Congress Has Refused To Enforce Perjury, And Now People Like Fauci Lie To Them Constantly

By Tristan Justice

Few who have testified on Capitol Hill have been prosecuted for false statements to Congress. Prosecution of Dr. Anthony Fauci would be a rare break from tradition.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony Fauci appeared perplexed last week at the notion he may be investigated and possibly prosecuted for lying to Congress on multiple occasions.

Republican freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn pledged to demand exactly that on Wednesday should Republicans regain control of the lower chamber next year.

“When a congressman makes a statement… if they take over the House in 2022 I should be criminally investigated. On what basis is he making that comment?” Fauci said on Fox News.

Given Congress’s poor record pursuing perjury cases with actual enforcement of statutes that prohibit lying to either chamber, one can see why Fauci, who sees himself as the arbiter of “science,” would be confused.

Cawthorn’s threat last week sprang from a repeated exchange between Fauci and Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul over NIAID’s funding for gain-of-function research at a Wuhan lab, where the novel coronavirus saw its first outbreak.

full story and video at https://thefederalist.com/2021/07/28/congress-has-refused-to-enforce-perjury-and-now-people-like-fauci-lie-to-them-constantly/