Sen. Rand Paul said a Senate hearing this week will feature testimony from a whistleblower tied to allegations of a COVID-19 cover-up involving the origins of the pandemic and gain-of-function research.
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Sen. Rand Paul announced that a Senate hearing scheduled for Wednesday will include testimony from what he described as a “COVID cover-up” whistleblower as he continues efforts to investigate former White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci and the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.
Paul said he remains committed to pursuing accountability despite the expiration of the statute of limitations on potential charges against Fauci and former President Joe Biden granting Fauci a pardon that shields him from criminal referral tied to allegations he misled Congress regarding gain-of-function research.
“Today is the deadline to charge Fauci, or he walks away from one of the biggest cover-ups in American history without ever facing a jury. I have spent years building this case. I referred him to the DOJ. I forced the hearings. I grilled him under oath. The American people were lied to about the origins of COVID, gain-of-function research, and the Wuhan cover-up,” Paul said Monday in a post on X.
The Kentucky Republican said the expiration of legal deadlines and the presidential pardon would not end congressional scrutiny surrounding the pandemic response and federal research funding connected to Wuhan, China.
“In fact, later this week I’m holding a hearing with a whistleblower. Maybe the American people will finally get the answers they’ve been looking for,” Paul said in a separate statement posted to X.
Paul is scheduled to chair a Wednesday hearing before the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee focused on allegations surrounding what lawmakers described as a “COVID cover-up.”
The hearing is expected to include testimony from a whistleblower connected to ongoing disputes over the origins of COVID-19, federal oversight of infectious disease research, and the handling of information by public health officials during the pandemic.
Paul has spent several years publicly challenging Fauci over U.S. funding tied to coronavirus research and whether federal agencies adequately disclosed connections to gain-of-function experiments involving laboratories in Wuhan.
Fauci, who previously served as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and later as chief medical adviser to Biden, has repeatedly denied misleading Congress and has rejected allegations that he attempted to conceal information regarding the origins of the virus.
The hearing comes as congressional Republicans continue broader investigations into pandemic-era public health decisions, federal agency coordination, and international research partnerships tied to the outbreak of COVID-19.
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