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FIRST ON FOX: Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul blasted former National Institutes of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci after Fauci denied allegations he froze out former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Robert Redfield from a key COVID-19 origins conference call.

Fauci was accused of freezing out Redfield from a February 2020 conference call regarding the origins of COVID-19 during Wednesdays explosive hearing from the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.

The former NIAID director rejected the allegations in a Fox News interview Thursday, saying House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordans allegations of bribing scientists and a "freeze-out" of Redfield are "preposterous."

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Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul blasted former National Institutes of Allergy & Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci after Fauci disputed allegations of freezing out former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield from a COVID-19 origin conference call.

Paul torched Fauci in a statement to Fox News Digital, saying the former NIAID director "did indeed lie to Congress about approving gain of function research in Wuhan."

"It is a fact that the scientists that Fauci convinced to change their minds on the lab leak theory were shortly thereafter given million-dollar increases in their NIH," Paul said.

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Paul, a frequent sparring partner with Fauci during hearings last Congress, has been a critic of gain of function research, which many say caused the COVID-19 pandemic in a Chinese lab leak.

Paul torched Fauci in a statement to Fox News Digital, saying the former NIAID director "did indeed lie to Congress about approving gain of function research in Wuhan."

Redfield said during Wednesdays hearing he believes gain of function research "probably caused the greatest pandemic our world has seen" when asked by select subcommittee chairman Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, if gain of function research has ever stopped a pandemic.

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Redfield also answered in the negative when Wenstrup asked if he believed there are any "tangible benefits" to gain of function research.

Redfield said during Wednesdays hearing he believes gain of function research "probably caused the greatest pandemic our world has seen" while under questioning by select subcommittee Chairman Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio.

The former CDC director also stressed that his scientist colleagues who engage in the research are "people of good faith" who "truly believe" the research will yield benefits.

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"I personally dont, but I do want to stress, I think the men and women that support it are people of good faith because they truly believe its going to lead to a potential benefit," Redfield said.

"I disagree with that assessment."

Fox News Digital's Charles Creitz contributed reporting.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci said that he has been totally "honest" during his time as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and spoke on his previous disputes with Republicans, especially Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.

"The most important thing weve got to do is stick with data, stick with science, be transparent and be honest, which I have been very much so literally for the entire 50 years that Ive been at the NIH and the 38 years that I directed the institute," Fauci said on CNN Tuesday.

Fauci was responding to questions from host Anderson Cooper on whether the new Republican-led House would be as "contentious" with him as Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has been at past congressional hearings.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci said that he has been totally "transparent" and "honest" during his time as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). ((Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP))

"That was an unfortunate interchange with Senator Paul, but that was Senator Paul being Senator Paul," Fauci said of his previous disputes with the senator.

Paul and Fauci have had a number of highly publicized clashes both in congressional hearings and online, with both sides accusing the other of dishonesty.

In one incident during 2021, Fauci blasted Paul during a debate about gain-of-function research and argued that "if anyone is lying here," it was Paul.

Fauci also responded to revelations from the Biden administrations Energy Department that the lab leak theory was a likely origin of COVID, a view that was recently echoed by FBI Director Christopher Wray.

But Fauci played both sides of the COVID debate, saying that it is "very tough to tell" one way or the other about the origins of the disease.

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Fauci played both sides of the COVID debate, saying that it is "very tough to tell" one way or the other about the origins of the disease. (Photo by GREG NASH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images | Photographer: Greg Nash/The Hill/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"It just still remains unknown at this particular point. There are two theories, as were all familiar with now; one is a lab leak theory, the other is it was a natural occurrence from an animal spillover."

Some members of Congress have questioned Faucis position on the origins of COVID, especially in the early days of the pandemic. Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan argued that the fundamental question behind COVID was answering why Fauci was "so consumed with making sure the narrative wasn't about the lab" during a Fox News appearance Sunday.

Fauci concluded that the world may never know the true origins of COVID in his interview with Cooper.

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"If it turns out to be a lab leak, you want to be very much more stringent in the controls of the experiments that you allow to be done. So, it is relevant to understand. Whether or not we ever will know, Anderson, Im not sure, but it certainly is important to know."

Jeffrey Clark is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. He has previously served as a speechwriter for a cabinet secretary and as a Fulbright teacher in South Korea. Jeffrey graduated from the University of Iowa in 2019 with a degree in English and History.

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U.S. Senator Rand Paul, M.D., is one of the nations leading advocates for liberty. Elected to the United States Senate in 2010, Dr. Paul has proven to be an outspoken champion for constitutional liberties and fiscal responsibility. As a fierce advocate against government overreach, Dr. Paul has fought tirelessly to return government to its limited, constitutional scope. As a hard-working and dedicated physician not a career politician Dr. Paul came to Washington to shake things up and to make a difference.

Dr. Paul is a devoted husband and father of three and has been married for 31 years to Kelley Ashby Paul of Russellville, Ky. Dr. Paul and Kelley are both devout Christians and are active in their local church. Dr. Paul is the third of five children born to Carol and Ron Paul. He grew up in Lake Jackson, Tex., and attended Baylor University. He graduated from Duke Medical School in 1988. Dr. Paul completed a general surgery internship at Georgia Baptist Medical Center in Atlanta, Ga., and completed his residency in ophthalmology at Duke University Medical Center. Upon completion of his training in 1993, Dr. Paul and Kelley moved to Bowling Green to start their family and begin his ophthalmology practice.

Dr. Paul founded the Southern Kentucky Lions Eye Clinic, an organization that provides eye exams and surgery to needy families and individuals. He is a former president and 17-year member of Lions Clubs International, which is dedicated to preserving sight by providing eyeglasses and surgery to the less fortunate around the world. In recognition of his outstanding and sustained efforts to provide vision care to Kentuckians in need, Lions Clubs International has awarded Dr. Paul many of its highest commendations.

During his free time, Dr. Paul currently performs pro-bono eye surgeries for patients across Kentucky. Additionally, he provides free eye surgery to children from around the world. Most recently, he traveled to Guatemala and Haiti on a medical mission trip. During his time in Guatemala and Haiti, over 200 patients, many of them blind with cataracts, had their vision restored.

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At the peak of the pandemic, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was censored by Big Tech. He was insulted, ridiculed, mocked, and scorned for many of his claims regarding COVID-19. Whether it was the efficacy of masks or the virus's origins, the Left's Big Tech henchmen did everything possible to suppress Paul's voice because they disagreed with his assertions.

They were wrong, as we now know, and they owe Paul an apology.

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The U.S. Energy Department and the FBI now agree that a lab leak is probably to blame for the spread of the COVID-19 virus, according to reports. The disclosure was made in "low confidence" earlier this week after the department received new intelligence on the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The Energy Department oversees 17 national labs and research centers and was investigating the pandemic's origins. Meanwhile, the Energy Department's admission was just the latest in a recent string of evidence vindicating Paul. A new study released this month revealed that immunity from a natural COVID infection was "at least as high, if not higher" than receiving the vaccine. Paul said this last year but was dismissed by many on the Left as spreading misinformation.

"The science is against you on this. The science is clear," Paul said at the time, citing an Israeli study that supported his claim. "Naturally acquired immunity is as good as a vaccine."

Paul was heavily criticized by those on the Left for saying the same thing the Energy Department just now concluded. He was censored by Big Tech and vilified by Democratic politicians who claimed Paul's now-vindicated assertions were detrimental to the country. But it was Big Tech and the Democrats who were harming the country, not the Kentucky Republican.

"Trust the science" evolved into "trust the tyrants," and the Left sought total compliance to its authoritarianism during the pandemic. Anyone objecting, such as Paul, was vilified as an ignorant conspiracy theorist and, in some cases, accomplice to murder. What happened to Paul should serve as a warning of left-wing, Democratic totalitarianism and why they can never be trusted to regulate speech or information. Liberals, Democrats, the Left, and Big Tech all owe Rand Paul an apology. Will they ever do so?

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On March 6, 2013, Sen. Rand Paul held a marathon 13-hour filibuster of John Brennans nomination to head the CIA. He began speaking at 11:47 AM on Wednesday and ended at 12:39 AM early Thursday morning.

It was a long night.

The issue: Potential drone strikes on American citizens. At the time, this was something Brennan and the Obama administration would not clearly say it did not have the constitutional authority to do.

Sen. Paul needed to hear Brennan say precisely that.

Droning American citizens was also something the Obama administration had carried out in 2011, including the killing of an American minor abroad. As the New York Times recounted in July 2012, The first strike, on Sept. 30, killed a group of people including Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric who was born in New Mexico, and Samir Khan, a naturalized American citizen who lived at times in Queens, Long Island and North Carolina. The second, on Oct. 14, killed a group of people including Mr. Awlakis 16-year-old son, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, who was born in Colorado.

When asked by a reporter how the Obama administration could justify the killing of a teenage American citizen with zero due process, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that Abdulrahman al-Awlaki should have had a more responsible father.

So that was the political environment regarding civil liberties in 2013.

Paul said during the time of the filibuster, I have allowed the president to pick his appointees, but I will not sit quietly and let him shred the Constitution. I cannot sit at my desk quietly and let the president say he will kill Americans on American soil who are not actively attacking the country.

The reaction to Pauls act was overwhelming. The filibuster was the top story across the country, galvanizing and even uniting for a time Tea Party conservatives and hard Left progressives over the issues of due process and basic civil liberties.

The feminist antiwar group Code Pink delivered a giant pink heart praising Paul for his filibuster.

Rush Limbaugh, who had very few guests his entire radio career, invited Paul on his program, called him a hero and said the neocons are paranoid concerning the senators hawkish critics.

As a gauge of how popular and successful the filibuster had been in changing public opinion, Slates Dave Weigel noted that after a month of people still talking about Pauls stance, one poll showed there had been a A 50point swing against targeted drone killings of U.S. citizens.

Weigel observed back then, A year ago, as the presidential race was taking shape, The Washington Posts pollster asked voters whether they favored the use of drones to kill terrorists or terror suspects if they were American citizens living in other countries.

The net rating at the time was positive: 65 percent for, 26 percent against, he noted.

Then came a massive shift in opinion.

Today, after a month of Rand Paul-driven discussion of drone warfare, Gallup asks basically the same question: Should the U.S. use drones to launch airstrikes in other countries against U.S. citizens living abroad who are suspected terrorists?

The new numbers: 41 percent for, 52 percent against.

Sen. Paul had taken an issue most Americans never even thought about, and to the degree that they did, a strong majority agreed with the governments position. After Paul highlighted the issue in such a spectacular manner, the majority of the public came over to his side.

That doesnt happen every day. That usually doesnt happen on any day.

Passing or stopping legislation is any member of Congresss primary job. But if some are lucky, they might get to change hearts and minds.

For one heady moment in 2013, Rand Paul did just that.

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