WASHINGTON – A spokesman for a key House panel said Friday that the White House has blocked Dr. Anthony Fauci from testifying next week at a hearing on the coronavirus outbreak.
House Appropriations Committee spokesman Evan Hollander said the panel sought Fauci — the highly respected director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — as a witness for a subcommittee hearing on the government’s response to the pandemic, but was denied.
Hollander said the panel was informed by an administration official that Fauci’s testimony was blocked by the White House. He wouldn’t identify who informed the committee that Fauci would not appear.