launches DeepRedSky NFT Marketplace With CryptoTrump NFTs — cryptoknowmics — 2 March 2022 (LINK)
The Official CryptoTRUMP Club features the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump. The limited-edition collection comprises 10,000 CryptoTRUMP, including 250 extremely rare NFTs, priced at $2,750 each. The collection depicts a graphical representation of a tuxedoed Trump holding a Diet Coke; cowboy Trump in a broad-rim hat with a gun belt slung around his shoulder; and a besuited Trump on a beach with a piratical eye patch covering his left eye among others.
Five vile things Trump did to Zelensky and Ukraine that you forgot about — washingtonpost — 1 March 2022 (LINK)
Let's Recall What Exactly Paul Manafort and Rudy Giuliani Were Doing in Ukraine — propublica — 1 March 2022 (LINK)
Trump, Who Wanted to Withdraw the U.S. from NATO, Now Claims Credit for Its Existence — rollingstone — 28 February 2022 (LINK)
Trump lavishes praise on Putin, revives election lies at conservative forum — ground.news — 27 February 2022 (LINK)
Trump, who was impeached for withholding nearly $400 million in military aid from Ukraine, said 'this deadly Ukraine situation would never have happened' if he were in office — Business Insider — 25 February 2022 (LINK)
Digital World's stock rises by 30% after launching Truth Social application — invezz — 22 February 2022 (LINK)
FactCheck: Former presidents not allowed to take home official records, though Trump did — tucsonsentinel — 22 February 2022 (LINK)
Jim Jordan Embraces Trump's Call To Execute Hillary Clinton Campaign Aides — huffpost — 14 February 2022 (LINK)
Hillary's emails, Trump's missing documents —
heathercoxrichardson
— 10 February 2022 (LINK)
Peter Thiel, PayPal founder and Trump ally, to step down from Meta board —
The Guardian
— 8 February 2022 (LINK)
Thiel, a major donor to the Republican party, was seen by critics as part of the reason why Facebook did not censor Trump. Thiel, Facebook's longest-serving board member at 17 years, plans to focus on backing Donald Trump's allies in the November midterm elections, according to the New York Times.
Trump Calls On Massive Protests If Prosecutors Go After Him And Offers Pardons To Jan. 6ers — huffpost — 29 January 2022 (LINK)
Trump's finance report shows he has a lot less cash than he claimed in his final year in office: just $93 million in cash during 2020 — significantly less than the $793 million he claimed in 2015 — reuters — 27 January 2022 (LINK)
New York AG alleges "significant evidence" of Trump Organization fraudaxios — 19 January 2022 (LINK)
Ivanka Trump Returns to Instagram With a Photoshoot as a Good Personvanityfair — 19 January 2022 (LINK)
Biden reverses Trump-era rule on dishwasher, washer, dryer efficiencyupi — 13 January 2022 (LINK)
For a year Trumpworld struggled to find jobs. But now they're getting hired again — in VirginiaBusiness Insider — 13 January 2022 (LINK)
Don Jr. Mockingly Shares Graph Showing Biden Has Created Way More Jobs Than His Dadcomicsands — 11 January 2022 (LINK)
Trump's social media company, like most of his other companies, is a disastermic — 10 January 2022 (LINK)
Fact-check: Does Biden have 'the lowest approval rating of any president ever'? No, currently just below Trump's higheststatesman — 7 January 2022 (LINK)
Trump's Plan to Steal the 2020 Election Included QAnon promoter Ron Watkins: all the usual Swiss suspects — vice — 4 January 2022 (LINK)
Exactly Who the Capitol Rioters Were — slate — 4 January 2022 (LINK)
"There was [the] fringe involved — that is, there were some militia groups involved and there were some extremist groups involved — but overwhelmingly, the data shows that [they were]coming from the mainstream."
GroundNews Blindspot for Right: Trump endorses Hungary's Orbán for reelection — politico — 3 January 2022 (LINK)
2021
Trump and allies face off the 6 Jan Investigative Committee — heathercoxrichardson — 27 December 2021 (LINK)
Trump Claimed 5,000 Dead People Voted in Georgia. The Real Number Was Four — rollingstone — 27 December 2021 (LINK)
Emails confirm Trump administration ignored own medical experts over COVID — pbs — 18 December 2021 (LINK)
Leak reveals Rex Tillerson was director of Bahamas-based US-Russian oil firm — The Guardian — 18 December 2021 (LINK)
U.S. federal appeals court reinstates Biden's vaccine mandate for large companies — axios — 18 December 2021 (LINK)
Trump International Hotel in Washington report exposes gaping corruption loopholes — NBCnews — 18 December 2021 (LINK)
Trump White House made 'deliberate efforts' to undermine Covid response, report says — NBCnews — 17 December 2021 (LINK)
The White House repeatedly overruled public health and testing guidance from the nation's top infectious disease experts and silenced officials, the report found.
