Josh Hawley: “The law prohibits a federal employee from soliciting cash…”

“He was grabbing cash awards while he was telling Florida to shut down and do this and that. And he knew these rules were bs. Yeah. You know, here's the thing. The law prohibits a federal employee from soliciting cash prizes. It says you can't go use your employees to solicit cash prizes. You can't use your office, your email. Fauci was doing all of it.” (04:27–04:32)

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