Rand Paul announces Senate hearing with Fauci will have testimony from 'COVID coverup' whistleblower

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is promising to continue pursuing accountability against Dr. Anthony Fauci, with a hearing scheduled on Wednesday featuring testimony from a "COVID cover-up" whistleblower.

The statute of limitations expired on Monday and former President Joe Biden pardoned Fauci, which shields the former chief medical advisor to Biden from criminal referral for allegedly lying to Congress about gain-of-function research. Paul said he isn't deterred by the expiration or Biden's pardon. 

"Today is the deadline to charge Fauci, or he walks away from one of the biggest cover-ups in American history without ever facing a jury. I have spent years building this case. I referred him to the DOJ. I forced the hearings. I grilled him under oath. The American people were lied to about the origins of COVID, gain-of-function research, and the Wuhan cover-up," Paul said in a post on X on Monday. 

In another post, he said that even if the DOJ doesn't pursue charges, he wasn't going to be "letting up." 

"In fact, later this week I’m holding a hearing with a whistleblower. Maybe the American people will finally get the answers they’ve been looking for," Paul said. 

On Wednesday, Paul is chairing a Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs committee hearing with a whistleblower who will testify on the "COVID cover-up."