Rand Paul Accuses Fauci of Funding Wuhan Lab Research, Misleading Congress
Senator Rand Paul has revived allegations that U.S. taxpayer funds supported gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, potentially contributing to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that Dr. Anthony Fauci approved the experiments and later misled Congress.
U.S. Senator Rand Paul has renewed claims that American taxpayer dollars, funneled through USAID and the NIH, financed gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Paul alleges that this research may have played a role in the COVID-19 outbreak.
According to the senator, Dr. Anthony Fauci approved the experiments and subsequently misled Congress about NIH funding linked to the Wuhan lab. The allegations rekindle debate over the origins of the pandemic and the use of public funds for high-risk virological research.
No new evidence was presented alongside the statement.
Source: First Squawk