{"id":1976202,"date":"2023-07-18T12:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T16:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-asks-doj-to-investigate-fauci-for-allegedly-lying-to-congress\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T12:56:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T16:56:51","slug":"rand-paul-asks-doj-to-investigate-fauci-for-allegedly-lying-to-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-asks-doj-to-investigate-fauci-for-allegedly-lying-to-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul requests DOJ probe into Fauci&#8217;s alleged congressional lies."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Frand-paul-asks-doj-to-investigate-fauci-for-allegedly-lying-to-congress%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=1976202&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--><h2>Sen. \u200cRand\u200c Paul \u200bCalls\u2062 for Investigation into \u200bDr.\u2062 Fauci&#8217;s \u200dAlleged\u2062 Perjury<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: \u2063400\">Sen. Rand \u2062Paul is \u200bdemanding\u200d an investigation\u2062 into Dr. Anthony Fauci after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-says-it-isnt-advantageous-to-relitigate-faucis-emails\/\" title=\"Psaki Says It Isn\u2019t \u2018Advantageous\u2019 To Relitigate Fauci\u2019s Emails\">newly-released emails<\/a> from 2020 revealed \u2064that Fauci admitted scientists at\u2064 Wuhan\u2062 University\u200d were \u200bconducting \u2064gain-of-function\u2063 experiments.\u2063 The \u2064Kentucky\u2064 Republican\u200b wrote \u2062to Attorney\u200d General\u2063 Merrick \u200dGarland,\u200b accusing\u2064 Fauci of \u200cperjury\u200c for denying \u2062funding \u2064of such research in the \u200bWuhan\u2063 Institute\u2062 of Virology.<\/p>\n<h3>Fauci&#8217;s Controversial \u2063Statements<\/h3>\n<p \u2062style=\"font-weight: 400\">During a Senate committee \u200dhearing\u2064 in July 2021,\u200b Fauci claimed that the \u200bNational\u200c Institutes \u200dof Health (NIH) \u200dhad\u2063 never\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-sen-rand-paul-grills-fauci-over-u-s-funding-for-wuhan-lab-origin-of-virus\/\" title=\"WATCH: Sen. Rand Paul Grills Fauci Over U.S. Funding For Wuhan Lab, Origin Of Virus\">funded gain-<\/a>of-function research \u200din \u2062Wuhan. However, the 2020 email from\u2062 Fauci\u2062 tells \u200da different story.\u2064 In\u200b the \u200bemail, Fauci \u200dexpressed concerns\u200b about unusual mutations \u200cin\u200c the virus \u200cand mentioned\u200b that scientists at \u200dWuhan \u2062University were \u2064known to \u200cbe \u200dworking on gain-of-function\u2062 experiments.<\/p>\n<h3>Evidence Supporting Paul&#8217;s \u2064Claims<\/h3>\n<p \u2063style=\"font-weight: \u200c400\">Richard\u200b Ebright, \u2064a professor \u200cat Rutgers\u200c University,\u2062 stated\u2063 that\u200d documents\u200b released \u2063by The \u2064Intercept\u200b provided unequivocal proof\u200b that\u200c NIH\u200d grants \u200bwere\u200d used \u200bto\u200c fund gain-of-function\u200b research at the Wuhan \u200bInstitute\u2062 of \u200cVirology. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office (GAO)\u200c confirmed that the Wuhan \u200bInstitute of\u2063 Virology \u200band\u200c Wuhan University\u200d did \u2064receive\u2063 NIH funding.<\/p>\n<h3>GAO Report and Fauci&#8217;s Contradictions<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: \u200d400\">The\u2063 GAO report revealed that NIH\u2064 funded projects at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and\u2062 Wuhan\u2062 University,\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-asks-doj-to-investigate-fauci-for-allegedly-lying-to-congress\/\" title=\"Rand Paul requests DOJ probe into Fauci's alleged congressional lies.\">including \u2064genetic\u200d experiments involving bat coronaviruses<\/a> and collaboration\u200b on \u2064viral\u200d detection. \u2063Despite\u200c this evidence,\u200d Fauci maintained that\u2063 gain-of-function research \u2062was \u200dsolely conducted by Dr.\u200b Shi Zhengli\u200c at \u2063the \u200cWuhan Institute.<\/p>\n<p\u200b style=\"font-weight:\u200c 400\">Sen.\u2064 Rand\u200d Paul highlighted \u200ca paper\u2062 by\u2064 Wuhan Institute\u2062 of Virology\u2062 scientists that mentioned efforts to \u200ccreate \u2062a \u200c&#8221;chimeric&#8221; coronavirus, which \u200bby\u200b definition\u200c is \u200bconsidered gain-of-function research. \u2062Paul argued that this information\u2062 contradicted Fauci&#8217;s \u200cclaim that the paper\u2064 did not\u2064 qualify as \u200bgain-of-function.<\/p>\n<p \u2062style=\"font-weight: \u200c400\">With\u2062 mounting \u2064evidence \u2062and \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominee-for-top-state-dept-post-contributed-to-book-about-how-israel-lobby-controls-american-politics\/\" title=\"Biden Nominee for Top State Dept Post Contributed to Book About How \u2018Israel Lobby\u2019 Controls American Politics\">conflicting statements<\/a>, Sen. Rand\u2064 Paul\u200b is pushing for \u200ca \u2063thorough investigation into Dr. Fauci&#8217;s \u200balleged\u2063 perjury \u2064and the funding \u2064of \u200dgain-of-function \u200cresearch in Wuhan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Rand Paul is demanding an investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci for allegedly lying to Congress. Newly-released emails revealed Fauci&#8217;s admission that scientists at Wuhan University were involved in gain-of-function experiments. 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