The Democrats on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis subpoenaed two top health officials in the Trump administration on Dec. 21 after the panel’s investigation found political meddling that hindered the scientific work at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Subcommittee chairman James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) issued subpoenas to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar and CDC Director Robert R. Redfield, ordering them to hand over documents that Democrats claim “hindered the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, putting American lives at greater risk.” “The subpoenas were necessary because the Select Subcommittee’s investigation has revealed that efforts to interfere with scientific work at CDC were far more extensive and dangerous than previously known,” Clyburn wrote in a letter sent to Azar and Redfield along with the subpoenas. Clyburn cited documents recently obtained by the panel showing that over a period of four months, as the pandemic …