Dr. Anthony Fauci has declined a request to appear voluntarily before a second Senate panel, days after Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee voted to hold the longtime infectious-diseases official in contempt of Congress.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, said Fauci’s attorneys notified the panel that he would not participate in a private transcribed interview concerning the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an Aug. 14 letter to Johnson obtained by The Epoch Times, attorneys David Schertler and Danny Onorato said Fauci had already answered questions “honestly and transparently” during numerous congressional appearances and “stands by all his prior testimony.”…
Fauci Refuses to Appear Before 2nd Senate Panel After Contempt Vote
