The lawyer representing COVID czar Dr. Anthony Fauci who had to be removed by security from Wednesday’s Senate hearing has a legacy of representing controversial figures. Paul also repeatedly told the attorney that he needed to sit in the row behind Fauci, instead of next to him. Like Fauci, Dr. O’Connor also refused to voluntarily appear before Congress and invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering any questions when he was compelled to appear. In the days before the House Oversight Committee hearing, Schertler unsuccessfully tried to have the July 9, 2025 hearing cancelled, or at least postponed, on the basis of doctor-client confidentiality. While obsessing about his own fame, Dr. Fauci wasn’t truthful with the American people about the origins of COVID and advised schools to be closed.”