You know, it would have been malpractice for any lawyer who didn’t tell Anthony Fauci to take the Fifth Amendment before a Senate committee witch hunt last week. The Senate Republicans were looking for any opening, phony though it would be, to ask the Justice Department to indict Fauci, a demand of the MAGA wing and of Donald Trump. And the Todd Blanche Justice Department will indict anyone they’re ordered to. Already grand juries and judges and unprecedented numbers have thrown out some of these corrupt charges.
There were several other beyond the pale outrages that day. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., HHS Secretary, sent Tony Fauci’s private emails, or they were done on government computers, some were potentially embarrassing, to Rand Paul, the right-wing committee chair. How many times will RFK Jr. soil the family legacy?
But maybe the worst was Josh Hawley, a Yale law school graduate, John Roberts Clerk. He knows the Fifth Amendment is a constitutional protection. But he decided instead to play cheap games, asking Fauci what color was his tie, knowing full well if you take the fifth once you have to keep taking it. Hawley must have been watching old Joe McCarthy clips, because that’s the way he acted. You know, when Donald Trump took the Fifth Amendment four hundred and forty times, Hawley was just cheering him on.
But it’s no surprise. On January 6th, Hawley gave a fist bump to the riders outside the Capitol, urging them on. When they stormed the Capitol, there was video of Hawley running like a scared jackrabbit. Once a coward, always a coward.