Republican lawmakers attack Fauci after former news anchor says he influenced COVID-19 coverage
Republican lawmakers, including Sen. Rand Paul and Gov. Ron DeSantis, have attacked Anthony Fauci after a former news anchor claimed he influenced COVID-19 coverage. The controversy surrounds a clip of former news correspondent Terry Moran discussing how a story he worked on was influenced by a legal review overseen by Fauci. Fauci has faced renewed scrutiny over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in recent weeks, including invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination at a Senate hearing.
- ▪Sen. Rand Paul and Gov. Ron DeSantis attacked Anthony Fauci after a clip of former news correspondent Terry Moran went viral on social media.
- ▪Terry Moran claimed that a story he worked on about COVID-19's origins was influenced by a legal review overseen by Anthony Fauci.
- ▪Fauci has faced renewed scrutiny over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, including invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination at a Senate hearing.
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| Publication time | Mon, 17 Aug 2026 04:58:41 +0000 |
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) attacked Anthony Fauci over the weekend after a clip of former news correspondent Terry Moran saying the former health official influenced ABC News’s COVID-19 coverage went viral on social media.While speaking on “The Fifth Column” podcast last week, Moran recounted an experience in “early” 2021 when a story he did about COVID-19’s origins was influenced by a legal review overseen by Anthony Fauci. Recommended Stories Republican lawmakers attack Fauci after former news anchor says he influenced COVID-19 coverage Fauci declines to appear before a second Senate panel after contempt vote COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy: What we know now “We talked to molecular biologists, we talked to people in the Trump administration, people who had…
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