In a recent development that has sent shockwaves through the political and scientific communities, Senator Rand Paul accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of perjury.

The senator made this bold claim during an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” alleging that Fauci lied under oath during his past testimonies to Congress about coronavirus research in China.

Senator Paul’s accusations are not without basis. He points to an email from February 2020, where Dr. Fauci detailed a call with British medical researcher Jeremy Farrar, then director of the Wellcome Trust.

In this email, Fauci expressed concerns raised by a task force of highly credible scientists, including Francis Collins, former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute.

These experts were alarmed by unusual mutations in several isolates of the novel coronavirus, which they suspected might have been intentionally inserted.

Adding fuel to the fire, Fauci noted in the same email that scientists at Wuhan University were known to be working on gain-of-function experiments.

These experiments aimed to understand how bat viruses adapt to infect humans, and the outbreak’s origin in Wuhan only heightened these suspicions.

Despite these revelations, Dr. Fauci has vehemently denied any wrongdoing. He insists he “never lied before Congress” and refutes the claim that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded gain-of-function research.

His denial came in response to Senator Paul citing a journal article titled “Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses.”

However, Senator Paul remains undeterred. He believes that there has never been a clearer case of perjury in government testimony history.

He cites the Government Accountability Office (GAO) admitting funding for the controversial research came from the NIH. Furthermore, he points to the acting director of the NIH, Lawrence Tabak, who also admitted in writing that the funding originated from the NIH.

The senator’s most damning evidence is what he refers to as the “smoking gun.” He alleges that Dr. Fauci privately expressed suspicions that the virus had been manipulated, contradicting his public statements.

According to Senator Paul, Fauci described the research in private, which aligns exactly with the research the NIH funded.

In light of these allegations, Senator Paul has taken the extraordinary step of pursuing an official criminal referral of Dr. Fauci to the Department of Justice.

However, he laments the partisanship within the legal system, expressing concern that the current administration may not prosecute if the accused is a Democrat.