Dr. Anthony Fauci has been accused by a top Republican of making “false” claims during his shocking congressional testimony and faces calls for him to make another appearance.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sent a letter to Dr. Fauci on Friday asking him to attend a transcribed interview, in part, because the former COVID-19 Response Team leader stated that “kept an open mind” about the lab. -leakage theory.
Jordan alleges that Fauci’s comments are absolutely “untrue,” according to the letter obtained by DailyMail.com.
Fauci stated Monday that he had “kept an open mind” about the lab leak theory and was not involved in the “push to downplay the lab leak theory.”
But Jordan charges that this “is false on its face” due to the “pressure” Fauci and the Biden administration put on social media companies to cover posts about lab leaks, which led to censorship of online communication. about COVID.
Virologists work in the laboratory of the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in Wuhan, Hubei province, central China. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, wrote to Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday saying he had given a “false” account that he had “an open mind” about the COVID lab leak theory, citing cases in which the patriarch of the pandemic seemed to cool down. water in the idea
Fauci’s account is “contradicted by Facebook’s decision to remove content about the lab leak theory due to “pressure” from the Biden Administration, particularly the Response Team, of which you were a member,” Jordan wrote .
“To better understand how and to what extent the Executive Branch has coerced or colluded with businesses and other intermediaries to censor Americans’ speech, we respectfully request that you appear for a transcribed interview before the Committee.”
Jordan further wrote that Fauci “sidelined” former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield in an attempt to silence his view that COVID “came from a Wuhan lab.”
Jordan also demanded a trove of documents from the pandemic patriarch, saying his recent testimony warrants further investigation into his handling of COVID.
Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., agreed that Fauci should be investigated, admitting that he likes “the idea” of the pandemic patriarch facing criminal charges.
Fauci’s top adviser when he was director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Dr. David Morens, testified before the House Coronavirus Pandemic Committee that he used his personal email to circumvent coronavirus laws. transparency.
Morens claimed to have a “secret channel” with Fauci and suggested to his colleagues how to deliver scientific information in a way to avoid Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on June 3, 2024
Jordan questioned Fauci when he testified before Congress on Monday
“A Coronavirus Select Subcommittee report alleges that you may have participated in a conspiracy among the highest levels of (NIAID)” to “destroy” or “conceal” “official records on the origins of COVID-19,” including conducting business personal email and delete official records in an attempt to avoid the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the public,” Jordan alleged.
The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic also requested access to Fauci’s personal phone and email records.
Morens testified under oath before the agency on May 22.
He defended his actions by saying he didn’t know that using his personal email for work and then deleting the messages broke any laws, but he received scorn from Democrats and the Republican Party for his destruction of public records.
He was also heavily criticized for editing press releases from his “best friend,” EcoHealth Alliance president Dr. Peter Daszak, who, former NIH director Dr. Lawrence Tabak testified, , was conducting gain-of-function research in Wuhan at the time of the outbreak of the pandemic.
Former top Fauci aide Dr. David Morens speaks during a House Select Subcommittee hearing on the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill on May 22.
Morens worked to help his “best friend” Daszak, even asking him for a “bribe” after the president of EcoHealth got a huge taxpayer-funded grant from NIAID, where Morens works.
Jordan requested the documents and interview by June 21.