Dr. Anthony Fauci said a surprising number of times that he could not recall when he was asked questions about the COVID-19 pandemic in a close-door session with a Congressional committee, top lawmakers said on Jan. 8.
“There may be over 100 or so, so far, ‘I don’t recall’, ‘I don’t remember’ answers,” Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) told reporters on Capitol Hill after Dr. Fauci answered questions for seven hours.
Dr. Fauci, the longtime head of the U.S. National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) until around the end of 2022, was testifying to the U.S. House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. He was speaking in the private session under oath for the first time since he left office. The last time he spoke under oath, he also said he didn’t recall in response to a number of questions. Dr. Fauci was accompanied by two personal lawyers and two government lawyers….
