Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, is leading an investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci’s old government phone. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Johnson claimed that recent revelations about Fauci’s concerns over vaccines potentially causing miscarriages are only ‘the tip of the iceberg.’ He argues that Fauci took a different public stance from what he expressed privately.
Johnson criticized the practice of encouraging pregnant women to receive what he described as ‘experimental gene therapy’ early in pregnancy. He highlighted inconsistencies between Fauci’s private communications and public messaging.
I’ve known about this for years but now, with text evidence linked to Fauci, the media is finally giving it deserved attention.
Alongside Senator Rand Paul, Johnson obtained Fauci’s phone as part of a deeper examination of his role as the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). This move coincides with actions to hold Fauci in contempt for invoking his Fifth Amendment rights during investigations. Johnson, chairing the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released a batch of private messages from the phone earlier this week.
One notable exchange from January 2021 involved Fauci, former CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, and Dr. Vivek Murthy, who became Surgeon General under the Biden administration. Fauci expressed concerns about mRNA vaccines impacting pregnant women, citing worries about potential miscarriage risks linked to cytokine storms and fever after the second vaccine dose.
Johnson noted he hadn’t heard similar admissions from other federal health officials and pointed to cytokine storms’ association with adverse lung effects post-vaccination. He referenced a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine where 104 out of 827 exposed pregnancies resulted in miscarriages, predominately affecting women vaccinated during the first and second trimesters.
Johnson argues the data was mispresented, emphasizing that 700 women got vaccinated in the third trimester, and only 127 in the earlier trimesters where the majority of miscarriages occurred, pointing to an 82% miscarriage rate for early vaccinations. He criticizes what he sees as a manipulation of statistics to mislead the public.
As the investigation progresses, Johnson expresses caution about revealing sensitive information. His main goal is to uncover instances where Fauci’s private and public statements don’t align.
Fauci’s law firm has yet to comment on the investigation. Alex Miller, a writer for Fox News Digital, covers developments in the U.S. Senate.