Dr. Anthony Fauci vowed to ride off into the sunset in December 2022, shortly before Republicans took control of the House and opened probes into his tenure as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
But Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) isn’t convinced that’s what happened, and he’s demanding answers from Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, his department’s inspector general, and the current head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
In a letter obtained by Fox News, Paul noted that Fauci said he planned to leave his job in December 2022 to pursue “the next chapter” of his career, but in media interviews the doctor has also said “[w]hile I am moving on from my current positions, I am not retiring.”
“While many interpreted these statements to mean Dr. Fauci would be ending his employment with the federal government in December 2022, it is not clear if that is in fact the case. This raises questions about Dr. Fauci’s current…