Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday the Justice Department's refusing his requests for a perjury investigation into former federal health official Dr. Anthony Fauci is proof of a two-tiered justice system following a Senate hearing on the origins of COVID-19.
Fauci testified in May 2021 that his agency never funded risky "Gain-of-function" experiments at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, but Paul has repeatedly highlighted records and emails suggesting otherwise.
Paul filed a criminal referral against Fauci in July 2021 and again in July 2023 over the perjury claims.
Paul added: "In some ways, I'm very disappointed, but it's not that I don't expect it." The senator blamed President Joe Biden's attorney general, Merrick Garland, whom he said is "Probably the most partisan attorney general in our history."
Fauci did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Paul's allegations.
Paul said in an opening statement that Fauci and his "Inner circle" acknowledged the likelihood of a lab leak in private messages that were released through litigation.
Paul also told The Daily Signal last month that Fauci "Could be indicted" for deleting emails about COVID-19's origins to circumvent public records law.
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