New documents show Trump officials' 'haphazard and ineffective' approach to procuring PPE at start of pandemic, House committee says

The Democratic-led House select committee reviewing the federal response to Covid-19 says it obtained documents that show the Trump administration at the start of the pandemic crisis "pursued a haphazard and ineffective approach to procurement" of personal protective equipment and medical supplies.

In letters to three government agencies dated Tuesday, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis said the new evidence shows that senior Trump White House officials "steered contracts to particular companies without adequate diligence or competition," and raises further questions about whether officials, including former Trump White House official Peter Navarro, inappropriately influenced the federal government to award contracts to companies to procure PPE. CNN has reached out to Navarro for comment.