Tsunami Warning Issued for Fukushima After 7.3 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan

A tsunami warning was issued for Fukushima after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit northern Japan Wednesday night.

A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake struck 60 kilometers (36 miles) below the sea.

The region is part of northern Japan that was devastated by a deadly 9.0 quake and tsunami 11 years ago that also caused nuclear plant meltdowns. Wednesday’s quake came only days after the area marked the 11th anniversary of the disaster in March 2011.

The agency issued a tsunami advisory for up to a meter (3-foot) sea surge in parts of Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. NHK national television said the tsunami might have reached some areas already.

Live cam in Tokyo captured the earthquake:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/tsunami-warning-issued-fukushima-7-3-magnitude-earthquake-hits-japan-video/

Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Urges Public To ‘Call The Jails’ And Demand Jussie Smollett Be Freed

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors is urging the public to call the jail where Jussie Smollett is incarcerated and demand the disgraced actor be freed.

Cullors, a self-described “trained Marxist,” resigned as executive director of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation last year amid criticism of her lavish lifestyle, personal wealth and ownership of four high-end homes that amount to $3.2 million.

The socialist grifter warns the conditions hate crime hoaxer Smollett is subjected to in jail are “unacceptable.”

“I’m in Chicago and was able to see Jussie today, and he’s strong, but what’s happening inside is just — it’s just unacceptable,” Cullors said in a video published on social media on Monday. “Today is the first day that he’s going to be able to get an actual bed. He’s been sleeping on a restraint bed.”

“They’ve also filed for him to be released — filed to the Appellate court,” she continued. “Hopefully we’ll learn by this week, no later than Wednesday, if he’ll get out. And, honestly, we just need folks to keep tagging ‘#FreeJussie,’ keep posting.

In 2019, Smollett fabricated an elaborate lie in a bid to frame Trump’s supporters with a racist hate crime, claiming he was physically assaulted by two men wearing MAGA hats, put a noose around his neck, poured bleach on him, berated him with homophobic and racist slurs and then declared, “This is MAGA country.”

In reality, Smollett staged the hate crime with the assistance of Nigerian brothers Ola and Abel Osundairo.

Last year, the former Empire star was convicted of five felony counts of disorderly conduct.

After two years of litigation, on March 10 Judge James Lin sentenced the race-baiting hoaxer to a light sentence, 150 days in jail, 30 months of probation, restitution of $120,106 and a $25,000 fine.

Despite the hate crimes Smollett committed, Cullors implored “folks to call the jail and check up on him, but also say that you think he should be freed.”

“The last thing is, we need folks to challenge the misinformation and disinformation around this case. That’s so critical,” she added.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/black-lives-matter-co-founder-urges-public-call-jails-demand-jussie-smollett-freed/

Leftist Reaction to Zelensky’s Speech: ‘Let’s Go to War with Russia!’

Zelensky attempted to grab the ear of Americans by comparing the situation in Ukraine with Pearl Harbor and 9-11. It’s a sad situation in Ukraine but will the US risk a nuclear war?

Axios tweeted Zelensky’s speech and his mention of Pearl Harbor and 9-11:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/leftist-reaction-zelenskys-speach-go-war-russia/

Stocks Slide After Biden To Send Armed Drones To Ukraine As Part Of Aid Package

Update:

*BIDEN SAYS U.S. WILL PROVIDE UKRAINE WITH ARMED DRONES

*BIDEN: WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL $800M IN UKRAINE SECURITY AID

Stocks turned down sharply following Biden's comments.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/watch-live-biden-announce-additional-ukraine-aid

West’s global political and economic dominance ends – Putin

The Russian president says the “myth of the Western welfare state, of the so-called golden billion, is crumbling”

Russian President Vladimir Putin has opined that the latest rounds of unprecedented sanctions imposed on Russia by the US and its allies over the Kremlin’s military campaign in Ukraine, mark the end of an era. According to Putin, from now on the West will be losing its “global dominance” both politically and economically.

Speaking on Wednesday, the Russian head of state proclaimed that the “myth of the Western welfare state, of the so-called golden billion, is crumbling.” Moreover, it is the “whole planet that is having to pay the price for the West’s ambitions, and its attempts to retain its vanishing dominance at any cost,” Putin said.

The president predicted food shortages across the world as Western sanctions against Russia are adversely affecting the entire global economy.

Touching on the decision by several Western powers to freeze Russia’s central bank assets, Putin claimed that this would only serve to irreparably undermine trust in those nations, and make other countries think twice before placing their reserves in the care of those countries. According to him, nearly half of Moscow’s assets were “simply stolen” by the West.

Addressing people in the West, the Russian leader said the massive sanctions imposed on Russia were already backfiring on the US and Europe themselves, with governments there trying hard to convince their citizens that Russia was to blame.

Putin warned ordinary people in the West that attempts to portray Moscow as the primary source of all their woes were lies, with a lot of those issues being the direct result of the Western governments’ “ambitions” and “political short-sightedness.”

The Western elites, according to Putin, have turned their countries into an “empire of lies,” but Russia will keep on presenting its own position to the whole world, no matter what.

https://www.rt.com/russia/552079-putin-west-domination-ends/

BLM Leader and Boston’s Woman of the Year is Arrested, Indicted on Federal Charges for Squandering $1 Million in Donations on Hotels, a New Home and Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

A Black Lives Matter activist and the Boston Globe‘s Woman of the Year was indicted on Tuesday on federal charges for squandering much of her $1 million from her nonprofit on expensive hotel stays, vacations, and meals at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

Monica Cannon Grant also raised her salary from $25,000 in 2020 to $170,000 in 2021.

A BLM activist has been charged over a huge fraud which is said to have included blowing a grant intended for young men at risk of violence on trips to Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Shake Shack and a nail salon.

Monica Cannon-Grant, 41, is also said to have paid herself $2,700-a-week and treated herself to a $450,000 five-bed house in Taunton, Massachusetts, last year.

She is accused of using much of the $1 million raised by her nonprofit Violence in Boston Inc for good causes. Her salary jumped from $25,000 in 2020 to $170,000 in 2021.

Cannon-Grant – once named a Bostonian of the Year by the prestigious Boston Globe newspaper – was arrested at her spacious home last week. She appeared in a federal court Monday alongside husband Clark Grant, 38, with the pair facing 18 separate criminal counts dating from 2017 to July 2021. She has denied all allegations made against her.

Judge Judith Dein raised eyebrows after releasing Cannon-Grant on her own recognizance and saying she could continue to work for Violence in Boston – the nonprofit she’s accused of using as a front for her crimes – but that she must not be involved in its finances.

The couple are said to have misappropriated grants intended for their charity, including a $6,000 check given to them by Suffolk District Attorney’s office in June 2019, intended to be spent on a retreat for young men feared to be at risk of falling into crime.

Instead, Cannon-Grant and Grant treated themselves to meals at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. and Shake Shack, and a three night break to Maryland that included a $1,200 hotel stay, it is claimed.

Video via CBS Boston.

https://youtu.be/JRAVdyjlevw

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/blm-leader-bostons-woman-year-arrested-indicted-federal-charges-squandering-1-million-donations-hotels-new-home-bubba-gump-shrimp-co-video/

European Regulators Tell Banks To Put Russian Accounts Under Surveillance, Even EU Residents

In the latest alarming story that has that disturbing whiff of WWII-era Japanese internment camps, some European banks are now surveilling all Russia and Belarusian clients to ensure they are not seeking to circumvent Western sanctions on Moscow.

What's more is that the order to intensively scrutinize transactions merely based on an ethnicity and nationality is coming down on orders from top EU regulators. According to Reuters, "The instructions from ECB [European Central Bank] supervisors mean tens of thousands of Russians and Belarusians resident in the EU face intense surveillance by their banks, which are on alert for big payments and deposits as well as new credit applications, said sources."

The heaviest concentration of Russians in the EU are in Germany - at over 230,000 - and with Spain following, at more than 81,000. A source quoted in Reuters said, "At first, the measures were focused on those of Russian nationality, whether they were residents or non-residents, and later it was extended to Belarusians."

Lest anyone think this is just run-of-the-mill sanctions enforcement on Russian nationals and particularly that it's all about oligarchs, there's this glaring admission in the exclusive Reuters report that even EU residents could be under watch on the mere basis of their national origin:

Some ECB supervisory teams, which include staff from the central bank and national authorities, have told banks to tighten control of EU residents too if they come from Russia or Belarus, said the sources, from banks and watchdogs.

This even though on paper the sanctions laws are supposed to exempt those holding temporary or permanent EU residence permits. The EU measures restrict Russian nationals or companies from making deposits above €100,000.

Banks are further being told by the ECB to extra careful in reviewing loan applications from any Russian or Belarusian. Already, writes Reuters, Spain is applying mass additional surveillance of thousands of bank accounts on the mere basis of having Russian ethnicity.

"In one instance, a Spanish bank has put around 8,000 Russian clients who are not on the EU sanctions list and are residing in Spain under surveillance, said one of the sources," according to the report. What's more is that "All new lending to Russians who do not have Spanish residency has been halted and at least one bank will not allow non-resident Russians to open new accounts, they added."

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/european-regulators-tell-banks-put-russian-accounts-under-surveillance-even-eu-residents

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/european-regulators-tell-banks-put-russian-accounts-under-surveillance-even-eu-residents

British-Iranian prisoner released home after UK negotiates payment of $500 million to Iran

A British-Iranian woman held prisoner in Iran for nearly six years has been freed and is returning home to the United Kingdom after the U.K. government negotiated to pay a historic debt the Iranian government claimed was owed to the Islamic theocracy.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a charity worker with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was imprisoned in Iran in 2016 after the authoritarian regime accused her of being a spy and of plotting to overthrow the government. She and her family denied the charges, insisting she was on vacation with her daughter to visit family in Tehran.

Zaghari-Ratcliffe spent nearly five years in prison before she was released to house arrest in her parents' home, the Washington Post reports.

Iranian state media reported Wednesday that Zaghari-Ratcliffe and another dual national, Anousheh Ashouri, left the country after the U.K. government paid more than $500 million to Teharn, according to Reuters.

That money was part of a debt Iran's theocratic rulers claimed the British government owed after the shah of Iran purchased 1,750 Chieftain tanks and other weapons from the United Kingdom in the 1970s. But the U.K.'s International Military Services never delivered those weapons because the Islamic Revolution of 1979 toppled the U.S.-backed Shah. The order was canceled even though the previous Iranian government had paid in advance for it, and the Islamic regime that replaced the shah's government has since demanded the repayment of those funds.

Richard Ratcliffe, Nazanin's husband, who has tirelessly protested and advocated for his wife's release, had previously accused Iran of using his wife as a political hostage in the country's dispute over the debt.

U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss confirmed in a statement Wednesday that "we have also settled the IMS debt" after announcing Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release.

The British government has denied that the two issues are related.

Earlier this year, however, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not deny there were efforts to negotiate Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release by settling the debt dispute with Iran.

On Feb. 9, British member of Parliament Tulip Siddiq said she had learned of a deal signed between the U.K. government and Iranian authorities in the summer of 2021 "that would have resulted in the payment of the £400m that we owe Iran and the release of my constituent Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe," but that deal had fallen through, according to Sky News.

Siddiq asked Johnson to meet with her and Richard Ratcliffe to explain why the deal had collapsed.

"The International Military Services, or IMS, debt is difficult to settle and square away for all sorts of reasons to do with sanctions. But we will continue to work on it and I will certainly make sure that we have another meeting with Richard Ratcliffe in due course," Jonson said in response, suggesting the IMS debt was in-fact part of the negotiations to secure Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release.

Foreign Secretary Truss said in her statement that resolving the IMS debt payment and securing the release of detained British nationals were "my top priorities" upon assuming office in September 2021.

"Last month I spoke twice to Iranian Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian in a final push to bring negotiations to a successful conclusion. Our officials then held a last round of negotiations to sign off an agreement allowing Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori to return to the UK, and Morad Tahbaz to be released on furlough to his house in Tehran," Truss said.

"The IMS debt has been settled in full compliance with UK and international sanctions and all legal obligations. These funds will be ring-fenced solely for the purchase of humanitarian goods."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/british-iranian-prisoner-released-home-after-u-k-negotiates-payment-of-500-million-debt-to-iran

Alexander Vindman Served At Grad School Funded By Chinese Communist Group.

CUSEF rears its head, again.

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman served as a Senior Fellow at a graduate school receiving funds from and collaborating with a controversial Chinese Communist Party influence group flagged by the U.S. State Department for its efforts to infiltrate American politics, The National Pulse can reveal.

Vindman, who testified during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial, served as a Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) from September 2020 to August 2021.

As a Foreign Policy Institute (FPI) Senior Fellow, Vindman also participated in several events promoting his book “Here, Right Matters” with SAIS during his fellowship.

SAIS, however, has accepted funding from the China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF) and sent its students on trips to China sponsored by the foreign influence group.

CUSEF functions as part China’s “United Front,” which the federal government identifies as Beijing’s covert operation “to co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority of its ruling Chinese Communist Party” and “influence foreign governments to take actions or adopt positions supportive of Beijing.”

The U.S. State Department compares the United Front to the Chinese regime’s “magic weapon” to advance its preferred policies by infiltrating American politics, media, and academia.

In 2017, SAIS announced a new endowed professorship in its China Studies department and launched a new research project called the Pacific Community Initiative, which aims to examine “what China’s broader role in Asia and the world means for its neighbors and partners.” Both projects were sizably funded by CUSEF, as flagged by Foreign Policy.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/03/16/vindman-served-at-ccp-funded-sais-school/

Reading Ability of Children Far Lower than in Pre-COVID Times – Study

The reading ability of fourth-graders in Germany has dramatically dropped since pre-pandemic times, a study has found.

A study by researchers from TU Dortmund has found that German children in the fourth grade of primary school are far less capable of reading than their predecessors who passed through the grade pre-pandemic.

It comes amid a warning from UNICEF that children worldwide have suffered “a nearly insurmountable” loss of learning as a result of school closures during the Chinese Coronavirus pandemic.

According to a press release from the researchers, the study involved the administration of a standard reading test to fourth graders in over one hundred German schools in 2021, the results of which were compared to samples taken in 2016.

The results of this comparison are reportedly stark, with the number of children capable of a reading level rated from good to very good falling seven per cent since 2016.

Meanwhile, the number of children who have problems with reading comprehension increased by six per cent, to over a quarter of all students who took the test in 2021.

“If you express it in years of learning, the children are missing an average of half a year of learning,” explained Dr. Ulrich Ludewig, who helped to lead the study. “If the change in the composition of the student body is taken into account, the gap while slightly smaller, the significant decline in mean reading ability remains.”

The researchers also warned that the results of the study likely mean that there has been a knock-on effect for the rest of the school system, with reading being an essential skill for most subjects.

This is not the first time education experts have sounded alarm bells regarding the effect pandemic school closures have had on children.

UNICEF has previously warned that the mass school closures across the world have led to a “nearly insurmountable scale of loss to children’s schooling”, saying that children need “intensive support” to get back on track with their educational and social development.

“Quite simply, we are looking at a nearly insurmountable scale of loss to children’s schooling,” UNICEF education chief Robert Jenkins said.

“Students need intensive support to recover lost education. Schools must also go beyond places of learning to rebuild children’s mental and physical health, social development and nutrition,” he continued.

This sentiment was echoed by curriculum and assessment group Amplify, who reportedly found that over one in three kids in America who started their schooling during the pandemic require “intensive” intervention to read at grade level.

The group claims that 37 per cent of kindergarteners are what they call “at-risk readers”, who they judge to have only a 20 per cent chance of being able to attain the reading level expected of them by the end of their school year.

“The simple fact is that school shutdowns are much more harmful to children than COVID-19 is, and by once again closing down schools, we’re blatantly ignoring this reality,” said Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), urging US authorities to avoid further school closures back in January.

“Shame on anyone who is allowing their own fear or political agenda to let our kids fall further behind,” he continued.

https://ifs.ep.tu-dortmund.de/details/die-covid-19-pandemie-und-lesekompetenz-von-viertklaesslerinnen-ergebnisse-der-ifs-schulpanelstudie-2016-2021-18640/

LGBTQIA+ Disney Employees Plan Walkout over Company’s Response to Florida’s Don’t-Groom-Kids Bill

Disney employees, including those who are LGBTQIA+, are planning a massive walkout for March 22 to protest the entertainment giant’s response to Florida’s education bill that prohibits teaching of sexuality and transgender ideology to students in kindergarten through third grade.

The planned walkout is set to occur at 3 p.m. on the 22nd, according to The Wrap. But it isn’t clear how much support the walkout actually has, or how many employees might participate.

The group claims it intends to sponsor several such events throughout the rest of the month but no details were released.

Organizers launched the Twitter account @DisneyWalkout and a webpage in anticipation of the protest and shared a letter to the company insisting that the effort aims to force the company to “regain the trust” of LGBTQIA+ employees.

The group criticized Disney for not vigorously opposing Florida’s education bill at the outset. In its letter, the group blasted Disney chief Bob Chapek over the way the company reacted to the bill.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2022/03/16/disney-employees-plan-walk-out-over-companys-response-to-floridas-dont-groom-kids-bill/

Texas Restarts Border Wall Project Cancelled by Biden, Says Governor

EAGLE PASS, Texas — The State acquired a large quantity of 30-foot wall panels from the Biden Administration to utilize in the construction of a border wall. The materials came from federal contracts cancelled in January 2021.

“Texas is the first state ever to build a border wall,” Governor Abbott began in an exclusive interview. “A lot of the border wall is being built by border wall material that there was a contract for, Texas bought it from contractors who built the wall for President Trump. We’re building the exact same wall.”

“In addition, a lot of people saw on TV a lot of these border wall components like this that were just laying on the ground, that taxpayers had paid for,” the governor added. “Biden chose not to build the wall.”

“We found a way, by going through the surplus program of the federal government where Texas would be able to obtain these border wall panels and we obtained as much as we could, until Biden found out about it,” Abbott explained. “He put a stop to Texas being able to get it. There may be some other ways that we will be able to get more.”

The stacks of panels appeared to cover more than an acre of the land.

The governor explained the first parts of the Texas project were built on state-owned land. The new sections are scheduled to be built on parcels provided by ranch owners.

“Texas is not having to use eminent domain,” Abbott explained. “People who own property on the border are so angry against the Biden administration, so frustrated by the chaos and the crime created on their own property, they are giving us an easement to build the border wall.”

Because of getting both the materials and land without cost to Texas taxpayers, “Texas is able to build the wall at a faster pace and a lower cost than even what President Trump could do.”

“The bottom line is the border wall panels that Biden was allowing to lay on the ground will be up and protecting and securing the Great State of Texas,” he continued.

This is the first part of an exclusive interview with Governor Abbott. Watch the full interview below.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2022/03/14/exclusive-video-texas-restarts-border-wall-project-cancelled-by-biden-says-governor/

Biden administration blocks July 4 fireworks at Mount Rushmore for second year in a row

The Biden administration is preventing South Dakota from putting on a fireworks display at Mount Rushmore for the second year in a row, in a decision harshly criticized by Republican Gov. Kristi Noem.

In a March 14 letter, the National Park Service informed the South Dakota Department of Tourism that a request for a permit to put on the fireworks display was denied. "After careful consideration, the NPS has determined that we are unable to grant your request for this permit to hold a special event with fireworks at the Memorial," the letter stated.

"Based on the information provided in the application, we have determined that multiple such criteria are present for the requested event, each of which would be independently sufficient to deny the request for a permit."

The Park Service said concerns over wildfires and opposition from Native American tribes were the chief factors in its decision. The letter stated that "fireworks are viewed by multiple Tribes as an adverse effect to the traditional cultural landscape" and cited a Tribal Cultural Survey conducted in May 2021 that found there was "ample opposition from the Tribes" to the last fireworks display, which took pace in 2020.

NPS also said a fireworks event "poses threats to the environment and Memorial resources," citing increased levels of perchlorate — a chemical compound used as an oxidizer in fireworks — in the area after the 2020 display. As for the danger of a wildfire, NPS said "current drought conditions and the 2022 wildfire outlook" preclude hosting a fireworks event because it "would cause a high likelihood of a wildfire ignition."

This is the second time the Biden administration has shut down South Dakota's attempt to celebrate Independence Day at Mount Rushmore. The last fireworks celebration at the national landmark was held in 2020, with President Donald Trump in attendance. It was the first time such an event had been held since 2009, when the fireworks were canceled over wildfire concerns.

At the time, Democrats accused Trump of "holding a rally glorifying white supremacy at Mount Rushmore — a region once sacred to tribal communities." Some Sioux leaders are opposed to the monument and have called for the sculptures of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln to be removed from the landscape.

Since coming to power, the Biden administration has twice sided with the tribal communities against the Noem administration's push to bring back the celebrations. After South Dakota's 2021 request to put on fireworks at Mount Rushmore was rejected by the Parks Service because of tribal objections and alleged safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state launched a legal challenge to the agency's decision.

The ongoing litigation over the issue is currently before the United States Eighth Circuit Court.

In a statement, Gov. Noem blasted the NPS decision and accused President Joe Biden of hypocrisy.

“Mount Rushmore is the best place in America to celebrate our nation’s birthday – I just wish President Biden could see that,” Noem said. “Last year, the President hypocritically held a fireworks celebration in Washington, D.C., while denying us our own event. This year, it looks like they are planning to do the same."

“NPS announced this denial less than 24 hours after we reminded the court that this year’s permit application was still pending,” she continued. “Many of the reasons presented for their denial have been previously addressed, indicating that these reasons are not in good faith. We will move forward with our litigation and urge the court to help us come to a speedy resolution.”

http://www.stationgossip.com/2022/03/biden-administration-blocks-july-4.html

DEUTSCHE BANK FINED FOR DARK POOL ROUTING VIOLATIONS

This is the FIRST time I have seen a FINRA violation for dark pools… Could they be starting to crack down on it? You’ve gotta read this. Newest violation on 3/7/2022 – $2,000,000 fine

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/deutsche-bank-fined-for-dark-pool-routing-violations/

Fauci says the GOP will target him if they get control of Congress: 'It's Benghazi hearings all over again'

Dr. Anthony Fauci has suggested that if Republicans take control of Congress, they will target him, but uncover nothing.

"It's Benghazi hearings all over again," Fauci said, according to the Washington Post. "They'll try to beat me up in public, and there'll be nothing there," he said. "But it will distract me from doing my job, the way it's doing right now."

Fauci, who has served as NIAID director for more than three decades, has been a prominent public health figure throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. He is also currently serving as the chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden.

Republican Sen. Rand Paul, who has been a vociferous critic of Fauci, proposed an amendment to nix the NIAID director position, but that proposal did not clear the Senate health panel on Tuesday, according to the Post.

Paul had proposed eliminating Fauci's role and replacing it with three directors who would helm three new institutes: A National Institute of Allergic Diseases, a National Institute of Infectious Diseases, and a National Institute of Immunologic Diseases.

"If we take over the Senate next year, I'll be chairman of the health committee, and I pledge to use the subpoena power to get every last record about the origin of the virus, about Fauci," Paul declared on "The Megyn Kelly Show" in December, according to the Post.

Fauci said that many Republican-led probes "are taking away from our effort of fighting this outbreak," and remarked that his agency's group of legislative staffers is "probably spending 40, 50 percent of their time" replying to requests regarding the origin of COVID-19 and other inquiries that he said are not rooted in facts. "It is just an overwhelming burden, asking for information that’s driven by conspiracy," he said, according to the Post.

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2022/03/fauci-says-gop-will-target-him-if-they.html