Sen. Rand Paul has renewed his legal inquiry into the conduct of former National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Chief Dr. Anthony Fauci, who was a leading figure in the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Paul is challenging Fauci’s claim before Congress that the US government had never funded any “gain-of-function research” in China, where the outbreak reportedly originated.

The Daily Mail reported that “the Wuhan Institute of Virology and Wuhan University did receive NIH funding.”

The Daily Caller Reported:

Sen. Rand Paul is continuing his legal pursuit of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the now-retired chief of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who was the face of the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Paul has accused Fauci of lying to Congress over his claim that the U.S. government never funded dangerous gain-of-function research in China, where the outbreak reportedly began.

In 2021, Fauci testified before a Senate committee where the Kentucky Republican was a member and said under oath that the U.S. “has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology” in Wuhan, China.

But in newly released emails dated February 1, 2020, the then-NIAID director wrote that “scientists in Wuhan University are known to have been working on gain-of-function experiments to determine that molecular mechanisms associated with bat viruses adapting to human infection, and the outbreak originated in Wuhan.”

In light of this new evidence, Sen. Paul tweeted that he had referred Dr. Fauci again to the Department of Justice for criminal investigation related to allegedly lying to Congress about NIH funding for gain-of-function experiments in China.

He remarked: “Last week’s release of an email…adds to an email where his assistants label it GoF as well [and] Likely nothing more conclusive than catching a liar lying with his own words!”

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