Sen. Roger Marshall has sent Anthony Fauci an official letter on Wednesday demanding copies of Fauci’s financial disclosures. Both Marshall and Fauci had a tense exchange during the Senate hearings earlier this week. Fauci was caught on a hot mic calling Marshall a “moron”. Fauci is the highest paid member of the federall government. He even makes more than the President of the United States.
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) sent Dr. Anthony Fauci an official letter on Wednesday demanding copies of Fauci’s financial disclosures following a heated exchange at the Senate Health Committee hearing this week.
Marshall pressed Fauci on his disclosures at the Tuesday hearing, to which the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases grew visibly irritated, claimed the records are publicly available, and insisted Marshall was “misinformed.” At the end of the exchange, a hot mic caught Fauci saying, “What a moron. Jesus Christ.” Fauci, who is also chief medical adviser to the president, is reportedly the highest-paid employee in the entire U.S. federal government.
In his letter, Marshall — who is a medical doctor himself — reiterated his request for Fauci to provide his financial disclosures and investments to Congress and the public and acknowledged the hearing exchange. The letter reads in part:
As a member of the committee directly responsible for the oversight of NIAID, I expect a direct, transparent, and honest answer. Instead I was met with a personal insult, deflection, and counter question as to why financial disclosures are important. At a time when multiple federal officials have stepped down due to questionable financial transactions during the pandemic, these questions are both reasonable and relevant.
Marshall noted that, as a U.S. senator “exercising oversight powers,” he is allowed to request disclosures in a public hearing.
“Today, you still have not provided me with a copy of your financial disclosures nor have you made your financial disclosures available to the public,” he continued.