‘The face of America’s public health response during the COVID-19 pandemic,’ Dr. Fauci headed a top U.S. health agency for decades.
Dr. Anthony Fauci has agreed to testify under oath in a private and public hearing, a U.S. House of Representatives committee announced on Nov. 30.
Dr. Fauci will appear to answer questions behind closed doors on Jan. 8 and Jan. 9, 2024, according to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
He will give seven hours of testimony each day.
Two personal lawyers and two government lawyers are being allowed to attend, the panel stated.
Dr. Fauci has also agreed to testify during a public hearing at a later date.
“Dr. Fauci was the face of America’s public health response during the COVID-19 pandemic, and his testimony will serve as a crucial component of the select subcommittee’s investigations into the origin of COVID-19, coercive mandates, gain-of-function type research, scientific censorship, and more,” Committee Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) said in a statement.
“It is time for Dr. Fauci to confront the facts and address the numerous controversies that have arisen during and after the pandemic. Americans deserve trusted public health leaders who prioritize the well-being of our people over any personal or political goals. Thankfully, retirement from public service does not shield one from Congressional oversight nor accountability to the American people. During Dr. Fauci’s upcoming testimonies, honesty is non-negotiable.”
Dr. Fauci was director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from 1984 until late 2022.
The committee expects to ask questions about evidence that Dr. Fauci prompted the drafting of a paper called “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2.” The “Proximal Origin” publication claimed that COVID-19 didn’t come from a laboratory in China.
Kristian Andersen, one of the publication’s authors, wrote in an email on Feb. 12, 2020, that the study was “prompted by” Dr. Fauci, Dr. Fauci’s boss Dr. Francis Collins, and British research funder Jeremy Farrar.
Mr. Andersen wrote in a separate email that the focus of his group’s work was to “disprove any type of lab theory.”
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Dr. Anthony Fauci to Appear for Transcribed Interview and Public Hearing
WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) announced that Dr. Anthony Fauci will appear before the 118th Congress for the first time for a two-day, transcribed interview on January 8, 2024 and January 9, 2024. Additionally, Dr. Fauci has agreed to testify in front of the Select Subcommittee at a public hearing later next year.
The full terms of his testimony are detailed below:
A transcribed interview to occur on January 8 and 9, 2024;
Seven hours of testimony, excluding breaks, per day;
Attendance by two personal and two government counsel; and
A public hearing at a date to be named later.
“Dr. Fauci was the face of America’s public health response during the COVID-19 pandemic, and his testimony will serve as a crucial component of the Select Subcommittee’s investigations into the origin of COVID-19, coercive mandates, gain-of-function type research, scientific censorship, and more.” said Chairman Wenstrup. “It is time for Dr. Fauci to confront the facts and address the numerous controversies that have arisen during and after the pandemic. Americans deserve trusted public health leaders who prioritize the well-being of our people over any personal or political goals. Thankfully, retirement from public service does not shield one from Congressional oversight nor accountability to the American people. During Dr. Fauci’s upcoming testimonies, honesty is non-negotiable.”
Previously, the Select Subcommittee revealed evidence that Dr. Fauci prompted the drafting of the now infamous “Proximal Origin” publication to disprove the lab leak theory. He then citied the paper from the White House podium without disclosing his involvement in prompting the publication. Further, the Select Subcommittee revealed that Dr. Fauci was aware of dangerous gain-of-function research occurring in Wuhan, China prior to the emergence of COVID-19, but remained curiously silent to the public.
Read Chairman Wenstrup’s letter to Dr. Anthony Fauci detailing the terms of his transcribed interview here.
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