In April 2020, Max Kennedy Jr., a volunteer on the White House Coronavirus Task Force’s Supply-Chain Task Force, submitted an anonymous complaint to the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform. As described by The New Yorker and summarized in the supplied source, Kennedy alleged that a largely inexperienced team used personal computers and private email accounts to obtain medical supplies, while operating under the direction of Jared Kushner’s task force and political appointee Brad Smith.
Kennedy said Smith pressured him to create a model containing false information about projected U.S. coronavirus fatalities, which he refused to do. He also alleged that volunteers were instructed to prioritize requests from presidential supporters and associates, including Jeanine Pirro, and to direct millions of dollars in medical supplies to five pre-selected distributors. Kennedy resigned later in April 2020 and publicly characterized the response as chaotic and dangerously incompetent. The supplied source documents his congressional complaint and whistleblower account but does not establish a final finding, criminal charge, or identified regulatory penalty arising from the allegations.
