Dr. Anthnoy Fauci may soon be indicted after new evidence emerged against the former top federal health official, Republican Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has revealed.
Paul contends there are now grounds to prosecute Fauci based on congressional testimony from his former top aide.
On Wednesday, Dr. David Morens, the former aide to the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), testified before a House select subcommittee.
Evidence shows that Fauci and Morens destroyed evidence and evaded a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
“The most important knowledge that we learned is that [Dr.] David Morens, 20-year assistant to Fauci, was purposely evading FOIA, which is the law, ” Paul said.
“More than that, he was also destroying evidence.
“He was taking emails and destroying them,” Paul said of Morens.
“When he was asked about it, he said he didn’t know emails were federal records. Nobody is that stupid.”
Speaking to The Daily Signal, Paul added later, referring to Fauci and his staff:
“If Fauci ordered you to destroy these records, I think he could be indicted.”
Morens, former senior adviser to Fauci at the NIAID, testified before the House Oversight Select Subcommittee on the