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[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

The White House that had Fauci stand around for a full workweek won’t waste his time testifying before Congress

By Philip Bump
May 4, 2020 at 4:25 p.m. EDT

Late Friday night, the White House informed House Democrats that Anthony S. Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease expert, was simply too busy to offer testimony on Capitol Hill. The House Appropriations Committee had requested that Fauci appear before the panel to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and the administration’s efforts to contain it and limit covid-19, the disease caused by the virus.

“While the Trump Administration continues its whole-of-government response to COVID-19, including safely opening up America again and expediting vaccine development, it is counterproductive to have the very individuals involved in those efforts appearing at congressional hearings,” White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement. “We are committed to working with Congress to offer testimony at the appropriate time.”

It followed up with a broader prohibition Monday.

“We’re telling agencies that during this unprecedented time our resources need to be dedicated toward the coronavirus,” an official told the Hill website. “At this stage we really need everybody manning their stations and prioritizing coronavirus response work.”

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That said, the Friday statement was a thoroughly disingenuous response from the White House. Why? Because the administration was more than happy to have Fauci attend its briefings from late February to late April, though Fauci rarely even spoke.

We went back and looked at the White House coronavirus task force meetings over that period, determining which Fauci attended and, using data from Factba.se, how long he spoke. In short, he attended more than 43.6 hours of briefings and spoke for a total of 2.8 hours.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/04/white-house-that-had-fauci-stand-around-full-workweek-wont-waste-his-time-testifying-before-congress/

[Stuart G]

1. Fauci could resign from Trump Inc. and testify anyway. Will take a lot of courage to tell the truth.

But if that needs to be done, he should do it. The "truth" ain't pretty. But it is necessary for our democracy to survive.

[Marcuse]

2. He should testify and dare being fired.

[machoneman]

3. After last night's revealing statement, Fauci should resign if he so totally disagrees with Trump...

and PompousAss. I swear if you look at Pompou's media clip from yesterday you'll see what I saw: a stone-cold, look in your face liar. You can even see his halting responses where his brain is struggling not to tell the truth but to think how his multiple lies will play for Trumpy.