{"id":2431968,"date":"2025-05-07T13:51:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T17:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-must-answer-for-gain-of-function-research-decision-rand-paul\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T13:52:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T17:52:46","slug":"fauci-must-answer-for-gain-of-function-research-decision-rand-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-must-answer-for-gain-of-function-research-decision-rand-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci must answer for gain-of-function research decision: Rand Paul"},"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\">18<\/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%2Ffauci-must-answer-for-gain-of-function-research-decision-rand-paul%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=2431968&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>Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has called for former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci to testify before Congress regarding his involvement in funding gain-of-function research,which Paul claims may have contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. in an interview, Paul stated that Fauci needs to explain his decision to fund research conducted in China, suggesting it coudl be one of the greatest medical errors in modern history. He has expressed frustration about the lack of clarity from the Biden governance concerning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trump-under-criminal-investigation-for-raffensperger-phone-call-report\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Trump Under Criminal Investigation For Raffensperger Phone Call: Report\">records related<\/a> to this funding decision and asserts that he has been pursuing access to non-classified records for over three years. Recent disclosures under new leadership in health and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-right-response-to-mandates-propaganda-and-censorship\/\" title=\"The Right Response to Mandates, Propaganda and Censorship\">research agencies<\/a> indicate that discussions about the potential risks of the research took place, raising further questions about Fauci&#8217;s claims that it wasn&#8217;t gain-of-function research. The Biden administration&#8217;s recent acknowledgment of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secretive-committee-on-risky-virus-research-should-be-more-open-chair-says\/\" title=\"Secretive Committee On Risky Virus ... Should Be More Open, Chair Says\">lab-related incident<\/a> as the likely origin of COVID-19 has also fueled this ongoing scrutiny.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Fauci must answer for gain-of-function research decision: Rand Paul<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2102062\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rand-paul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rand Paul<\/a> (R-KY) said former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anthony-fauci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Anthony Fauci&nbsp;<\/a>needs to come before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Congress<\/a> and answer to the public about the alleged decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/money\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">fund<\/a> gain-of-function research and the truth behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">COVID-19<\/a> pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ultimately, Dr. Fauci is gonna need to come back in and explain why he made this decision,&rdquo; Paul said during an appearance on Newsmax&rsquo;s <em>National Report<\/em>. &ldquo;There ultimately will be an interview, either voluntarily or involuntarily, if he won&rsquo;t come.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3403770\/houthi-capitulation-usa-does-not-end-israel-conflict\/\">Houthi &#8216;capitulation&#8217; against US doesn&#8217;t end Israel conflict<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3403957\/university-of-washington-riley-gaines-protest\/\">Riley Gaines claims conservatives pelted with &#8216;human feces&#8217; at campus protest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3404013\/new-york-halt-elon-musk-x-money-plan-payment\/\">New York lawmakers try to halt Musk&#8217;s plan for nationwide payment system on his X platform<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;He will have to come back and explain to the American people why he decided to fund this research in China. This may be one of the greatest medical errors in modern history, and he bears a large part of the responsibility for this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Paul has been an outspoken leader in the movement to uncover the truth behind the origins of COVID-19 and said President Donald Trump&rsquo;s administration is &ldquo;helping.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been through several years of the Biden administration actually trying to hide the ball, covering up what happened, obscuring the truth, and really refusing to give any records concerning this,&rdquo; the senator said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been trying for over three years to get non-classified records about the decision to fund the research in Wuhan, and it&rsquo;s been denied.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2925040&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=330d37215d5e62a21620d57e1f724ba1\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Paul said the records are beginning to flow under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What we&rsquo;re discovering is, yes, they did debate over whether or not it was gain-of-function,&rdquo; Paul said. &ldquo;Fauci said everybody said it was not gain of function. Well, we&rsquo;re going to get to the bottom of this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3384947\/white-house-covid-lab-leak-origin-virus-website-revamp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">WHITE HOUSE DECLARES LAB LEAK AS &lsquo;TRUE ORIGIN&rsquo; OF COVID-19 IN WEBSITE REVAMP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Kentucky senator&rsquo;s comments <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">come after the White House&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/lab-leak-true-origins-of-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\">remodelled<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/lab-leak-true-origins-of-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">  its webpage <\/a>on&nbsp;COVID-19&nbsp;to reflect the position that the virus originated from a lab in China.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >lab-related incident involving gain-<\/a>of-function research is the most likely the origin of COVID-19,&rdquo; the webpage reads. &ldquo;Current government mechanisms for overseeing this dangerous gain-of-function research are incomplete, severely convoluted, and lack global applicability.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2102062\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2102062\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fauci must explain gain-of-function research: Rand Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2644,"featured_media":2431969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Paul-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4434,54791,38952],"class_list":["post-2431968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-fauci","tag-gain-of-function-2","tag-rand-paul"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Paul-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2431968"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2431972,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431968\/revisions\/2431972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2431969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2431968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2431968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2431968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}