Steven Hatfill
American pathologist, anthrax attack suspect, and Trump advisor.
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Steven Jay Hatfill is an American pathologist and biological weapons expert who was publicly named a suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks, later exonerated and compensated. He later served as an advisor to the first Trump White House, promoting hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19, and participated in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. In 2025 he was appointed a special advisor on pandemic preparedness and was fired from the Department of Health and Human Services later that year.
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- Hatfill was enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army from 1975 to 1977; he later claimed to have been a captain in the U.S. Special Forces, but the Army stated he never served with the Special Forces.
- He worked as a medical missionary in Kapanga, Zaire, under Dr. Glenn Eschtruth, who was murdered there in 1977; Hatfill was briefly married to Eschtruth's daughter.
- At a news conference in August 2002, Hatfill denied involvement in the anthrax letters and said irresponsible news media coverage based on government leaks had destroyed his reputation.
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- Wikipedia: Steven Hatfill (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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