Did Fauci Lie Under Oath During His Deposition?

Anthony Fauci on Wednesday was questioned under oath by Attorneys General Eric Schmitt (Missouri) and Jeff Landry (Louisiana) in their lawsuit against the federal government for allegedly colluding with Big Tech platforms to censor content critical of the experimental COVID-19 shots and countermeasures.

Fauci Questioned Under Oath in Big Tech Censorship Case

Eric Schmitt shared these key takeaways from Fauci's deposition:

• Fauci knew the Lab Leak theory had merit but it’d come back to him & sought to immediately discredit it
• He defended lockdowns
• The rest of us “don’t have the ability” to determine what’s best for ourselves

Some takeaways from the deposition of Fauci:
▪️Fauci knew the Lab Leak theory had merit but it’d come back to him & sought to immediately discredit it
▪️He defended lockdowns
▪️The rest of us “don’t have the ability” to determine what’s best for ourselves

More to come—Stay tuned

— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) November 24, 2022

According to The Epoch Times, Fauci said he could not recall key details about his actions during the COVID-19 plandemic.

"It was amazing, literally, that we spent seven hours with Dr. Fauci - this is a man who single-handedly wrecked the U.S. economy based upon 'the science, follow the science.' And over the course of seven hours, we discovered that he can't recall practically anything dealing with his COVID response," Landry told The Epoch Times.

"He just said, 'I can't recall, I haven't seen that. And I think we need to put these documents into context,'" Landry added.

"It was extremely troubling to realize that this is a man who advises presidents of the United States and yet couldn't recall information he put out, information he discussed, press conferences he held dealing with the COVID-19 response," Landry said later.

This is what happens when @elonmusk frees @Twitter pic.twitter.com/oroO2w9i3I

— AG Jeff Landry (@AGJeffLandry) November 24, 2022

Jenin Younes with the New Civil Liberties Alliance, another lawyer representing plaintiffs in the case, provided details regarding Fauci's deposition.

The other one, which I didn’t write down carefully enough to claim is verbatim, is: I was too busy developing a vaccine that saved millions of lives to care about what happens on social media.

— Jenin Younes (former handle @leftylockdowns1) (@JeninYounesEsq) November 23, 2022

Another gem from today’s deposition of Dr. Fauci: his friend Cliff Lane traveled to China at the beginning of 2020, and determined that we should emulate China— at least to a degree—bc they had done such a good job containing the virus. Of course, human rights- not to mention 1/

— Jenin Younes (former handle @leftylockdowns1) (@JeninYounesEsq) November 24, 2022

But was apparently willing to base his lockdown advocacy on the observations of a single guy relying on reports from a dictator 3/3

— Jenin Younes (former handle @leftylockdowns1) (@JeninYounesEsq) November 24, 2022

saving lives to be bothered by such trivialities, but he’s certain that they show masks work.
Also, he made the court reporter wear a mask because she was sniffling, even though she said it was allergies. “The last thing in the world I want is to get covid.”
That’s verbatim. 2/2

— Jenin Younes (former handle @leftylockdowns1) (@JeninYounesEsq) November 24, 2022

From The Epoch Times:

Jenin Younes with the New Civil Liberties Alliance, another lawyer representing plaintiffs in the case, said that Fauci claimed he did not worry about a document called the Great Barrington Declaration.

Penned in October 2020, the document called for focused protection on people most at-risk from COVID-19 while rescinding the harsh restrictions that had been imposed on children and others at little risk from the disease. Two of its authors, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and Martin Kulldorff, are plaintiffs in the case.

Fauci, though, has spoken multiple times about the declaration.

In internal emails that were later published, Fauci and Dr. Francis Collins, Fauci's former boss, both criticized the declaration. "There needs to be a quick and devastating published takedown of its premises," Collins wrote, prompting Fauci to send him a Wired magazine article he claimed "debunks this theory."

In another missive, obtained by The Epoch Times through a Freedom of Information Act request, Fauci said the declaration reminded him of AIDS denialism.

Fauci also talked about the declaration in public, including defending his criticism during a congressional hearing in May.

"I have come out very strongly publicly against the Great Barrington Declaration," Fauci wrote to Dr. Deborah Birx in another email.

So #Fauci claimed under oath at his censorship deposition that he hasn't "time to worry about things like the Great Barrington Declaration"

Did he lie under oath?

Fauci email to Birx, 10-16-2020

"I have come out very strongly publicly against the Great Barrington Declaration" https://t.co/tB1SX09ZDQ pic.twitter.com/Cy9MUX2AJM

— Phil Holloway ✈️ (@PhilHollowayEsq) November 23, 2022