Sen. Roger Marshall is hoping a hot-mic moment with Dr. Anthony Fauci leads to support for his bill that would force the publication of White House officials’ financial records.
“Well, I think we were both very much in the moment,” he said, later adding, “I was focused on the true facts [like] the fact that he just lied to Congress.”
According to Marshall, his office attempted to track down Fauci’s financial records “for weeks.” After putting in requests to both the doctor’s staff and the National Institutes of Health, the senator ultimately was unable to obtain them. “It takes the NIH, it takes this White House months to respond to any type of request for information, and then it’s redacted,” he told Fox. “It’s quite a game they’re playing. So I was shocked, I was shocked by his response, that he would lie to Congress again after he had already lied about theMarshall has requested Fauci hand over unredacted copies of his financial records to his office by Friday.
Following Tuesday’s exchange, multiple non-profit organizations confirmed that while Fauci’s 2019 financial disclosures are public, they are difficult to obtain. the disclosures and did not receive them until early August. In order to get the documents, a reporter emailed the Department of Health and Human Services and then the NIH’s Freedom of Information Act Office with the correct completed form. After a month, the organization “politely badgered the NIH office via email.” Sen.
When The Post contacted a spokesperson for Fauci following Tuesday’s hearing, that person was unable to immediately point to the financial disclosures that Fauci said were public.
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