Dr. Anthony Fauci, Joe Biden’s top COVID adviser during the China virus pandemic, was subpoenaed by Congress to answer questions about the government’s actions during that horrific time when millions died.
He refused to respond. Beside launching a rant of insults against members of Congress he insisted he has a Fifth Amendment right, despite a Joe Biden pardon for this time period, to refuse to answer.
That will shake out as Congress considers soon finding him in contempt.
But nothing about Fauci’s silence stopped members of the panel, led by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., from delivering a verbal indictment.
In fact, Paul told Fauci, and the world, the COVID lockdowns “could never have been inflicted without you aiding and abetting the crime.”
The senator said Fauci didn’t personally issue every damaging order inflicted on Americans:
“But officials across the country invoked your authority to justify these decisions. And you presented your recommendations not as judgments open to debate, but as dictates of science itself. Your own words demonstrate that you understood the influence you exercised.
“On March 14, 2020, you wrote that the task force recommendations were driven by me, yourself, Deb, and CDC. The next day you wrote that you had convinced Mayor Bill de Blasio to close the New York city schools, so you were involved. That same night, Governor Gavin Newsom’s Chief of Staff told you that the governor had decided to close California’s schools, bars, and restaurants after watching you on television. Presidents, governors, mayors, school boards, corporations, and Congress all bear responsibility for the decisions they made. The COVID lockdown, however, could never have been inflicted without you aiding and abetting the crime.
“Children lost education, small businesses built over a lifetime disappeared. Patients delayed cancer screenings and other medical care. Families were separated from dying relatives. Workers were ordered to accept a medical procedure or lose their jobs. Worship assembly, employment, education, and travel were restricted in the name of science. While you did not impose every restriction, you used your authority to justify them.”
Sen. Rand Paul to Anthony Fauci:
“The COVID lockdown could never have been inflicted without you aiding and abetting the crime.
Children lost years of education, small businesses built over a lifetime disappeared, patients delayed cancer screenings and other medical care,… pic.twitter.com/ZY1XCkqvHb
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 29, 2026
The senator continued, “On May 11, 2021, you told the Senate the NIH has never, ever, and does not now fund gain-of-function research in Wuhan at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. When I gave you the opportunity to correct the record to reconsider the statement, you responded that you had never before lied to Congress. We were then told that only the government’s narrowest regulation of definition counted here. That you could define gain-of-function in one way in which this was not gain-of-function, in which all of the common sense of the world be thrown out […] But the real question is, was it dangerous? Was it a wise decision to fund this? And you haven’t deviated from that. You’ve never admitted that it could have been a mistake, running this research in China. The American people were not asking for a semantics debate over what is gain-of-function. They were asking, does common sense say this research was dangerous in Wuhan? They wanted to know whether their money funded experiments in Wuhan that made bad coronavirus’ better able to infect humans. The answer is, yes.”
🚨Sen. Rand Paul details one of MANY lies Anthony Fauci told the public:
“On May 11, 2021, you told the Senate the NIH has never, ever, and does not now fund gain-of-function research in Wuhan at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. When I gave you the opportunity to correct the… pic.twitter.com/WCx7if7vlf
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 29, 2026
Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley joined the conversation, explaining that Paul was “systematically laying out the case of Fauci’s record of contradictions and duplicity.”
He said, “I previously noted that what was most disturbing about Fauci’s record was his silence as the media and academic groups attacked scientists who raised doubts about the origin theories and COVID measures. They were fired or removed from positions despite being later vindicated. Fauci, who was clearly obsessed with his own fame, said nothing to defend such dissenters..”
Sen Rand Paul is systematically laying out the case of Fauci’s record of contradictions and duplicity. I previously noted that what was most disturbing about Fauci’s record was his silence as the media and academic groups attacked scientists who raised doubts about the origin…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) July 29, 2026
Turley wasn’t finished, citing evidence from Fauci’s own diary, which was on government servers and now has been released to the public.
He said, “The new evidence shows a striking disconnect between what Fauci was saying publicly and what he was saying privately, including in his own diary entries. It also shows a disturbing level of coordination with media figures in maintaining the public narrative. … Paul just noted that Fauci’s assistant said that she deleted ‘tons’ of records while Fauci denied such destruction. He also noted that Fauci told his associates to delete communications ‘after reading it.’ He reminded Fauci that it is a crime to destroy records. … Rand Paul just delivered this haymaker: ‘It is secrecy that destroys trust. It is arrogance that destroys trust. It is censorship that destroys trust. And it is the refusal to admit error that destroys trust. That loss of trust may be your most damaging legacy.'”
Democrats complained that the hearing was all about “looking backward.”
But Turley pointed out, “Given the massive loss of life in this country, most citizens would like to see a full accounting of what occurred during the pandemic, including suppressing the views of scientists who correctly contradicted Fauci and the government…”
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