Claim 335

Caputo said his role was to prevent CDC communications from conflicting with the president's own statements about the pandemic.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Caputo said his role was to prevent CDC communications from conflicting with the president's own statements about the pandemic.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Aligning messaging with the president's statements
About: incident 2020-hhs-officials-alter-cdc-covid-guidance-before-publication
Source: Political Meddling In The Fight Against COVID-19
Publisher: NPR
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2020-09-23

Quotation from the source

execute the president's agenda and to knock down any messaging, any communications that were seen as conflicting with what President Trump was saying about coronavirus.