Republican Senator Rand Paul is urging Washington, D.C.’s top prosecutor to investigate and potentially charge Dr. Anthony Fauci for allegedly lying under oath about the origins of COVID-19. In a letter obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com, Paul demands that D.C. U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves initiate an investigation into Fauci for perjury during a 2021 congressional hearing. Paul claims that Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), falsely stated that COVID-19 did not come from a Chinese lab funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Paul previously wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland in July, requesting an investigation into Fauci’s potential perjury regarding his knowledge of dangerous virus research at the Wuhan lab in China. The latest letter to Graves follows an official criminal referral submitted to the Department of Justice, which did not receive a response. Perjury is a federal offense and carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
Paul highlights Fauci’s inconsistent statements, including his denial of funding gain-of-function research before Congress and his acknowledgment of its existence in private conversations with colleagues. Gain-of-function research involves manipulating viruses to enhance their transmissibility or virulence. While it aims to understand virus evolution and prepare for future outbreaks, it raises concerns about biosafety and biosecurity.
The release of Fauci’s emails in July 2023 revealed his awareness of gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab and concerns about possible genetic engineering in the virus. Despite this, Fauci never admitted that the NIH funded such research. However, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently confirmed that the Wuhan lab and Wuhan University did receive NIH funding, which contradicts Fauci’s statements.
In a congressional hearing, Paul confronted Fauci about the funding of gain-of-function research, accusing him of trying to obscure responsibility for the global pandemic and the deaths it caused. Fauci defended himself, stating that the paper Paul referenced was not classified as gain-of-function research by qualified staff. However, Fauci’s emails suggest that he did recognize these experiments as gain-of-function.
FBI Director Christopher Wray has also stated that a leak from the Wuhan lab likely caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The GAO report further supported this claim by confirming NIH funding for projects related to bat coronavirus research and viral detection in collaboration with the Wuhan lab and university.
In conclusion, Senator Rand Paul is calling for an investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci’s alleged perjury regarding the origins of COVID-19. Paul believes that Fauci’s inconsistent statements, as well as newly released emails, provide evidence that Fauci misled Congress about the funding and nature of gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab. The FBI’s director and a GAO report also suggest that a lab leak from Wuhan caused the pandemic.
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