{"id":1569770,"date":"2022-07-25T11:37:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T15:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1569770"},"modified":"2022-07-25T11:37:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T15:37:46","slug":"gop-planning-fauci-probe-after-2022-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-planning-fauci-probe-after-2022-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Planning Fauci Probe After 2022 Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-planning-fauci-probe-after-2022-midterms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1569770&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Several Republican lawmakers signaled they are planning to target White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-covid-19\">COVID-19<\/a> adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-anthony-fauci\">Anthony Fauci<\/a> in investigations if the GOP secures at least one chamber in the 2022 midterms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne way or another, if we are in the majority, we will subpoena his records and he will testify in the Senate under oath,\u201d Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who could become the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee chairman if Republicans win, told <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3571232-gop-plots-fauci-probe-after-midterms\/\">The Hill<\/a> in a Monday report.<\/p>\n<p>After Fauci clarified comments last week that won\u2019t retire soon, Paul wrote on Twitter that Fauci will likely have to testify under oath in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to ascertaining Fauci\u2019s involvement in the cover-up of the lab origins of COVID \u2014 Under Oath!\u201d he wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandPaul\/status\/1549413326282792960\">in response<\/a> on July 19 to Fauci\u2019s statement that he is \u201cnot going to retire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Republicans take charge of the House or the Senate or both, he will have to testify under oath because a million Americans died,\u201d Paul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/rand-paul-sends-message-fauci-testify-under-oath-gop-wins?intcmp=tw_fnc\">told<\/a> Fox News several days ago. \u201cAnd we want to know about was there a cover-up in trying to suppress any link to the lab in China? I do fully believe this virus \u2026 leaked from the lab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As he mulled stepping down from his position in a Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/mkt_app\/fauci-reveals-exactly-when-hes-leaving-the-federal-government_4604550.html\">interview<\/a> last week, Fauci noted that he will likely face investigations in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t make that a consideration in my career decision,\u201d he said of the possible investigations, adding that he will defend his record of recommending masking, lockdowns, and vaccines. \u201cMy telling somebody that it\u2019s important to follow fundamental good public health practices \u2026 what are you going to investigate about that?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Paul and Fauci have sparred multiple times during public congressional panels, namely on whether Fauci\u2019s agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/mkt_app\/sen-paul-clashes-anew-with-fauci-over-nih-funding-to-wuhan-lab-gain-of-function-research-was-going-on_3910059.html\">provided funding<\/a> to third-party groups<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Republican lawmakers signaled they are planning to target White House COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci in investigations if the GOP secures at least one chamber in the 2022 midterms. \u201cOne way or another, if we are in the majority, we will subpoena his records and he will testify in the Senate under oath,\u201d Sen. 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