Updated
Updated · Fox News · Aug 5
Fauci Lawyer Tells Aaron Rodgers to Stick to Football After 111 Fifth Amendment Invocations
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Aug 5

Fauci Lawyer Tells Aaron Rodgers to Stick to Football After 111 Fifth Amendment Invocations

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 5

Summary

  • David Schertler, Anthony Fauci’s lawyer, told The Athletic that Aaron Rodgers “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” and “should stick to football.”
  • The rebuke followed Rodgers’s attacks on The Pat McAfee Show after Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times in a Senate hearing on his COVID-19 response, diary and alleged Wuhan research links.
  • Rodgers called Fauci a “coward,” said he was shielded by a pardon, and repeated the claim that COVID-19 came from a lab in China.
  • The Pittsburgh Steelers did not distance themselves from Rodgers, saying players are entitled to personal views and that opinions inside the locker room will vary.
  • The clash extends a broader backlash to Fauci’s July 29 testimony before Sen. Rand Paul’s committee, where his refusal to answer fueled political and media attacks.

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