WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) released the transcript from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s transcribed interview. Dr. Fauci served as the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and was the face of America’s public health response during the COVID-19 pandemic. His closed door, 14-hour, two-day testimony in January 2024 has served as a critical component of the Select Subcommittee’s investigations into the origins of COVID-19, pandemic-era domestic policy failures, and improvements to the United States’ public health system. In conjunction with the transcript, the Select Subcommittee also released a new staff memo that highlights the key takeaways from Dr. Fauci’s transcribed interview. The memo can be found here.
The Select Subcommittee also released four additional transcripts from senior public health officials. These transcripts, as well as Dr. Fauci’s transcript, can be found below:
Finding: The hypothesis that the COVID-19 pandemic was the result of a lab leak or lab related accident is not a conspiracy theory.
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Finding: The “6 feet apart” social distancing program that federal public health officials endorsed was likely not based on any science or data.
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Finding: Dr. Fauci admitted that vaccine mandates could lead to vaccine hesitancy and that this was not sufficiently studied ahead of time.
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Finding: Dr. Fauci testified he did not recall any supporting evidence for masking children.
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Finding: Dr. Fauci testified he did not recall or was not aware of significant information regarding EcoHealth Alliance Inc. (EcoHealth), its NIAID grants, or its President, Dr. Peter Daszak.
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Finding: Dr. Fauci supported all of President Trump’s pandemic travel restrictions.
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Finding: The Biden Administration White House Counsel’s Office prevented Dr. Fauci from answering questions about whether he recommended travel restrictions.
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Finding: Dr. Fauci refused to walk-back his 2021 statement that COVID-19 vaccines make you “a dead end to the virus.”
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Finding: Dr. Fauci defended President Biden’s misleading vaccine statements.
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Finding: Dr. Fauci claimed his staff had no conflicts of interest regarding COVID origins.
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Finding: Dr. Fauci intentionally avoided stating that NIAID funded GoF research on coronaviruses in Wuhan, China, by asserting that GoF is a nuanced term.
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Finding: NIAID’s inherent trust in grantees and the overall grant system leaves significant room for adversaries to exploit.
Sources:
- May 31, 2024. “COVID Select Subcommittee Releases Dr. Fauci’s Transcript, Highlights Key Takeaways in New Memo.” United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/covid-select-subcommittee-releases-dr-faucis-transcript-highlights-key-takeaways-in-new-memo/.
Government. - May 31, 2024. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Republican Staff. “STAFF MEMORANDUM: Key Takeaways of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Transcribed Interview.” U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FINAL_Fauci-Memo.pdf.
Government, PDF. - December 8, 2023. Mitch Benzine, Joseph Cipollone, Eric Osterhues, and F. Gray Handley. “INTERVIEW OF: F. GRAY HANDLEY.” U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Handley-Transcript.pdf.
Government, PDF. - December 12, 2023. Gregory Folkers. “INTERVIEW OF: GREGORY FOLKERS.” U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Folkers-Transcript.pdf.
Government, PDF. - December 15, 2023. Desirae S Jura and Clifford Lane. “INTERVIEW OF: CLIFFORD LANE, M.D.” U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lane-Transcript.pdf.
Government, PDF. - December 20, 2023. Daria Berstell and Hugh Auchincloss. “INTERVIEW OF: DR. HUGH AUCHINCLOSS.” U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Auchincloss-Transcript.pdf.
Government, PDF. - January 8, 2024. Mitch Benzine, Joseph Cipollone, Jack Emmer, Eric Osterhues, and Anthony Fauci. “INTERVIEW OF: ANTHONY S. FAUCI.” U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Fauci-Part-1-Transcript.pdf.
Government, PDF. - January 9, 2024. Anthony Fauci. “INTERVIEW OF: ANTHONY S. FAUCI (DAY 2).” U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Fauci-Part-2-Transcript.pdf.
Government, PDF.