Rep. Rand Paul sends criminal referral to DOJ for Anthony Fauci

The senator’s letter pointed to 18 U.S.C. § 1001, which makes it a crime to make “any materially false, fictions, or fraudulent statement or representation” as part of “any investigation or review” conducted by Congress, and Paul told Garland, “I ask that you investigate whether Dr. Fauci’s statements to Congress on May 11, 2021 violated this statute or any other.”

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