Nov 8, 2019
‘Opening Time is Guinness Time’
Guinness poster featuring a knight in armour ready to drink a pint (1956). Artwork by Eric Lander.
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‘Opening Time is Guinness Time’
Guinness poster featuring a knight in armour ready to drink a pint (1956). Artwork by Eric Lander.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's top science adviser Eric Lander resigned Monday, hours after the White House confirmed that an internal investigation found credible evidence that he mistreated his staff, marking the first Cabinet-level departure of the Biden administration.
“President Joe Biden’s top science adviser Eric Lander resigned Monday, hours after the White House confirmed that an internal investigation found credible evidence that he mistreated his staff.”
He ultimately sold the holdings within the allotted 90-day window. But ethics officials say it raises questions about his advocacy.
Serving as Biden’s top science adviser, Eric Lander, the head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, publicly promoted Covid-19 vaccination efforts while having a significant financial investment in one of the vaccine makers, according to financial disclosures.
Under the White House’s ethics agreement Lander signed, he had 90 days to divest his stocks after he was confirmed by the Senate on May 28. While Lander shed the bulk of that stock in June — including shares of BioNTech SE, the German biotechnology company and Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine partner — he waited until Aug. 5 to sell the remaining $500,000 to $1 million worth of stock he held in that company. When Lander ultimately sold the stock 69 days after his confirmation, it was the company’s second-highest stock price ever at $404.92 a share, having shot up more than $50 a share from two days prior.
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Fourteen current and former Office of Science and Technology Policy staffers who worked under Eric Lander described a toxic work environment.
White House: Top scientist mistreated staff, apologizes
White House: Top scientist mistreated staff, apologizes
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JUSTICE IN AMERICA AND DNA EVIDENCE
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