Senate Republicans said no Democrats joined the testimony of a whistleblower on Wednesday (Image: Getty)
Senate Republicans on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said none of their Democratic colleagues joined testimony on Wednesday of a CIA whistleblower with claims of the true origin of Covid-19.
The testimony of special operations officer James Erdman III included allegations that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was involved in a coverup that hid that the virus originated in a lab, claims he previously denied.
Erdman's public testimony on Wednesday morning followed a classified testimony to the committee behind closed doors.
Fox News reported that Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, a Democrat who sits on the committee holding the hearing, walked by reporters while the testimony was ongoing.
"He saw the media cameras here, and we couldn't tell if he was joking or trolling or not, but he said 'Hey what's going on here?' and his staffer said 'I don't know' and they walked past us," a Fox reporter said.
Erdman was subpoenaed by Sen. Rand Paul to appear before by the committee on May 5. The Kentucky senator spoke to what he saw as a credible testimony because of the "great personal risk" Erdman undertook because "the truth was being buried."
"He's a decorated officer with decades of intelligence and national security experience," Paul, the comittee's chair, added.
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