Senate Committee Reveals Fauci Ordered Email Deletions Contradicting Testimony

Senator Rand Paul has revealed emails indicating that Dr. Anthony Fauci directed colleagues to delete emails and documents related to COVID-19, contradicting Fauci's sworn testimony denying such actions. These emails, obtained by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, include Fauci instructing NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins to delete an email in February 2020 and telling another NIH employee to delete correspondence in July 2020. Paul accuses Fauci of attempting to conceal information and requests that Fauci appear before Congress to address these contradictions, providing available dates through the end of the year. The revelations intensify the ongoing dispute between Paul and Fauci over the government’s handling of the pandemic and the origins of COVID-19, including allegations of Fauci's involvement in funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan, which Fauci has denied under oath. Paul has also challenged a preemptive pardon granted to Fauci by President Joe Biden. The Senate committee is seeking full disclosure of Fauci's communications from 2018 to 2023 to further investigate the matter.