Newly obtained emails are raising fresh concerns about Dr. Anthony Fauci’s transparency during his time leading the federal COVID-19 response.
Released this week by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, the documents appear to contradict Fauci’s sworn testimony and have intensified calls for him to return to Capitol Hill for questioning.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R), one of Fauci’s sharpest critics, has accused the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director of misleading lawmakers.
Paul forwarded the emails to Fauci and requested that he appear before lawmakers to explain the inconsistencies, giving him two weeks to respond.
One of the most damaging revelations comes from a February 2, 2020 email in which Fauci instructed then-NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins to “Please delete this e-mail after you read it.”
Another email dated July 20, 2020, shows Fauci telling an NIH employee, “I do not want to engage any more with this nonsense. And so, please delete this e-mail after you read it.”
These directives seem to conflict with Fauci’s testimony before the House Select Subcommittee in June 2024, when he denied ever deleting correspondence about the Wuhan lab or the origins of the virus.
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