House Republicans on the Coronavirus Pandemic Select Subcommittee claim that former Chief Medical Advisor to the president, Dr. Anthony Fauci, may have lied about the origins of COVID-19.
On Friday, the House committee released documents that suggest Fauci was in charge of a Feb. 2020 conference call about the virus’ origins. He denied his participation in the meeting earlier this month.
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— Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (@COVIDSelect) March 24, 2023
Former @CDCgov Director Redfield testified that Dr. Fauci “excluded” him from a call discussing COVID origins after he insisted they investigate the lab leak theory.
Dr. Fauci claims “I had nothing to do with who would be on that call.”
We have the receipts: pic.twitter.com/ZAAbNTmuS2
“I had nothing to do with who would be on that call… I didn’t put anybody on the list of the call, not did I take anybody [off],” Fauci said.
The committee then outlined examples of Fauci appearing “to invite and then confirm participation” of Dr. Francis Collins, who was not originally invited. Emails released earlier this month show that the former health chief may have had a larger leadership role in the conference call than he has been saying in media interviews.
Fauci is now being compelled to “produce all documents and communications in your custody or control regarding your involvement in the planning of the February 1, 2020, conference call, specifically documents regarding the invitation and participation of Dr. Francis Collins, as soon as possible, but no later than March 31, 2023.”
This comes after a shocking intelligence report from the Department of Energy (DOE) suggested that COVID-19 most likely originated from a lab in Wuhan, China.
The department previously disregarded the lab leak theory and was undecided on COVID-19’s origins. Now, both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and DOE are directing the blame toward China.
With this new information, Republican lawmakers now want to question Fauci, and president of EcoHealth, Dr. Peter Daszak, on their leadership concerning the “origin” question of COVID-19.
“The question of how this pandemic began is the most important question in the world, and we should not continue to waste precious time waiting for the Chinese Communist Party to suddenly cooperate with U.S. officials and open up access to the Wuhan Institute of Virology,” said Wisconsin Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher, chairman of the newly-formed House Select Committee on China.
“It’s time for Congress to act and force the administration to declassify the relevant intelligence surrounding the pandemic,” Gallagher added.
