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DOJ investigation targets Fauci and other virus scientists

newsSep 5, 202622664

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci and at least seven other infectious‑disease researchers, seeking phone, email, grant and payment records as well as grand jury testimony. Investigators have targeted a wider circle of scientists that includes a Nobel laureate and influential former government researchers, while pursuing the probe quietly as Dr. Fauci faced public scrutiny from congressional Republicans. The FBI has examined whether Dr. Fauci pushed a group of scientists in early 2020 to downplay early suspicions that the coronavirus might not have evolved naturally. Critics including Dr. Peter Daszak called the inquiry "retaliation," and some commentators framed the effort as political retribution aimed at scientists. Prosecutors and agents have already demanded documentary records and testimony from the researchers, expanding the investigation beyond public congressional hearings.

Lindsay Beyerstein
@beyerstein.bsky.social

This is a blockbuster. Dan Bongino engineered a witch hunt against virologists other than Anthony Fauci on the theory that COVID was a lab leak and Fauci engineered a conspiracy to cover it up:

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