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Sen. Rand Paul & Top Republicans Demand Fauci’s Firing After New Docs Indicate His Agency Funded Risky Covid Studies in China

by mosesman
FILE PHOTOS: Security personnel keep watch outside Wuhan Institute of Virology, in Hubei province, China, February 3, 2021; (Inset) Anthony Fauci speaks at a Senate hearing in Washington, DC, July 20, 2021. © Reuters / Thomas Peter; Reuters / J. Scott Applewhite
  • Sen. Rand Paul & Top Republicans Demand Fauci’s Firing After New Docs Indicate His Agency Funded Risky Covid Studies in China
    by https://www.rt.com/
    Top White House Covid adviser Anthony Fauci is facing calls to resign after newly released documents suggested his agency funded dangerous “gain-of-function” research in China, despite previous denials.
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    Demands for the health adviser’s firing come after the Intercept obtained more than 900 pages of material related to coronavirus research funded by Fauci’s agency – the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) – including previously unpublished grant requests from a US-based org that passed federal funds to the controversial Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China.
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    Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), who has repeatedly sparred with Fauci throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, touted the document dump in a Tuesday tweet, saying the materials “make it abundantly clear that [Fauci] needs to be held accountable,” noting he had already asked the Justice Department to review the adviser for “lying” in previous congressional testimony.
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