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Posted: 2020-10-11T20:50:25Z | Updated: 2020-10-12T12:52:32Z

The White House refused to allow Dr. Anthony Fauci , the leading infectious disease expert on the administrations coronavirus task force, to appear on Sundays episode of ABCs This Week, host Jon Karl said.

Fauci had been willing to appear, but the White House wouldnt sign off, Karl said in the shows opening.

We had hoped to talk to Dr. Fauci about both the outbreak at the White House and across the country, Karl said. He was more than willing to join us, but the White House wouldnt allow you to hear from the nations leading expert on the coronavirus.

In fact, they wouldnt allow any of the medical experts on the presidents own coronavirus task force to appear on this show, he added.

Jon Karl opens This Week by saying the White House blocked Fauci and all federal government medical experts from appearing on the show pic.twitter.com/KOhsgPW2Qh

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Jon Karl opens This Week by saying the White House blocked Fauci and all federal government medical experts from appearing on the show pic.twitter.com/KOhsgPW2Qh

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 11, 2020

At least two other networks CBS and NBC also tried and failed to book Fauci for their respective Sunday morning political talk shows this week.

CBS Face the Nation asks for Fauci to appear on the show every week, but hes not specifically offered as a guest, a CBS source told HuffPost. The show has, however, booked other top officials to discuss the pandemic, including Dr. Deborah Birx of the White Houses coronavirus task force and chief of staff Mark Meadows.

Fauci hasnt appeared on NBCs Meet The Press in nearly six months, despite weekly requests for him to join, a network source told HuffPost.

In a statement to HuffPost, a spokesperson for Fox News Sunday said the show requested an interview this week with Vice President Mike Pence , who has led the White Houses coronavirus task force since February, but the White House declined.

Neither the White House nor the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, where Fauci serves as director, immediately responded to requests for comment.

In a tweet Sunday, White House communications director Alyssa Farah called Karls allegation FALSE and said that Fauci appeared on several TV news shows earlier in the week. She said Karl never requested another member of the White House coronavirus task force in Faucis place.

But Karl fired back that Farah was not telling the truth and tweeted an image of an email he purportedly sent her Friday asking if Pence, Birx or several other public health officials would appear on the show if they wouldnt make Fauci available.

The truth matters, Karl wrote in a tweet directed at Farah. The requests for Dr. Fauci and the other members of the task force were made directly to you multiple times.

Tension between Fauci and the White House has been reportedly mounting in recent months. President Donald Trump has frequently undermined guidance from Fauci and other public health experts.

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