VIDEO: Hawley's Hilarious Exchange With Fauci
As we (Red State) reported, Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment multiple times during his appearance before Congress on Wednesday.
But Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) made him look ridiculous for doing so when he walked him through a series of innocuous questions.
For each question, Fauci invoked the Fifth, from what day of the week it was to what color the carpet on the floor was.
Then Hawley, who went to Yale Law School and is the former Missouri Attorney General, let loose on Fauci, shooting down his claim, saying he didn't have a right to invoke the Fifth because he had been pardoned, so he could not "stand upon the privilege." Hawley snarked that Fauci knew it, and Fauci's lawyer, "shifting nervously in his chair," knew it too.
"This isn't about the law," Hawley continued. "This is about contempt. Contempt for this body and contempt for the American people."
Hawley thought he knew why Fauci wasn't willing to answer questions, accusing him of doing "all kinds of terrible things" and becoming rich in the process. "You got rich while people were dying."