of Anthony Fauci and the evasion of justice

This past week, Senator Rand Paul attempted to procure testimony from Dr. Anthony Fauci in a congressional hearing, but no such testimony was offered by “America’s doctor.”

Here is part of the introductory speech given by Senator Rand Paul as he addressed Fauci:

You’ve never admitted that it could have been a mistake funding this research in China. The American people weren’t asking for a semantics debate over what is gain of function. They were asking does common sense say this research was dangerous in Wuhan. They wanted to know whether their money funded experiments in Wuhan that made bat corona viruses better able to infect humans. The answer is yes. They wanted to know whether NIDA adequately supervised their work. The answer is no. When you defended this research, you described its benefits in the broadest terms. But when Congress demanded accountability, you hid behind the narrowest possible definition. You can’t have it both ways.

Your conduct concerning federal records raises further questions. It is a crime to destroy federal records. Yet, our investigation reveals your assistant diligently reported that she deleted tons of emails in 2024. You testify that you did not delete federal records. Who’s telling the truth? You or your assistant? The committee has obtained repeated instructions from you telling federal officials to delete communications. On February 2nd, 2020, one day after Origins call, you told Francis Collins, “Please delete this email after you read it.”

The committee asked for your voluntary cooperation to come today. Your appearance had to be compelled by subpoena. You’re here today under duress. You’re here today because of the court ordering it.

President Biden issued you a sweeping pardon extending back to 2014. The same pardon he gave to his son Hunter. A pardon may protect a person from criminal prosecution. It doesn’t rewrite history. It does not erase documents. It does not convert a misleading statement into a truthful one. And it does not prevent Congress from establishing what happened.

There will be another pandemic. There will be another crisis. And there will again be officials who insist that uncertainty must be hidden for the public’s own good. They will demand obedience. They will invoke science — “I am the science” — as though it were a commandment. They will argue that government officials cannot be questioned because questioning them would undermine public trust. They have it backwards. It is secrecy that destroys trust. It is arrogance that destroys trust. It is censorship that destroys trust and it is the refusal to admit error that destroys trust. That loss of trust may be your most damaging legacy. Trust can’t be ordered. It has to be earned. No scientist is above scrutiny. No government official is beyond accountability. And no public servant has the right to treat the suffering of millions of Americans as a footnote to his preferred version of history.

As a man valorized by Democrats and the mainstream media — a man who had already received a presidential pardon by the Biden administration for unspecified behavior in the prior decade (2014-2024) — Fauci sat in court and invoked the 5th amendment to the Constitution in response to every question presented.

Will there ever be consequences for Anthony Fauci’s behavior? It seems very unlikely. As Bret Weinstein observed, the most coherent explanation for why this man cannot be touched by anyone is that he is a made man:

Almost no one seems to have an open mind about the legacy of Anthony Fauci. People are still, for the most part, retreating into tribal positions. Our discourse seems as broken as our democracy.

If you’re a Democrat or a member of the mainstream press, you settle comfortably into your couch to watch propaganda produced by PBS and National Geographic.

If, on the other hand, you’re someone who commits the crime of noticing out loud what happened over the past six years, or perform the impious act of questioning the conduct of Anthony Fauci, you are dismissed as a “MAGA conspiracy theorist.”

The answers provided by the propaganda machine are not satisfying to those who lost their health, their loved ones, their businesses, formative years of education for their children, or their capacity to serve in the military. But all of this is treated by the media as a yawn… If we were truly enlightened, we would simply agree to be “unburdened by what has come before.” The desire for a public reckoning and for public justice is dismissed as if it were nothing more than a miserly political ploy by non-Democrats. It is a weird and disorienting era in the West. Everything appears inside out and upside down, much like the Ithaca portrayed in Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey.

Thankfully, some non-partisan documentarians attempted to bring some clarity to the historical record in a film released last year on the Angel Studios platform: “Thank You, Doctor Fauci.”

I am currently one of 2 million members of the Angel Guild, and as such, I was able to watch the documentary this past week as well as a movie about the making of the film. Here are the links if you’re interested:

Thank You, Dr. Fauci - documentary

An Exposè on Dr. Fauci: Sit Down with the Filmmakers

If you’re not familiar with the work of Angel Studios, here is an interview that Lila Rose conducted last fall with founder Jeff Harmon:

Returning to the news of the week: It would be a start if we could acknowledge the evidence that all is not well in our public health apparatus. Unfortunately, for the time being, being a member of the medical establishment means never having to say you’re sorry.