President Trump’s son-in-law has become a central player in the White House effort to curb the pandemic. But critics say he is part of the problem.

The 69-page document, finished in 2016, provided a step by step list of priorities – which were then ignored by the administration.

A vital modeling program was sidelined amid a bureaucratic battle, former officials say, leaving U.S. less prepared to face the virus.

In a tabletop exercise days before an untested new president took power, officials briefed the incoming administration on a scenario remarkably like the one he faces now.

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