Emails obtained by the House Select Subcommittee investigating the Trump White House's pandemic response have revealed how the Trump administration continually prioritized challenging the 2020 election results over their COVID-19 response. Win McNamee/Getty Images The Trump administration continually prioritized challenging the 2020 election results over responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is according to emails sent by Steven Hatfill, a virologist who worked on the Trump White House's COVID response. The emails were obtained by a House Select Subcommittee probing the government's COVID-19 response. See more stories on Insider's business page. The Trump administration reportedly prioritized former President Donald Trump's attempts to challenge the election over fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new documents from a House Select Subcommittee investigation.