Anthony Fauci’s lawyer says Aaron Rodgers 'should stick to football’ after scorching him on Pat McAfee's show

Former federal prosecutor Jonathan Fahey discusses Dr. Anthony Fauci's congressional testimony where he invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times while facing questions related to his personal diary and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anthony Fauci may have taken the Fifth in the nation's capital, but his legal team isn't afraid to keep swinging.

Days after Fauci pleaded the Fifth 111 times during a Senate hearing on the advice of his attorneys, Aaron Rodgers could not help but rip the "absolute coward."

"Are you kidding me? You get a pardon, and you’re and you pleaded over 100 times at the White House? What are you scared of, Tony? I thought you were the science. ‘I am science,’ and you get up there and can’t answer a question? What are we doing?" Rodgers said on "The Pat McAfee Show" earlier this week.

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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers looks on after being sacked during the first half of the NFL Wild Card game against the Houston Texans at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Jan. 12, 2026. (Michael Longo/For USA Today Network-PA / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Well, David Schertler, Fauci’s attorney, was asked by The Athletic to respond to Rodgers' criticism, and he did not hold back.

"Aaron Rodgers doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He should stick to football," Schertler said to the outlet.

Fauci was questioned by the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., over his response to the pandemic and his policy decisions, during which the former White House COVID advisor was accused of funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China.

Former NIH Director Anthony Fauci listens during a Senate Homeland Security