"You know, just last week there were members of Congress telling him to clear his calendar when the House changes majorities so that he could testify, you know, pretty much you know full-time. The concept of doing that has to be very, very unappealing for him" he told CNN.
Republican leaders were quick to throw cold water on a potential Fauci "retire and hope everyone forgets about me" strategy, with his chief Senate critic Rand Paul tweeting that Fauci's retirement isn't going to get in the way of the many questions that remain about his and the NIH's role in gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origins of the pandemic.
Fauci’s resignation will not prevent a full-throated investigation into the origins of the pandemic. He will be asked to testify under oath regarding any discussions he participated in concerning the lab leak.
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) August 22, 2022
Senator John Kennedy later echoed Paul, stating that "Unless Dr. Fauci decides to seek asylum in some foreign country whose Powerball jackpot is 287 chickens and a goat, and therefore, which won't enforce a subpoena from the United States Congress. Then, Dr. Fauci, retirement or not, is going to be spending a lot of time in front of a congressional committee and committees if Republicans take back control."
Matt Palumbo is the author of The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros
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