Panel to subpoena CDC officials
A legislative panel has voted to subpoena officials from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate allegations that CDC leaders asked employees to shred documents justifying around $4.7 million in grant awards.
The Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported the unanimous vote will compel testimony from five CDC employees, including agency director Sheila Pinette, but that those workers could still choose to invoke their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Some of the staff members also face civil litigation from former CDC employee and whistleblower Sharon Leahy-Lind. The private attorneys hired to represent state officials in that case previously asked the legislative panel to postpone any subpoenas until the resolution of that civil lawsuit.
The Portland Press Herald reported that another plaintiff joined Leahy-Lind’s lawsuit in a filing Friday, a document that named two additional defendants at the agency.
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