Rand Paul Kicks Out Fauci’s Lawyer After He Repeatedly Disrupts Hearing

Anthony Fauci’s lawyer, David Schertler, was removed from a Senate hearing Wednesday by Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul after being ordered multiple times to stop speaking after repeatedly interrupting proceedings. (RELATED: Fauci’s Own Diary Undercuts His Public Dismissal Of COVID Lab Leak)

“You’re not recognized. You’re not recognized,” Paul warned Schertler as he began speaking before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. “If you are unruly, you will be removed from the proceeding.”

Though inaudible on the broadcast, Schertler continued talking, leading Paul to remind the attorney that he had been asked not to sit at the table next to Fauci but had insisted on sitting next to his client.

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Paul said that Fauci’s lawyers could advise the witness but were not invited to give testimony.

“Would you behave this way in a courtroom?” Paul said. “No, because the judge would put you in jail. I can’t do that today. But I can have you escorted from the premises.”

Democratic Michigan Sen. Gary Peters intervened, saying he would be interested in hearing what the attorney had to say.

However, Paul, as the committee’s chairman, shut the ranking member down and issued a final warning to Schertler.

“And so, look, this is the way Anthony Fauci wants to be remembered — for a lawyer not listening to the rules,” Paul added before summoning security to remove Schertler as he began to retort.

Many in attendance clapped as the attorney was escorted out, and Paul noted for the record that Fauci “will still have the advice of the other half a dozen attorneys that he brought along today.”

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