“The House they should be ashamed of themselves and, frankly, the Democrats should be ashamed because they don’t want us to succeed. They put every Trump hater on the committee,” the Republican president said.

Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, defended his decision to block the nation’s top infectious disease expert from appearing before the House, saying he was being set up by Democrats who hate him and want to win back the White House in November’s presidential election.įauci, who directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and is part of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, is scheduled to appear May 12 before the Senate Health, Education, and Labor and Pensions committee along with other top US health officials. WASHINGTON, May 5 - President Donald Trump today said top health official Anthony Fauci would appear next week before a panel in the Republican-controlled US Senate examining the country’s coronavirus response but could not testify to the Democratic-led House of Representatives. Dr Anthony Fauci will testify only to the Senate, not the House.

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