Rand Paul claims DOJ ignoring Fauci prosecution referrals: 'He shouldn't get away with lying'

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., claimed during a Tuesday appearance on "The Joe Rogan Experience" that the U.S. Department of Justice has continued to ignore his repeated criminal referrals to investigate Dr. Anthony Fauci for allegedly lying to the U.S. Congress, even under President Donald Trump.

Paul, who chairs the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, claimed on the podcast that Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who served from 1984 to 2022, lied to lawmakers and destroyed communications about U.S. funding for gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, evidence of which he said he gave to the DOJ.

“Under the Biden administration, I sent criminal referrals for Anthony Fauci to [former Attorney General] Merrick Garland twice, and I sent them evidence that he had lied to Congress, which was a felony. They just ignored me," Paul said.

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