Thread on X posted by Senator Rand Paul, Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs.
Paul on X, 6:16 AM, Sep 10, 2025: "BREAKING: Newly released emails show Fauci directed colleagues to 'delete this after you read it'—dating back to Feb. 2020. He denied it under oath. These documents are now public, and Fauci will finally testify before Chairman Rand Paul."
Page 1 of official letter from Rand Paul to Anthony Fauci, dated September 9, 2025
Paul on X, 6:16 AM, Sep 10, 2025: "The coverup began while the virus was barely on America’s radar. Just one day after the Feb. 1, 2020 Proximal Origins call, Fauci, Francis Collins, and Jeremy Farrar plotted how to 'get ahead of the science and the narrative' under WHO. Fauci ended with: 'Please delete this after you read it.'"
Email thread between Anthony Fauci, Francis Collins and Jeremy Farrar, dated February 2, 2020
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