The grand jury says cooperation from the Biden administration is crucial for insights into the vaccines’ approval, rollout, and administration.
The Florida grand jury investigating alleged wrongdoing related to COVID-19 vaccines encountered challenges in obtaining cooperation from the Biden administration, according to an interim report released on Friday.
The grand jury, impaneled following Gov. Ron DeSantis’ petition to the state’s Supreme Court, focused on the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines in its first interim report.
Mr. DeSantis, seeking to address allegations of misinformation about the vaccines and their effectiveness, petitioned the state’s Supreme Court to impanel the grand jury in December 2022.
The grand jury’s first interim report, however, focuses on the lack of federal cooperation and on the effectiveness of lockdowns and masks instead.
The panel underscored the complexity of the vaccine issue, stating that answers sought by the probe couldn’t be determined “in a vacuum” and that cooperation from the Biden administration was crucial for insights into the vaccines’ approval, rollout, and administration.
However, the Biden administration did not provide “fulsome” cooperation with efforts to obtain testimony from officials, the grand jury said. This lack of cooperation was a major hurdle faced by the grand jury, which had limited legal authority