New Delhi, July 29 -- A Senate hearing descended into a heated confrontation on Wednesday (July 29) after Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul ordered Capitol Police to escort Dr. Anthony Fauci's attorney, David Schertler, out of the hearing room.

The dramatic moment came during proceedings in which Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

The confrontation began when Schertler attempted to speak during the hearing despite not being recognized by the committee chair.

Paul accused the attorney of disregarding instructions, saying Schertler had been told not to sit at the witness table alongside Fauci and...