Kentuck Senator Rand Paul isn’t ready to let Dr. Anthony Fauci off the hook for lying during committee hearings on COVID —in fact, Paul is demanding a probe into Fauci’s fallacious testimony
Paul holds that Fauci lied under oath about gain-of-function research.
From Newsmax:
Paul sent a letter to U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves on Tuesday, demanding a probe of Fauci for allegedly committing perjury during a congressional hearing in 2021 when Fauci said COVID-19 did not come from a Chinese lab.
Previously, in July 2021, Paul had sent a criminal referral to President Joe Biden’s Justice Department (DOJ) alleging that Fauci lied to Congress about gain-of-function research.
“Because of the DOJ’s inaction regarding Fauci’s lies to congress, I’ve now sent a criminal referral to D.C. U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves. I’m demanding an investigation. Read the full letter here: http://sen.gov/1J8Q,” Paul said on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday.
Because of the DOJ’s inaction regarding Fauci’s lies to congress, I’ve now sent a criminal referral to D.C. U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves. I’m demanding an investigation. Read the full letter here: https://t.co/HLEySLgfkv pic.twitter.com/ih2b7pgcqm
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) August 8, 2023
“Before Congress, Dr. Fauci denied funding gain-of-function research, to the press he claims to have a dispassionate view on the lab leak hypothesis, and in private he acknowledges gain-of-function research at WIV to his colleagues. His own colleagues have acknowledged Dr. Fauci’s inconsistency,” Paul wrote to Graves.
“A congressional hearing, however, is not the place for a public servant to play political games — especially when the health and well-being of American citizens is on the line.”
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., wants the top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., to investigate Dr. Anthony Fauci for allegedly lying under oath about COVID-19 origins and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding gain-of-function research. https://t.co/eUMYslFIJW
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) August 9, 2023