Enjoy: Sen. Kennedy expects Fauci to testify ‘retirement or not’

Heather Hamilton

August 23, 01:33 PM August 23, 01:33 PM

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) reported he is confident Dr. Anthony Fauci will be “spending a whole lot of time in front of congressional committees” if Republicans take command of Congress in November’s midterm elections.

Fauci announced Monday that he will move down in December from his positions as director of the Nationwide Institute of Allergy and Infectious Health conditions, main of the NIAID's Laboratory of Immunoregulation, and chief health-related adviser to President Joe Biden.

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“Unless Dr. Fauci, retirement or not, decides to find asylum in some remote, obscure foreign state whose Powerball jackpot is 287 chickens and a goat, and hence will not enforce a subpoena from the United States Congress, then Dr. Fauci, retirement or not, is likely to be spending a great deal of time in entrance of congressional committees,” Kennedy explained to Fox Information host Sean Hannity on Monday.

Kennedy observed the community has many concerns concerning the government’s dealing with of the coronavirus pandemic and that “getting responses to people thoughts from Dr. Fauci and other individuals has been like making an attempt to slam a revolving door.”

“We’re likely to check with him inquiries about gain-of-purpose study, why he did not thrust back again on China’s lies, why he pushed back so challenging on the probability, which we know is now authentic, that the virus originated in a Chinese lab, why he went along with the best … getting of civil liberties of the American folks in the historical past of our nation,” Kennedy claimed.

“We’re likely to have a lot of issues,” Kennedy continued. “We are going to subpoena him and be expecting him to answer. I would not advise Dr. Fauci to place down a nonrefundable deposit on a cruise.”

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) also claimed he remains fully commited to an investigation of the origins of COVID-19 even with Fauci’s announced retirement.

“Fauci’s resignation will not reduce a full-throated investigation into the origins of the pandemic. He will be questioned to testify underneath oath regarding any discussions he participated in relating to the lab leak,” Paul tweeted.

Fauci's retirement will mark the finish of 38 many years of serving as NIAID director, originally having on the place beneath previous President Ronald Reagan, in accordance to the Nationwide Institutes of Overall health.