Today, @COVIDSelect released the transcript from Dr. Anthony Fauci's two-day, 14-hour transcribed interview. On Monday, Dr. Fauci will testify publicly for the first time since retirement.
Key takeaways from his closed-door testimony🧵👇
✔️SOCIAL DISTANCING: The “6 feet apart” social distancing recommendation forced on Americans by federal health officials was arbitrary and not based on science.
Dr. Fauci testified that this guidance “sort of just appeared.”
✔️MASKING: Dr. Fauci testified that he did not recall any supporting evidence for masking children.
Mask-wearing has been associated with severe learning loss and speech development issues in America’s children.
✔️TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS: Dr. Fauci unequivocally agreed with EVERY travel restriction issued by the Trump Administration at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
✔️VACCINE MANDATES: Dr. Fauci admitted that vaccine mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic could increase vaccine hesitancy in the future.
He also claimed that these mandates were not sufficiently studied.
✔️LAB LEAK THEORY: Dr. Fauci acknowledged that the lab leak hypothesis is not a conspiracy theory.
This comes roughly four years after he prompted the publication of “Proximal Origin” — a paper which attempted to vilify and disprove the lab leak hypothesis.
✔️GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH: Dr. Fauci repeatedly played semantics with the definition of “gain-of-function” research.
This appears to be an effort to avoid conceding that the NIH funded this dangerous research in China.
✔️CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: Dr. Fauci claimed his staff had no conflicts of interest regarding the origins of COVID-19. Yet, his Senior Advisor was “best-friends” with the disgraced President of EcoHealth Alliance.
It is highly unlikely Dr. Fauci was unaware of this relationship.
✔️GRANT APPROVAL PROCESS: Dr. Fauci testified that he signed off on every foreign and domestic NIAID grant without reviewing the proposals.
He was also unable to confirm if NIAID has ANY mechanisms to conduct oversight of the foreign labs they fund.
✔️FEIGNED IGNORANCE: Dr. Fauci claimed he “did not recall” numerous issues & events surrounding the pandemic more than 100 times.
For example, Dr. Fauci testified that he did not recall details about EcoHealth Alliance's controversial grant, which operated under his jurisdiction.
Read @COVIDSelect’s staff memo highlighting key takeaways from the transcribed interview here:
Read the full transcripts from Dr. Fauci’s transcribed interview below:
🚨The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic is referring Former New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for criminal prosecution.
Evidence suggests Andrew Cuomo knowingly and willfully made materially false statements about New York’s COVID-19 nursing home disaster and the ensuing cover-up.
The Department of Justice must immediately charge Andrew Cuomo with making false statements to Congress.
During Andrew Cuomo’s transcribed interview in June 2024, he made THREE materially false statements.
@COVIDSelect’s referral provides @TheJusticeDept with overwhelming evidence that Andrew Cuomo made each of these statements knowingly and willfully🧵👇
FALSE STATEMENT #1: When asked if he was involved in the drafting of the July 6, 2020 NY State Dept. of Health Report that was used to combat criticism of his COVID-19 nursing home policies, Andrew Cuomo testified “no.”
EVIDENCE: Documents and emails show that Andrew Cuomo edited the Report by hand multiple times👇
New evidence suggests that former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo attempted to inappropriately influence the testimony of a @COVIDSelect witness.
Here's how🧵👇
Since 2021, Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly contacted a former top aide — Dr. Jim Malatras — following major developments in the Select Subcommittee’s nursing home investigation.
Dr. Malatras described this communication as a “flare—or signal—alerting me that [Andrew Cuomo] was aware that the House Select Subcommittee had requested that I testify.”
Dr. Malatras also described feeling “uncomfortable” when the former Governor attempted to discuss the nursing home investigation on a phone call.
This pattern of communication raises serious concerns that Andrew Cuomo was attempting to influence Dr. Malatras' testimony and obstruct the Select Subcommittee's investigation.
Today, @COVIDSelect added a new finding and a 15-page addendum to its recent New York nursing home memo to account for this evidence.
Today, @COVIDSelect released a staff memo that holds former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his staff responsible for recklessly exposing elderly Americans to COVID-19 in New York nursing homes from March 25, 2020 to May 10, 2020.
KEY FINDINGS🧵👇
🚨Mr. Cuomo and his team were involved in the decision to issue the March 25 Directive that directed nursing homes to admit COVID-positive and potentially COVID-positive patients.
Former, high-ranking New York State Department of Health Officials testified that the decision to issue the disastrous March 25 Directive was prompted by Governor Cuomo's Office.
🚨The March 25 Directive was rescinded in response to public criticism — not because of a change in medical science or a recognition of wrongdoing.
Mr. Cuomo testified that the Directive was terminated and replaced by an Executive Order because of "public relations" and because New Yorkers were "nervous" and "concerned." Understandably.
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will testify publicly before Congress for the FIRST TIME regarding his COVID-19 nursing home policies at a @COVIDSelect hearing on September 10, 2024.
In June, @COVIDSelect led a closed-door, transcribed interview of Mr. Cuomo to investigate New York's issuance of deadly guidance that forced nursing homes and long-term care facilities to admit contagious COVID-19 patients.
Here are the most important takeaways🧵👇
✖️Mr. Cuomo was shockingly callous when discussing New York's nursing home mortality rate.
He testified, "…let's say there's a 3,000 [deaths] differential, 2500. Who cares? What difference does it make in any dimension to anyone about anything?"
Yesterday, @COVIDSelect led a closed-door, transcribed interview of former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. His testimony centered on New York's issuance of deadly guidance that forced nursing homes to admit contagious COVID-19 patients.
Here's the readout🧵👇
✔️Mr. Cuomo was shockingly callous when discussing New York's nursing home mortality rate.
He testified, "6500 vs. 9000 [deaths] — What is the difference?"
✔️Mr. Cuomo claimed he was unaware of the existence of the disastrous March 25, 2020 "must-admit" nursing home order until nearly a month after it was issued.
Either Mr. Cuomo is rewriting history, or he was unaware as to what was happening under his leadership.
Today, @COVIDSelect requested access to Dr. Fauci's personal email account and cellphone records. New evidence suggests that Dr. Fauci used a "secret back channel" to communicate about official COVID-19 information.
New evidence🧵👇
1. Dr. Fauci’s Senior Advisor — Dr. David Morens — wrote to disgraced EcoHealth Alliance President Dr. Peter Daszak...
“I can either send stuff to Tony on his private gmail, or hand it to him at work…He is too smart to let colleagues send him stuff that could cause trouble.”
2. Then, Dr. Morens references the "secret back channel" he would use to communicate with Dr. Fauci outside the public eye...
"I suggested Arthur try to interview Tony directly and connected him to our 'secret' back channel."