Tony's Diary Package — page 142

White House not allowing me to respond to request from Rosa DeLauro to testify before the House Committee. Makes front page news everywhere together with tweet storm. WH will allow me to testify before the Senate Help Committee. Situation very tense: Economic Policy White House blocks Fauci from testifying before House panel, committee spokesman says An Appropriations subcommittee sought to call the health official to testify next week Anthony S. Fauci in early April. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) By Erica Werner and Mike DeBonis May 1, 2020 at 5:34 p.m. EDT Biden accused of groping a woman (Tara Reade) in his Senate office decaades ago. Yesterday Peter Staley called me up and said that some (? how many) members of the scientific and old activist community are disappointed in me for appearing in the Oval Office with the announcement of the Remdesivir results, making it a political thing used by Trump. I can see theor point, but I had not choice (see above). I rectified that yesterday (later in the day)( when at the TF meeting, Jared Kushner arranged to have a photo op in the Oval Office celebrating the domnation of >1 million doses of Remdesivir to the USG to distribute to people who needed it. They wanted me, Bob Redfield, Deb, and Azar to pose for photos with the POTUS and the CEO of Gilead. I asked Narc Sort to step out of the Sit Room