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Senator Rand Paul has made serious accusations against Dr. Anthony Fauci, alleging perjury. These claims were made during an interview on “Fox & Friends,” where Paul claimed that Fauci lied under oath in previous Congressional testimonies regarding coronavirus research in China.
There is some basis for Senator Paul’s accusations. He highlights an email from February 2020 where Dr. Fauci discussed a call with Jeremy Farrar, a British medical researcher who was the director of the Wellcome Trust at the time.
In the email, Fauci mentioned concerns raised by a task force of highly credible scientists, including Francis Collins, former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute. These scientists were worried about unusual mutations in several isolates of the novel coronavirus and suspected intentional insertion.
Senator Rand Paul (Rep-KY) refers Dr Anthony Fauci to the DOJ for prosecution pic.twitter.com/S70hw5b7AY
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Adding to the controversy, Fauci mentioned in the same email that scientists at Wuhan University were conducting gain-of-function experiments. These experiments aimed to understand how bat viruses adapt to infect humans, and the fact that the outbreak originated in Wuhan raised suspicions.
Despite these revelations, Dr. Fauci vehemently denies any wrongdoing. He firmly asserts that he has never lied before Congress and refutes the claim that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded gain-of-function research. His denial came in response to Senator Paul citing a journal article titled “Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses.”
However, Senator Paul remains undeterred. He believes that this is one of the clearest cases of perjury in the history of government testimony. He points to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) acknowledging NIH funding for the controversial research, as well as the acting director of the NIH, Lawrence Tabak, admitting in writing that the funding originated from the NIH.
Rand Paul: “I don’t think there’s even been a clearer case of perjury in the history of government testimony …[Dr. Fauci] said adamantly that the government never funded gain-of-function research…” pic.twitter.com/Y1yo7MPYXt
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The most significant evidence presented by Senator Paul is what he calls the “smoking gun.” He alleges that Dr. Fauci privately expressed suspicions that the virus had been manipulated, contradicting his public statements. According to Paul, Fauci’s private description of the research aligns precisely with the research funded by the NIH.
In light of these allegations, Senator Paul has taken the extraordinary step of making an official criminal referral of Dr. Fauci to the Department of Justice. However, he expresses concern about the partisanship within the legal system and worries that the current administration may not pursue prosecution if the accused is a Democrat.
This article appeared in The Political Globe and has been published here with permission.
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