155 Scientists Defend Fauci Ahead of Subpoenaed Hearing
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- 155+ scientists, physicians and public health advocates signed an open letter calling for an end to the Trump administration's 'vilification and harassment of American scientists,' published one day before Anthony Fauci's scheduled hearing.
- Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was subpoenaed to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee — chaired by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) — on Covid-19 origins and allegations he misled the public and Congress.
- The letter called charges against Fauci 'baseless,' listing claims that he covered up Covid origins, bribed scientists, that NIAID research sparked the pandemic, that he holds virus patents, and that he works with intelligence agencies — asserting 'no credible evidence' supports these 'absurd charges.'
- Fauci has endured a 'five-year period of harassment and threats of violence directed at Dr Fauci and his family' per the letter, despite 60+ years of public service guiding the US through HIV, Covid, Ebola, Sars 1, and the 2001 anthrax attacks.
- Senator Rand Paul released thousands of pages of Fauci's pandemic-era diary entries ahead of the hearing, and despite Joe Biden's preemptive pardon, referred Fauci to the Department of Justice for 'potential criminal prosecution.'
Why it matters: 155 credentialed scientists publicly labeled a sitting Senate committee's subpoena-driven Fauci investigation a 'witch-hunt' against an 85-year-old former official who already holds a presidential pardon. Paul has separately referred Fauci to DOJ for prosecution, and the letter documents a five-year pattern of threats against Fauci and his family that the signatories say continues regardless of legal protections.
