Senator Rand Paul has submitted an official criminal referral to the Department of Justice (DOJ), accusing Dr. Anthony Fauci, former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, of committing perjury – a felony.
The accusation is based on an email sent by Fauci in February 2020 that was recently unredacted and shared by RealClearPolitics White House reporter Philip Wegmann.
The contents of this email suggest that “highly credible” scientists had expressed concerns about the novel coronavirus having been subjected to gain-of-function research at Wuhan University before its outbreak in China. Gain-of-function experiments are aimed at understanding how bat viruses adapt to human infection, heightening suspicions surrounding the virus’ origins even further.
Senator Paul took to social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) to announce his criminal referral, claiming that Fauci’s statements made during a committee hearing contradicted everything contained in the aforementioned email.
He asserted that it was “absolutely a lie” which is why he sent out the official criminal referral for investigation by DOJ.
This directly contradicts everything he said in committee hearing to me, denying absolutely that they funded any gain of function, and it’s absolutely a lie. That’s why I sent an official criminal referral to the DOJ. https://t.co/Y191SmMiIr
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 29, 2023
In an interview, Senator Paul stated that there are contemporaneous documents from February 2020 in the midst of the pandemic’s onset which suggest that Dr. Fauci privately admitted to being suspicious that the virus originated from a laboratory performing gain of function research.
“Now we have in his own words admitting it was gain-of-function, admitting [NIH] funded it, and admitting that it gave them suspicion…that this pandemic actually came from a lab.”
"Now we have in his own words admitting it was gain-of-function, admitting [NIH] funded it, and admitting that it gave them suspicion…that this pandemic actually came from a lab."
Sen. @RandPaul filed a criminal referral to the #DOJ over Dr. Fauci's #COVID19 research claims. pic.twitter.com/mPDloQHXct
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) August 1, 2023
In December 2020, Senator Rand Paul declared on FOX News that Republicans had caught Dr. Anthony Fauci in multiple lies and that he “won’t get away.”
Last month, The Gateway Pundit reported that Paul had referred Fauci to the Department of Justice for prosecution after a tense exchange between the two at a hearing in September 2021.
During this hearing, Fauci denied any involvement in the funding of gain-of-function research at Wuhan lab that likely caused Covid-19.
Furthermore, Paul warned Fauci that it was a criminal offense to lie to Congress under Section 1001 of the US Criminal Code.
When people stop talking and do something, I will again begin to listen. On the meantime they are just kicking the can down the road.
Agreed. Grandstanding is what GOP does.
ILLEGAL ACTION AGAINST CITIZENS is what DNC does.
I say we do away with BOTH parties. They’re all getting RICH!! off -playing- citizens.
We’d save TRILLION$ every year if this sham govt was disbanded and WE THE PEOPLE no longer paid tax on every aspect of our lives.
Aside from Senator Rand Paul, Rep. Jim Jordan, and the few Republicans I can count on my hands! The GOP
has done nothing to combat the travesty of over-reach and corruption filing frivolous “INDICTMENTS” against
Candidate and former President who has every right to question the validity of an election so easily proven to have been rigged! GOP stands for Gaggle Of Pussies! Until they, THE GOD DAMNED OFFICE of PINHEADS get off there
overpaid wazoos and produce some real prisoners that have blatantly committed TREASON “BALDFACED” against
this country the only party I or Mine will vote for is whomever DONALD J TRUMP chooses to run for! Any funds
I will donate will go to the above-named and NO ONE ELSE!
Chuck “THE SCHMUCK” Schumer committed TREASON against SCOTUS JUDGE Brett M. Kavanaugh on national
television! He must have the DEMOCRAP EXPRESS CARD with the say whatever, do whatever bulletproof guarantee of freedom from prosecution clause!
That fucker should be behind bars.
Fauci lied over and over again. He would say anything to continue to be the highest paid Government Employee! Napoleon at his worst.
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