Fauci Will Not Testify Before House Panel Next Week on CCP Virus Response: White House

Fauci Will Not Testify Before House Panel Next Week on CCP Virus Response: White House
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci listens during the daily CCP virus briefing at the White House on April 9, 2020. Alex Wong/Getty Images
|Updated:

Dr. Anthony Fauci, a top public health official, will not be testifying next week to a House panel probing the Trump administration’s response to the CCP virus pandemic, the White House said on Friday.

“While the Trump administration continues its whole-of-government response to COVID-19, including safely opening up America again and expediting vaccine development, it is counter-productive to have the very individuals involved in those efforts appearing at congressional hearings,” White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement.