The Biden administration has reportedly stalled the investigation into the Covid-19 pandemic, prompting Republicans to schedule a hearing on the matter.
This week, Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), chairman of the House of Representatives subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic, accused President Joe Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of manipulating the investigation into the origins of Covid-19.
Wenstrup said HHS has spent the last year “deliberately” avoiding lawful congressional oversight requests for documents. He said they deliberately ignored several letters, giving many excuses.
“When we asked for important testimony, it appeared that HHS intentionally misled the Select Subcommittee investigators. This pattern of avoiding responsibility to the American people cannot and should no longer be tolerated. The department must be held accountable for its parade of delays, excuses and obfuscation,” Wenstrup said.
In November 2023, the COVID subcommittee subpoenaed HHS official Melanie Egorin to appear to testify behind closed doors. In a letter to Egorin, the committee criticized HHS for being sluggish to respond to requests, turning over documents containing significant changes and withholding certain materials.
The subcommittee found that the editorials included the names of members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) who had threatened scientists.
Wenstrup recently revealed his interview with former NIH director Dr. Anthony Fauci, citing grants the NIH distributed with taxpayer money to the Eco Health Alliance, which conducted gain-of-function research in China. The Ohio congressman said he had no oversight of the research and added that Fauci has said he will sign off on anything that comes to his desk.
He further explained that the NIH had no oversight of foreign laboratories. Wenstrup quoted Fauci as saying he wouldn’t even know how to do it. After years of denying that the Covid-19 virus was created by a lab leak, Fauci admitted that he does not consider it a conspiracy theory.
I joined last week @AmericaNewsroom to discuss our latest findings from the transcript of the interview with Dr. Fauci. You can watch the entire clip below. pic.twitter.com/UKiNA9g8vd
– Representative. Brad Wenstrup (@RepBradWenstrup) January 22, 2024
