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Email Shows Fauci Senate Testimony ‘Absolutely a Lie,’ Files Criminal Referral – RedState
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Email Shows Fauci Senate Testimony ‘Absolutely a Lie,’ Files Criminal Referral – RedState

  Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and former Chief Medical Advisor to the President Dr. Anthony Fauci have clashed repeatedly in the Senate in the past over whether the U.S. funded virus “gain-of-function” research, a charge Fauci adamantly denied. It was clear the two men didn’t like each other, but now Paul is ratcheting it up to another level—he’s officially filing a criminal referral with the Department of Justice alleging that the good doctor flat-out lied to him in sworn testimony. 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 senator said the email in th...
Biden Adminstration Suspends Funding to Wuhan Institute of Virology Over Safety Concerns – RedState
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Biden Adminstration Suspends Funding to Wuhan Institute of Virology Over Safety Concerns – RedState

The Biden Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services has discontinued sending federal dollars to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, citing concerns over safety and documentation. The bio-research lab at the center of the debate over the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic was still receiving federal funding despite multiple U.S. reports that the lab was the origin of the global pandemic that killed millions across the globe. In a memo released on Monday, HHS referenced EcoHealth Alliance, a non-profit organization that has been funding viral research around the globe for more than 20 years, and several grants that formed the basis of the HHS funding that went to the lab. The memo states that there is “adequate evidence which provides cause for the suspension” of the fu...