Watchdog Sues Fauci’s Agency Over Records on ‘Excruciating’ Animal Experiments

NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci listens during a Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services Subcommittee hearing looking into the budget estimates for National Institute of Health and state of medical research on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 26, 2021. Sarah Silbiger/Pool/Getty Images

A government spending watchdog group has filed two lawsuits against the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for refusal to respond to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

WCW is seeking additional information on taxpayer funding behind what it called NIAID’s “cruel and barbaric” experiments on beagles and monkeys.