In a fiery interview during Wednesday’s Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, Sen. Tommy Tuberville unloaded on Dr. Anthony Fauci, demanding the former NIAID director be arrested and imprisoned on the spot for his role in the COVID-19 pandemic response.
Sen. Tuberville made the comments during an appearance on Newsmax from Capitol Hill.
“He should be locked up before he leaves this building today and put in prison and then put on trial in front of the American people!” Tuberville declared. “We lost 20,000-30,000 people in Alabama alone, and I hope every damn one of them sues this Dr. Fauci and puts him in court. If we can’t put him in prison, lets put him in court every day for the rest of his life where he has to be punished and listen to the death he caused!”
Tuberville later added, “He killed people!”
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Tuberville noted that people are still dying because of Fauci’s actions.
The hearing, chaired by Sen. Rand Paul, is ongoing at the time of publishing and has been extremely contentious.
Paul had released more than 1,100 pages of Fauci’s personal diary notes from late 2019 through 2022 in the days leading up to the hearing.
Those entries covered Fauci’s private thoughts on virus origins, his public profile, interactions with the Trump administration, lockdowns, and other matters.
The private writings deeply contradict Fauci’s public statements.
Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, appeared with multiple attorneys.
In his opening statement, Fauci accused Paul of an “unhinged obsession” and claimed the hearing’s sole purpose was to try to get him to say something that would put him “behind bars.” He then repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment, declining to answer questions on the advice of counsel.
Chaos erupted early when one of Fauci’s attorneys, David Schertler, repeatedly interrupted proceedings and insisted on sitting at the witness table despite instructions to sit behind.
Paul warned him multiple times, “You are not recognized… If you are unruly, you will be removed… Another word and you’re gone.”
When Schertler continued, Paul ordered Capitol Police to eject him from the room.
Gallery members applauded.
Paul noted for the record that Fauci still had the advice of his remaining half-dozen lawyers.
Ranking Member Sen. Gary Peters, a Democrat, objected and said he wanted to hear the attorney, but Paul insisted the testimony was from Fauci alone.
Throughout the hearing, Fauci declined to answer questions on gain-of-function research, Wuhan lab funding and oversight, the Proximal Origin paper, lockdowns, school closures, vaccines, and other topics.
Republicans noted the Biden autopen pardon does not shield against lying to Congress or certain state-level actions.
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