Sen. Rand Paul takes aim at Dr. Fauci in new book focused on the COVID-19 'cover-up'

Sen. Rand Paul will release a book in October focusing on the origins of the coronavirus, as well as Dr. Anthony Fauci's role in the pandemic.

"Covid-19 was deadly, but the real killer was the cover-up, led by Anthony Fauci — America’s most durable medical bureaucrat — who knew from the beginning the virus was likely genetically engineered and possibly leaked from a lab," Paul said in a statement in the publisher's news release. "He knew because he’d skirted regulations and funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan and elsewhere. We can’t allow Fauci and his yes-men to walk away from what they’ve done, or the next pandemic may be far worse." Kyle Morris covers politics for Fox News. Story tips can be sent to kyle.morris@fox.com and on Twitter: @RealKyleMorris.

"Wielding previously unimaginable power, Anthony Fauci misled the country about the origins of the Covid pandemic and shut down scientific dissent. One of the few leaders who dared to challenge 'America’s Doctor' was Senator Rand Paul, himself a physician. Deception is his indictment of the catastrophic failures of the public health bureaucracy during the pandemic," Regnery said of the book in a press release.