HATE HOAX: Investigation Reveals Tennessee Vax Director Bought Muzzle She Claimed Someone Else Mailed to Her to 'Send a Message'

I'm also told she said this - "They must not know me, this is for a beagle, but I'm a pit bull!"

— Kyle Horan (@KyleHoranNC5) July 14, 2021

“Our most hesitant population in Tennessee is the white, male, rural conservatives…They feel that if they get the vaccine, then they have placated the left,” says Tennessee’s ousted vaccine chief, Dr. Michelle Fiscus. https://t.co/TbG6C6QAHd@AmanpourCoPBS #AmanpourPBS pic.twitter.com/fxc3U4jDlR

— PBS (@PBS) August 11, 2021

NEW: A Tennessee investigation found evidence that the state's fired vaccine chief Michelle Fiscus, who claimed that someone had mailed her a dog muzzle in an attempt to intimidate her, had in fact purchased the muzzle. https://t.co/91BeQWxA2C

— Axios (@axios) August 16, 2021

Investigation: fired vaccine official Michelle Fiscus sent dog muzzle to herself amid controversy. This is still developing. pic.twitter.com/GEgt7MvdSw

— Alexandra Koehn (@NC5_AKoehn) August 16, 2021

A Tennessee investigation found evidence that the state’s fired vaccine chief, Michelle Fiscus, purchased a dog muzzle that she previously claimed someone had mailed in an attempt to intimidate her.

Details: The Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security found through a subpoena that the Amazon package containing the muzzle traced back to a credit card in Fiscus’ name, according to an investigation report obtained by Axios.

- When asked by investigators, Fiscus provided information for an Amazon account in her name. It was a different account than the one used to purchase the muzzle.

- The investigation concluded that "the results of this investigation that purchases from both Amazon accounts were charged to the same American Express credit card in the name of Dr. Michelle D. Fiscus."

- Fiscus told investigators she felt the muzzle was a threat and she should "stop talking about vaccinating people." The investigation was launched after health department official Paul Peterson alerted the Department of Safety about the apparent threat to Fiscus.

Regarding the muzzle: I ASKED Homeland Security to investigate the origin. Just provided a redacted HS report by Axios Nashville. Report says a second account was made under my name from a phone in WA? Waiting on unredacted report. Hold tight. No, I didn't send it to myself.

— Michelle Fiscus MD,FAAP (@drfixus) August 16, 2021

That account was apparently accessed from the State of Washington, where I had never been, by a cell phone using a carrier I have never used. I have asked the state for the full unredacted report and am awaiting a response.

— Michelle Fiscus MD,FAAP (@drfixus) August 16, 2021