Fauci and De La Torre Under Fire | Boston News

Senator Rand Paul is escalating his push to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt after Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment rights, which Paul calls a refusal to cooperate — and Fauci fired back by calling Paul obsessed with him. The committee voted along party lines to cite Fauci, and Paul thinks he can move it forward without full Senate approval. Meanwhile, the Justice Department has been ignoring a two-year-old contempt referral against Dr. Ralph de la Torre, former head of Steward Health Care, who didn’t just refuse to testify — he skipped altogether and sued 20 committee members over his subpoena. A federal appeals court recently sided against him. The investigation began when Steward, a 31-hospital chain, collapsed into bankruptcy last year, leaving communities reeling from closures and financial ruin. De la Torre, once a heart surgeon, became emblematic of a system that allegedly enriched itself while hospitals starved — even owning a $40 million yacht while nurses bought diapers and bereavement boxes themselves. Steward itself sued de la Torre and others for stealing assets and keeping the company undercapitalized. He’s vanished from public view since, last seen at his wife’s Florida equestrian event. Senators are demanding accountability for the damage done to patients and communities. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/fbfecda259da3bbe