Rand Paul announces DOJ criminal referral for Fauci over claims about gain-of-function research
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"This directly contradicts everything he said in committee hearing to me," Paul said about Fauci.

Anthony Fauci goes on defense over COVID-19 strategy"I mean prosecute me for what? What are they talking about?" Dr. Anthony Fauci joined CNN's Newsroom defending himself against recent public criticism. The former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases added he doesn't understand people calling for his prosecution for the way he handled the COVID-19 pandemic saying, "It doesn't make any sense to say something like that."

By Madeleine Hubbard

Updated: July 30, 2023 - 5:21pm

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Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, announced that he formally sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department regarding Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director.

Paul cited an email from February 2020 in which Fauci wrote that scientists discussed whether COVID-19 was produced through genetic engineering at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

"This suspicion was heightened by the fact that scientists in Wuhan University are known to have been working on gain-of-function experiments to determine the molecular mechanisms associated with bat viruses adapting to human infection, and the outbreak originated in Wuhan," he wrote in the email, which was published by RealClearNews reporter Philip Wegmann on Saturday.

"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-- excerpt, rest at link above --