Sheryl Gay Stolberg in NYT: ‘“On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution,” Dr. Fauci repeated more than 100 times during a nearly three-hour hearing before the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
The hearing was part Washington theater, part political Rorschach test, highlighting deep partisan divisions over Dr. Fauci, who spent nearly 40 years as the government’s top infectious disease expert (…) until his efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 turned him into a polarizing figure.’

And: ‘“Did his actions lead to the largest man-made plague in history?” Mr. Paul asked as the session concluded. “Are millions dead because of his experiments?”’

And: ‘On Tuesday, Mr. Trump punched back, posting a six-year-old video of Dr. Fauci throwing out an errant first pitch during a Washington Nationals game.’

Dr. Fauci as a mass murderer. The theater continues. Soviet-style this time.

(a sf 2194)