Fauci flip flops during Congress grilling: Ex-White House doctor ducks more than 100 questions about Covid and admits he approved risky Wuhan coronavirus research proposal without reading it

Dr Anthony Fauci evaded more than 100 questions about Covid, the lab leak theory and his ties to Wuhan during a landmark Congressional hearing Monday. In the past, Dr Fauci has clashed with lawmakers including Sen Rand Paul of Kentucky over his perceived coverup of funding for gain of function research as well as the Covid lab leak theory Republican Congressman Brad Wenstrup of Ohio, who is heading up the hearings, said: ‘Dr Fauci’s testimony today uncovered drastic and systemic failures in America’s public health systems. ‘Clearly, the American people and the United States government are operating with completely different expectations about the responsibilities of our public health leaders and the accountability of our public health agencies.’ According to House Select Committee on Coronavirus, Dr Fauci denied remembering key details of the response ‘more than 100 times’. New emails dated February 1, 2020 show Fauci acknowledged that 'scientists in Wuhan University are known to have been working on gain-of-function experiments to determine that molecular mechanisms associated with bat viruses adapting to human infection, and the outbreak originated in Wuhan' That project was titled Understanding The Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence'. ‘Dr Fauci signed off on all domestic and foreign research grants without reviewing the proposals and admitted that he was unaware if NIAID conducted oversight of the laboratories they fund.’ Lawmakers had compiled hundreds of pages of questions for the former White House medical advisor before going into Monday The transcript of Dr Fauci’s first day of testimony has not been made publicly available, but given the tense tenor of past hearings before congressional committees, the meetings on Monday and Tuesday are expected to become heated.