Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleDr. Anthony Fauci, a prominent U.S. scientist involved in the nation's COVID-19 pandemic response, was subpoenaed by Republican Sen. Rand Paul to appear before a Senate committe.Paul has consistently accused Fauci of dishonesty regarding the pandemic's origins and of complicity in funding research on virus mutations, allegations Fauci has dismissed as "preposterous." Prior to the hearing, Paul released over 1,000 pages of Fauci's personal diary, suggesting a divergence between Fauci's private reflections and his public statements about the virus's emergence. Paul pressed Fauci to acknowledge that funding research in China was an error and that he had made false statements, including to Congress, about the virus not originating in a laboratory. During his opening remarks at the hearing, Fauci accused Senator Paul of harboring an "obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution," reiterating his denial of the senator's long-standing allegations. Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, declining to answer questions during the hearing. In fullAnthony Fauci’s lawyer booted from Congress after heated lecture from Rand Paul as doc refuses to answer questionsMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Rand Paul and Dr. Fauci’s long-standing feud over origin of Covid-19 pandemic
Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleDr. Anthony Fauci, a prominent U.S. scientist involved in the nation's COVID-19 pandemic response, was subpoenaed by Republican Sen. Rand Paul to appear before a Senate committe.Paul has consistently accused Fauci of dishonesty regarding the pandemic's origins and of complicity in funding research on virus mutations, allegations Fauci has dismissed as "preposterous." Prior to the hearing, Paul released over 1,000 pages of Fauci's personal diary, suggesting a divergence between Fauci's private reflections and his public statements about the virus's emergence. Paul pressed Fauci to acknowledge that funding research in China was an error and that he had made false statements, including to Congress, about the virus not originating in a laboratory. During his opening remarks at the hearing, Fauci accused Senator Paul of harboring an "obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution," reiterating his denial of the senator's long-standing allegations. Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, declining to answer questions during the hearing. In fullAnthony Fauci’s lawyer booted from Congress after heated lecture from Rand Paul as doc refuses to answer questionsMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
