(The Hill) - The Trump administration over the weekend fired Steven Hatfill, a senior advisor to the administration who opposed the COVID-19 vaccines and promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine during the pandemic.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed to The Hill that Hatfill had been fired for cause, not providing any further details.

Hatfill's firing was first reported by Bloomberg.

A senior department official for HHS told The New York Times that Hatfill was fired for misrepresenting himself as "chief medical officer for the assistant secretary for preparedness and response."

Hatfill told the Times, however, that he was ousted as part of “a coup to overthrow" HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., being carried out by Kennedy's chief of staff Matt Buckham. He cla

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