{"id":2637220,"date":"2026-07-29T12:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-faucis-attorney-ejected-from-senate-hearing-for-disrupting-proceedings\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:22:07","slug":"watch-faucis-attorney-ejected-from-senate-hearing-for-disrupting-proceedings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-faucis-attorney-ejected-from-senate-hearing-for-disrupting-proceedings\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Fauci&#8217;s Attorney Ejected from Senate Hearing for &#8216;Disrupting Proceedings&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-faucis-attorney-ejected-from-senate-hearing-for-disrupting-proceedings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2637220&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Anthony Fauci, teh former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a prominent figure during the COVID-19 pandemic, declined to testify at a Senate hearing, which led to a disruptive scene. Republican Senator Rand Paul challenged Fauci\u2019s assertions of privilege, noting that Fauci had received a presidential pardon that should have nullified his Fifth Amendment claims. Despite being directed to answer questions, Fauci refused, prompting Paul to warn of potential repercussions and to order Fauci\u2019s lawyer removed for disruptive behavior. The incident included security expelling Fauci\u2019s attorney and drew applause from the audience.Additionally, Paul has long sought to pursue charges against Fauci for alleged crimes, including lying to Congress, supported by the recent release of Fauci\u2019s private pandemic diaries that reveal discrepancies between his public statements and private remarks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Fauci refused to testify, and yet his non-testimony somehow turned raucous.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday morning, Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the public face of the federal government\u2019s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, refused to answer questions from Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and his Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, one of Fauci\u2019s many attorneys had much to say. And that unruliness, \u201cdisrupting the proceedings,\u201d as Paul called it, got the attorney removed from the hearing by security.<\/p>\n<p>The scene unfolded after Paul chastised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/believe-not-faucis-pardon-going-hurt-sees-rand-paul-oath-wednesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fauci<\/a> for invoking the Fifth Amendment. Fauci, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-fauci-faces-renewed-criticism-over-past-remarks-about-new-york-serving-as-a-model-for-fighting-pandemic\/\" title=\"Dr. ... faces renewed criticism over past remarks about New York serving as a model for fighting pandemic\">chief medical advisor<\/a> to then-President Joe Biden, received a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-biden-pardons-fauci-milley-effort-guard-potential-revenge-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pardon<\/a> on Biden\u2019s last day in office. That pardon, therefore, Paul argued, should have precluded Fauci from pleading the Fifth. After all, a man with a presidential pardon cannot incriminate himself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dr. Fauci is refusing to answer any questions, asserting his fifth amendment rights in response to all questions. Fauci belongs in prison for the rest of his life. A shameful &#038; cowardly exit from public stage for one of the biggest liars in US history. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rYJIMveCLa\">pic.twitter.com\/rYJIMveCLa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/2082452538612228302?\">July 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe chairman has denied your assertion of privilege and directed you to answer,\u201d Paul said. \u201cBut you nonetheless refuse and stand on privilege despite the existence of the pardon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then, the senator threatened consequences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe committee will have to consider after this hearing what appropriate action should be taken against you for the failure to testify after being directed to do so,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s against the law to obstruct an investigation of Congress. There will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-rand-paul-warns-fauci-repercussions-refuses-answer-questions-senate-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">repercussions<\/a> to your refusal to testify today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A smattering of applause followed.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, one of Fauci\u2019s lawyers \u2014 David Schertler \u2014 seated at the table to the former bureaucrat\u2019s right, began speaking. His words proved inaudible, but it made little difference, for Paul had no interest in hearing them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not recognized,\u201d the chairman repeatedly warned while also threatening to have security remove the \u201cunruly\u201d attorney.<\/p>\n<p>Paul added that Schertler sat at the table despite specific instructions not to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe told you you would not be recognized,\u201d the senator added. \u201cYou are not invited here for testimony, sir. You are being disruptive. Would you behave this way in a courtroom? No, because the judge would put you in jail. I can\u2019t do that today, but I can have you escorted from the premises. So I would say, sir, sit quietly and don\u2019t say another word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, Schertler ignored Paul\u2019s warning and continued to speak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said sit quietly. You are not recognized. Another word and you\u2019re gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When one of the committee members, presumably a Democrat, said that he wanted to hear from Schertler, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rand-paul-puts-aside-differences-sends-trump-personal-message-seeking-partner-key-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul<\/a> objected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is not recognized by the committee or the chair,\u201d Paul replied. \u201cIf he speaks again, he will be removed from the room. This testimony is from Anthony Fauci. This is not a game with his lawyers. He can advise, his lawyers can give him advice \u2014 he\u2019s got a half-dozen here \u2014 they\u2019re all allowed to talk to him, alright? But the attorneys are not recognized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The chairman then reiterated his complaint that the attorney ignored instructions not to sit at the table next to Fauci.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, the attorney was told not to sit at the table, and he\u2019s not obeying that recommendation,\u201d Paul continued. \u201cThere\u2019s a row behind you, sir. That\u2019s where you were told to sit, and you\u2019re not. And now you\u2019re disrupting the proceedings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Next, Paul asked if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fauci-update-declassified-docs-show-biden-admin-diverted-whistleblower-complaint-investigators-biden-appointee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fauci<\/a> wanted to be remembered for a lawyer who refused to respect the rules. Schertler then spoke up again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecurity, please remove him from the room,\u201d the chairman instructed.<\/p>\n<p>Much louder and longer applause ensued.<\/p>\n<p>As the offending lawyer made his way out of the room, Paul added one final dig.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet the record state that Dr. Fauci will still have the advice of the other half a dozen attorneys that he brought along today,\u201d Paul said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee chair Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) orders Dr. Anthony Fauci lawyer removed from COVID-19 Pandemic hearing <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1bXigMQCEM\">pic.twitter.com\/1bXigMQCEM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cspan\/status\/2082456590217601505?\">July 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Kentucky senator has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alert-rand-paul-warns-days-remain-charge-fauci-worst-cover-modern-medical-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long sought charges<\/a> against Fauci for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tulsi-gabbard-drops-pandemic-bombshell-last-day-dni-fauci-lied-virus-intimidated-dissenters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alleged crimes<\/a>, including lying to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Paul\u2019s committee released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/faucis-personal-diary-just-got-released-brutal-self-absorbed-fame-seeking-celeb-worshiping-power-mad-liar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fauci\u2019s pandemic diary<\/a>, meticulous and near-daily notes showing that the now-former bureaucrats public pronouncements did not always match his private remarks.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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