Dr. Anthony Fauci was heard on a mic apparently exasperated at a Republican senator for asking a question he said was based on âamazingly wrong informationâ about his financial disclosures.
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kans.) asked Fauci during a Senate hearing on Tuesday if he would âbe willing to submit to Congress and the public a financial disclosure that includes your past and current investments.â
âI donât understand why youâre asking me that question,â Fauci responded. âMy financial disclosure is public knowledge and has been so for the last 37 years or so.â
Marshall claimed that âthe big tech giants are doing an incredible job of keeping it from being public.â
âWhere would we find it?â he asked.
Fauci said, âAll you have to do is ask for it.â
âYouâre so misinformed itâs extraordinary,â he added.
When Marshall raised the prospect that âshenanigansâ may be going on, the infectious disease expert shot back, âSenator, what are you talking about? My financial disclosures are public knowledge and have been so.â
Marshall insisted that his staff could not find Fauciâs disclosure information.
âYou are getting amazingly wrong information,â he added. âIt is totally accessible if you want itâŚYou are totally incorrect.â
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As Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wa.) interjected to note that Fauciâs financial disclosures are public information, Fauci could be heard saying, âWhat a moron, Jesus Christ.â
Earlier in the hearing, Fauci clashed with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) after the Kentucky senator asked him about a report that he tried to discredit an alternative response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as IJR reported.
âI think in usual fashion, senator, you are distorting everything about me,â he told Paul.
He added, âThis happens all the time. You personally attack me and with absolutely not a shred of evidence of anything you sayâŚHeâs doing this for political reasons.â
