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09 Aug 2023, 3:01 pm

Rand Paul asks DC US Attorney to probe Fauci for lying to Congress about US-funded COVID research in Wuhan

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has asked the top federal prosecutor for Washington, DC, to investigate Dr. Anthony Fauci for allegedly lying to Congress about his knowledge of US-funded coronavirus research in Wuhan, China, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Paul requested US Attorney Matthew Graves on Monday to consider charging Fauci for making false statements in May 2021 Senate testimony about government grants for gain-of-function research in Wuhan labs.

The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released new emails last month that show the former National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director acknowledging the risky research was happening.

“Dr. Fauci testified that ‘the NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology,’” Paul told Graves in a letter obtained by The Post.


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09 Aug 2023, 6:22 pm

ASPartOfMe wrote:
Rand Paul asks DC US Attorney to probe Fauci for lying to Congress about US-funded COVID research in Wuhan
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The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released new emails last month that show the former National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director acknowledging the risky research was happening.

“Dr. Fauci testified that ‘the NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology,’” Paul told Graves in a letter obtained by The Post.

Hmmm. Being aware that risky research is happening is not necessarily the same thing as funding it. Perhaps the NIH was funding other research projects at the Wuhan lab, but not the especially risky ones? Or did the emails specifically indicate NIH funding of -- not just awareness of -- the risky research?

In any case, I am under the impression that the Wuhan lab housed lots of different research projects, funded by a variety of sources from around the world.


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