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COVID-19 origins

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Moreno demands Fauci apology in Senate hearing as he invokes Fifth over 100 times

Aug 25, 2026

The Nexa Politics video covers a July 29, 2026 Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing chaired by Sen. Rand Paul. Fauci, subpoenaed over COVID origins and his role in the response, gave a brief opening statement accusing Paul of seeking to trap him for prosecution and then invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) pressed him on school closures, mask policies, vaccine mandates, and demanded apologies to affected groups, including military members discharged, business owners, families, and specifically an Ohio mother arrested at a high school football game in 2020. Moreno had audience members stand if harmed by policies and asked Fauci to face them; Fauci did not. The segment highlights Moreno's sharp rhetoric, including an expletive and criticism of Fauci's attorney David Schertler.

▶ Source: Nexa Politics

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Rand Paul releases Fauci pandemic diaries showing early market doubts

Jul 29, 2026

The segment discusses newly released Fauci diary entries from early 2020, obtained and shared by Sen. Rand Paul ahead of Fauci's Senate Homeland Security testimony. It highlights private notes indicating Fauci viewed the Wuhan market as an amplifier rather than source, and a conference call where most scientists leaned toward possible lab features. Guests Dr. Richard Ebright and Gary Ruskin argue the documents show NIH-funded gain-of-function research at Wuhan created SARS-CoV-2 in violation of policy, that Fauci misled the public and Congress, and that he interfered with CIA assessments favoring lab origin.

▶ Source: NewsNation

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Rand Paul, Fox News discuss Fauci, COVID origins amid new document releases

Jun 28, 2026

Fox News segment features Maria Bartiromo interviewing Sen. Rand Paul on Fauci's alleged funding of gain-of-function research at Wuhan, efforts to shape a wet-market narrative, and Biden's preemptive pardon. Paul cites new files from Tulsi Gabbard, CIA analyst votes, and a 2018 DARPA proposal as evidence of a cover-up. The discussion covers Paul's subpoena for Fauci testimony and questions about the pardon’s validity. Paul and the host rely on recent declassified documents, Senate hearing testimony, and Paul's investigations; no opposing experts or administration officials are included. The throughline is that Fauci directed risky research and suppressed the lab-leak hypothesis.

▶ Source: Fox News

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Gabbard declassifies docs alleging Fauci role in Wuhan research funding, origins cover-up

Jun 19, 2026

The segment covers DNI Tulsi Gabbard's June 18, 2026 release of declassified documents on her final day in office, alleging Fauci oversaw US taxpayer funding for gain-of-function research at Wuhan Institute of Virology and manipulated intelligence to hide lab-leak origins of COVID-19. Rand Paul praises the release and reiterates calls for DOJ prosecution. Hosts debate accountability, Fauci's mask/distancing statements, Biden's 2025 pardon, and whether evidence supports charges. One host asserts lab leak is proven; another notes ongoing uncertainty and scientific community nuance.

▶ Source: The Hill