Dr. Anthony Fauci to Face Senate Grilling Next Week

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases honcho who became a household name during the Covid-19 pandemic, will testify before a Senate panel next week.

Fauci, 85, is slated to appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday, July 29.

Republican lawmakers have long sought to question Fauci, who stepped down from his post as then-President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser in December 2022.

Last month, Peter Navarro, a top adviser to President Donald Trump, accused Fauci of “playing God” in regard to the pandemic.

“He basically gave money to the Wuhan lab for the express purpose of using gain-of-function research to create a deadly virus for the purpose of then creating vaccines to kill the virus,” Navarro told claimed in an interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo. “How did that go, Anthony?”

He added: “One million Americans died, millions worldwide! He needs to be held accountable.”

Fauci received a pardon in the twilight of Biden’s presidential term in January 2025.

“For more than half a century, Dr. Fauci served our country,” Biden said in a statement at the time. “He saved countless lives by managing the government’s response to pressing health crises, including HIV/AIDS, as well as the Ebola and Zika viruses. During his tenure as my Chief Medical Advisor, he helped the country tackle a once-in-a-century pandemic. The United States is safer and healthier because of him.”

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