U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., announced Saturday on Twitter that he has filed an “official criminal referral” against Dr. Anthony Fauci — with the Biden Justice Department, for what it’s worth.
Paul was responding to a Feb. 2020 email shared by RealClearPolitics White House reporter Philip Wegmann that showed Fauci commenting on a task force call with British medical researcher Jeremy Farrar, who was director of the Wellcome Trust at the time. Francis Collins, the former director of the National Institutes of Health, was also on the call, along with other “highly credible” scientists, according to Fauci.
Gain of function was discussed with Fauci saying the scientists were “concerned about the fact that upon viewing the sequences of several isolates of the nCoV, there were mutations in the virus that would be most unusual to have evolved naturally in the bats and that there was a suspicion that this mutation was intentionally inserted.”
“The suspicion was heightened by the fact that scientists in Wuhan University are known to have been working on gain-of-function experiments to determine the molecular mechanisms associated with bat viruses adapting to human infection, and the outbreak originated in Wuhan,” Fauci added, according to a screenshot of the newly unredacted email.
“This directly contradicts everything he said in committee hearing to me, denying absolutely that they funded any gain of function, and it’s absolutely a lie. That’s why I sent an official criminal referral to the DOJ,” Paul tweeted on Saturday.
This directly contradicts everything he said in committee hearing to me, denying absolutely that they funded any gain of function, and it’s absolutely a lie. That’s why I sent an official criminal referral to the DOJ. https://t.co/Y191SmMiIr
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 29, 2023
The problem with Paul’s announcement is that he is talking about the highly politicized DOJ being led by Attorney General Merrick Garland, an agency that critics say employs a two-tiered system of justice based on political affiliation — look no further than the treatment of Hunter Biden.
Social media users certainly believe Fauci has criminal liability when it comes to the pandemic, but are highly skeptical that “justice” is on the horizon.
Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on Twitter, now known as X:
@RandPaul is there a backup plan should the DOJ ignore your referral?
— sandy (@3Sandy7_) July 29, 2023
This and his suppression of known and effective therapeutic treatments are criminal offenses.
— Albert Latham (@albert1776) July 29, 2023
FINALLY
And the timing, just 4 days after the Meeting they had to Plot what to do about Trump, is when they ReFunded GOF in China.And then Obama told Trump China was our biggest threat.
Tell me that isn’t TREASON
— bratNvet (@bratNvet) July 29, 2023
Fauci flagrantly and repeatedly violated US-government policies implemented to prevent a lab-generated pandemic, likely caused a lab-generated pandemic, and, to evade accountability for his malfeasance, committed fraud, conspiracy to defraud, and perjury.
Prosecution is overdue.
— Richard H. Ebright (@R_H_Ebright) July 30, 2023
He is a liar. His policies caused poverty, disability, and death. He needs trial followed by maximum punishment
— That Guy (@ThatGuy32519351) July 30, 2023
Notice also the Fauci email is all about building a credible PR front, not about ferreting out the truth.
— Jay W. Richards (@DrJayRichards) July 30, 2023
Good luck with any criminal referral to the criminal DOJ.
— Chris Franklin (@ChrisFranklin76) July 29, 2023
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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