Fauci, Other NIH Officials May Not Have Been Legally Appointed to Their Offices, House GOP Says

Fauci, Other NIH Officials May Not Have Been Legally Appointed to Their Offices, House GOP Says
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) listens during a media briefing in Washington on March 5, 2014. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Mark Tapscott
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Former National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Disease (NAIAD) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci and a dozen other directors of the National Institutes for Health (NIH) appear not to have been legally appointed to their offices, according to a year-long investigation by House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans.

Mr. Fauci and the others were to serve five-year terms, beginning not later than Dec. 13, 2021, but repeated requests since March 2022  to Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra by the committee for documents verifying the appointments were delayed or ignored, according to GOP committee aides speaking on background.
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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