A top official at the Center for Disease Control is now being accused of deleting records pertaining to the COVID vaccine’s negative side affects.

The Department of Health and Human Services notified Sen. Ron Johnson that certain documents requested under subpoena could not be found. DHS officials believe they were deleted or destroyed.

Now, Sen. Ron Johnson is calling for an investigation into Dr. Tom Shimabukuro, the director of the CDC’s Immunization Office, who is suspected of mishandling and deleting the records.

This is a serious offense, punishable by up to 12 months behind bars and a six-figure fine.

Here’s what we know:

BREAKING: Records from a top vaccine safety officer at the CDC have gone missing.

— The General (@GeneralMCNews) April 13, 2025

Top CDC Vaccine Safety Officer’s Records Missing, HHS Says https://t.co/NCd3OwRO7F

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 13, 2025

So, you might be asking: how could this have been allowed to happen in the first place?

How is it possible that key records are just…gone?

Investigative journalist Steve Kirsch has the answer:

How is it possible for the email records of top CDC officials to go missing? I asked someone who is very knowledgeable about the issue. pic.twitter.com/UwtBdX9BI2

— Steve Kirsch (@stkirsch) April 13, 2025

There’s no way such “mishandling” was done by accident.

It was intentional.

The New York Post has the full scoop:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doctor in charge of monitoring reports of adverse COVID-19 vaccine reactions has been accused by a Republican senator of mishandling and possibly deleting key records.

Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) struggled to find records belonging to Dr. Tom Shimabukuro, the director of the CDC’s Immunization Safety Office, while trying to comply with a subpoena from Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) for vaccine safety data.

“HHS officials recently informed me that Dr. Shimabukuro’s records remain lost and, potentially, removed from HHS’s email system altogether,” Johnson wrote in a Wednesday letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and acting HHS watchdog Juliet Hodgkins.

“Dr. Shimabukuro’s potential mishandling of his official records is highly concerning.”

It is not clear what specific records are missing, but Johnson’s team was told HHS was struggling to locate information for which Shimabukuro had responsibility and that should exist, an aide explained to The Post.

Last November, Johnson had asked HHS, the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration to “preserve all records referring or relating to the development, safety, and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines.”

In January, after becoming chair of the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Johnson blasted out a subpoena for records on internal COVID-19 vaccine safety communications, which led to HHS discovering the potential discrepancies with Shimabukuro’s emails.

“Any attempt to obstruct or interfere with my investigatory efforts would be grounds for contempt of Congress,” Johnson wrote Wednesday.

Contempt of Congress is punishable by up to a six-figure fine and 12 months in prison.

Under the Federal Records Act, government officials are required to preserve materials “made or received by a Federal agency under Federal law or in connection with the transaction of public business.”

Johnson is calling upon the FBI, DOJ and HHS Inspector General’s Office to probe whether Shimabukuro and other federal health officials “deleted or destroyed official agency records.”

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