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Dr. Anthony Fauci is only the latest public figure to be accused of lying to Congress. Pictured: Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks May 26 during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing. (Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)
Prosecutions for lying to Congress are rare, much less convictions, but some cases have been high profile.
The issue is in the news because Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, misrepresented facts to Congress.
Fauci, responding angrily to Paul in a hearing last week, said he “never lied before the Congress.”
Today in History
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Today in History
Today is Tuesday, July 13, the 194th day of 2021. There are 171 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 13, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to be U.S. Solicitor General; Marshall became the first Black jurist appointed to the post. (Two years later, Johnson nominated Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court.)
On this date:
In 1787, the Congress of the Confederation adopted the Northwest Ordinance, which established a government in the Northwest Territory, an area corresponding to the present-day Midwest and Upper Midwest.
In 1863, deadly rioting against the Civil War military draft erupted in New York City. (The insurrection was put down three days later.)