The hearing is over. Sen #RandPaul said the committee would vote next week on whether to hold Dr. #Fauci in #contempt for his refusal to testify [nope, that is a constitutional right you ignorant prick]. He delivered a dark closing statement, asking of Fauci, “Did his actions lead to the largest man-made plague in history?” Then Paul closed the hearing. Fauci walked out, stone-faced & necessarily escorted by police due to all the threats he faces because of charades like this.

#RepublicanGoons

Senator #RandPaul accuses Dr. #Fauci of funding research in China that sparked the #pandemic, & then lying about it to #Congress — outrageous accusations Dr. Fauci vehemently denies.

In a brief opening statement, Dr. Fauci noted that he had testified before Congress more than 200 times during the 38 years he ran the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [ #NIAID ], including during the #Covid pandemic.

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#RandPaul has been taunting Dr. #Fauci on Twitter all week, & Fauci’s conservative critics have been ridiculing him over diary entries that focus on his own fame & relationships with celebrities.

Peter Staley, a longtime AIDS activist & close friend of Dr. Fauci’s, said he kept the diary to help write a memoir, which he was already drafting when the #pandemic hit. It was published in 2024. Staley said the personal observations reflect Fauci being “astonished at what was happening in his life.”

The top #Democrat on the panel, Senator #GaryPeters of Michigan, accused #RandPaul of waging a politically-motivated inquiry to “basically legitimize a predetermined conclusion that was reached years ago.”

Dr. #Fauci & Mr. Paul have been tangling with one another for years. In 2021, when the senator accused Dr. Fauci of lying while testifying before the #Senate, Dr. Fauci replied, “If anybody is lying here, senator, it is you.”

#COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #USpol #law

Over the weekend, #RandPaul released >1,100 pages of Dr. #Fauci’s typewritten personal diary without saying how he got them. On Tuesday, “Health” Secy #RFKJr said he gave the documents to Paul & another [crazy] #Republican, Sen #RonJohnson of Wisconsin, “so they could see the light of day.”

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Mr. Schertler, Dr. #Fauci’s lawyer, said in statement that he believes that exchange “triggered” #RandPaul’s crusade against his client. But he did not deliver the statement, because Paul refused to let him speak. Sen #RichardBlumenthal, #Democrat of Connecticut, read parts of the statement into the record.

“The accusations that Chairman Paul continues to propagate are false & disgraceful,” the statement said, “& we will examine all options to hold him accountable.”

#ConspiracyTheories #law

The top #Democrat on the panel, Senator #GaryPeters of Michigan, accused #RandPaul of waging a politically-motivated inquiry to “basically legitimize a predetermined conclusion that was reached years ago.”

Dr. #Fauci & Mr. Paul have been tangling with one another for years. In 2021, when the senator accused Dr. Fauci of lying while testifying before the #Senate, Dr. Fauci replied, “If anybody is lying here, senator, it is you.”

#COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #USpol #law

Early in the hearing, #RandPaul warned that there would be “repercussions” for Dr. Fauci’s refusal to testify, & then ordered the REMOVAL of his lawyer‼️, David Schertler, when he tried to speak up on his client’s behalf. The hearing, unusual even by the #Senate’s recent hyperpartisan standards, also featured #ConspiracyTheories & personal attacks, with #Republicans taunting Dr. #Fauci as a megalomaniac & a liar.

#Trump #RepublicanGoons #MafiaState #COVID #PublicHealth #science #USpol #law

Senator #RandPaul accuses Dr. #Fauci of funding research in China that sparked the #pandemic, & then lying about it to #Congress — outrageous accusations Dr. Fauci vehemently denies.

In a brief opening statement, Dr. Fauci noted that he had testified before Congress more than 200 times during the 38 years he ran the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [ #NIAID ], including during the #Covid pandemic.

#Trump #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law

Early in the hearing, #RandPaul warned that there would be “repercussions” for Dr. Fauci’s refusal to testify, & then ordered the REMOVAL of his lawyer‼️, David Schertler, when he tried to speak up on his client’s behalf. The hearing, unusual even by the #Senate’s recent hyperpartisan standards, also featured #ConspiracyTheories & personal attacks, with #Republicans taunting Dr. #Fauci as a megalomaniac & a liar.

#Trump #RepublicanGoons #MafiaState #COVID #PublicHealth #science #USpol #law

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, who spent nearly four decades as the government’s top #InfectiousDisease expert, refused on Wednesday to answer any questions from a #Senate committee investigating the origins of #Covid19. Dr. #Fauci accused the committee’s #Republican chairman, #RandPaul, of having an “unhinged obsession with me,” before repeatedly invoking his #FifthAmendment right not to incriminate himself.

#Trump #MafiaState #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law

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#Fauci’s diary reveals his thoughts on a ‘rambling’ #Trump, the absurdity of his own fame, the #FarRight’s politicization of the #COVID #pandemic & more


Released by #GOP Sen. #RandPaul, diary entries from the federal scientist who helped lead the covid response spotlight the internal battle over how to handle the outbreak.

#PublicHealth #USpol
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