What I'm really waiting for is to see what the grandstanding Sen. Paul gets out of his 'criminal referral' gimmick; it could be a 'careful what you wish for" moment; if it goes forward, expect to see a slew of criminal referrals against all those Turd Reich minions and Trumpettes who lied their asses off in front of Congress over the past few years; this would include, of course, those who willfully lied about the Covid pandemic failed response by the previous administration in order to appease and cover the fat ass on T****...
As for Faucci, he's not really in a need to worry; what Sen. Paul did was an echo of the whole "the election was stolen!!" farce; in order for Paul's 'referral' to get anywhere, he would have to decisively prove Faucci knowingly and willfully lied in his statements to Congress, which means Paul would have to definitively and decisively prove:
a) The Covid virus was deliberately leaked for the Wuhan Lab;
b) The CDC deliberately funded the specific activities at Wuhan for that specific purpose;
c) Faucci had a direct and causal control over those Wuhan activities;
d) Faucci was fully aware of the alleged activities at Wuhan and failed to either exercise control or alert the appropriate authorities;
e) There is absolute, beyond a shadow of a doubt, proof, evidence or testimony to support all of the above as criminal actions;
I really don't think Faucci is at all worried or even gives Paul any thought at all...
As for Sen. Paul, well, he's just butt hurt that Faucci publicly tore him a new one and shoved it in Paul's face; that, and how he "let down the side" of his GOP cronies by blowing, big time, a chance to further deflect from what is heavily weighing on their parties mind: how will they explain away the failures of the Turd Reich vis-a-vis the Pandemic, the parties support for those failures, the continuing failures by the GOP to adequately address continuing Pandemic issues, etc., when the Mid-Term Elections come around next year; the GOP is scrambling and clutching at straws to avoid being held to account for their weak-kneed ass-kissing of the Great MAGAt Rump while US citizens (aka voters) were left without leadership to suffer the effects, too often lethal and crippling, of Covid...
Paul's "criminal referral"? Just a weak pathetic, desperate effort to save face, deflect from his own shortcomings, and to mitigate further fallout from his own party; keep this in mind: while anyone, such as Faucci, can be indicted/charged with lying to Congress in a hearing, the Congress members themselves are immune from prosecution, no matter the nature or extent of any lies they may tell; Paul has a free "Get Out of Jail" card, Faucci dose not...
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