Letter writing by Home Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has seen a pointy rise of late. Final Friday, it was Manhattan District Lawyer Alvin Bragg and Matthew Colangelo, lead prosecutor on the DOJ No. 3 Trump Manhattan case; On Thursday, it was Jay Bratt, the highest prosecutor within the Mar-a-Lago/categorised paperwork case.
Now, Jordan has issued a letter to Dr. Anthony Fauci following his June 3 testimony earlier than the Choose Subcommittee on the Oversight Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. As Jordan defined, as chairman of each the Judiciary Committee and the Choose Subcommittee on the Arming of the Federal Authorities, he (and the committee) are “analyzing how and to what extent the manager department has coerced or colluded with firms and different intermediaries to censor the speech of People.” Given Fauci’s position with the COVID-19 response crew, he’s believed to have related data.
Letter from the Home Judiciary Committee to Anthony Fauci, 06/07/24:
“On June 3, 2024, you testified earlier than a Choose Subcommittee of the Oversight Committee…that you simply…had no position within the ‘push to downplay the lab leak principle’. That may be a lie on its face.” pic.twitter.com/WzDr9eZ7eG
— Richard H. Ebright (@R_H_Ebright) June 7, 2024
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Nevertheless, this isn’t only a well mannered query. Jordan’s letter makes it clear that they’re calling Fauci on his BS (emphasis added).
In 2021, while you served as President Biden’s chief medical adviser and chief medical adviser on the response crew, senior Biden White Home officers on that crew engaged in a months-long censorship effort. Inner Fb communications obtained by the committee and choose subcommittee reveal that Biden censored the lab leak principle on one of many world’s largest social media platforms resulting from “strain” from the White Home. In keeping with the silence of those that dared to precise opposing views, you and different bureaucrats allegedly “sidelined” Dr. Robert Redfield, then director of the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) as a result of he “had a distinct view” “and believed that the virus was ” It got here from a Wuhan lab.”
On June 3, 2024, you testified earlier than the Oversight Committee’s Choose Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (Coronavirus Choose Subcommittee) that you simply “saved an open thoughts” in regards to the lab leak principle and “performed no position within the push to downplay” the lab leak principle. .” It is a lie on his face. It additionally took difficulty with Fb’s determination to take away content material associated to the lab leak principle resulting from “strain” from the Biden administration, significantly the response crew of which you have been a member. To raised perceive how and to what extent the Government Department has coerced or colluded with firms and different intermediaries to censor People’ speech, we respectfully request that you simply seem earlier than the Committee for a transcribed interview.
Additionally, a current report by the Choose Committee on the Coronavirus alleged that you simply “could possibly be collaborating in a conspiracy on the highest ranges”. [National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)]”Destroying” or “concealing” official information associated to the supply of COVID-19, together with conducting official enterprise in your private e mail and deleting official information in an effort to keep away from Freedom of Info Act (FOIA) and public disclosure to the American individuals.
The letter asks Fauci to contact the manager department about inside communications from NIAID relating to the suppression of data in addition to the deletion of content material and to contact the committee to arrange his interview by June 21. For added enjoyable, it instructs him to overview. Any supplies produced to refresh his recollection in order that his interview solutions are greater than a variation of “I do not know.”
We additionally ask you to overview the paperwork raised with the committee earlier than your interview to refresh your reminiscence. On November 23, 2022, you have been deposed in Murty vs. Missouri (then captioned Missouri vs. Biden) and mentioned “I do not bear in mind,” “I do not bear in mind” or some variation of it at the very least 212 instances.
Sure, sure, I do know—one other strongly worded letter. We have all been slightly involved about how these items work, however we now have to do not forget that the method normally includes a letter first, adopted by a subpoena. The GOP solely holds the Home when and even these haven’t got a ton of enamel. Jordan and his committees can discover witnesses in contempt of Congress and make felony referrals to their hearts’ content material, however their enforcement powers are restricted with the Biden-controlled DOJ.
So, it might not be a lot, however contemplating the details which were uncovered in the course of the 118th Congress, it’s higher than nothing. Maybe I’m nonetheless too optimistic. In any case, we’ll see if and the way a lot “science” responds.
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