Republican Senator Rand Paul is recommending the top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., pursue an investigation and possible criminal charges against Dr. Anthony Fauci for allegedly lying under oath about COVID-19 origins. The Mail has the story.
Paul sent a letter to D.C. U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves Tuesday, demanding an investigation into Fauci for allegedly committing perjury during a congressional hearing in 2021 when he said that Covid did not come from a Chinese lab.
“Dr. Fauci testified that ‘the NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain-of function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology’. In a subsequent hearing, I warned Dr. Fauci of the criminal implications of lying to Congress and offered him an opportunity to recant his previous statements,” writes Paul in the letter exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com.
“In response, Dr. Fauci stated that he had ‘never lied before the Congress’ and ‘d[id] not retract that statement’. Dr. Fauci’s testimony is inconsistent with facts that have since come to light,” the Senator continues.
The move comes just weeks after he submitted an ‘official criminal referral’ to the Department of Justice. An aide to Paul confirmed to DailyMail.com that the DOJ never responded.
Perjury is a federal offence that carries up to five years in prison.
“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,” continues Paul in the letter 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.”
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How different the reaction of the DOJ and the media would be if instead of Fauci it was Trump that had perjured himself so blatantly.
Nothing will happen.
These crooked people are all from the same mould – nothing will happen.
Rand Paul is brilliant. Wish we had someone like him in this country.
Reiterating above, DOJ will do nothing. Fauci, and his colleagues, are a protected species.
Senator Rand’s offices were set on fire as a thank you for taking fauci down. See how much integrity and honesty we have in our lawmakers, public health agencies and government? NONE.