Immediately, Sinclair Broadcast Group ran a comprehensive digital story of the heated senate exchange posted to the websites of their nearly 200 ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX affiliate stations across America.
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SINCLAIR: ‘It’s all redacted’: Rand Paul and Fauci clash over NIH royalty payments
FACT CHECKING DR. FAUCI’S STATEMENTS
Senator Paul asked whether Fauci had ever received royalties from an entity that he later went on to regulate or fund. Fauci said he didn’t know but “I doubt it.”
We rate that claim: FALSE. Here’s what the record shows:
In 2005, Fauci admitted receiving at least $45,000 in royalties for interleukin-2, an experimental AIDS treatment, and his division (NIAID) went on to spend $36 million testing it on humans.
Catch up on our latest Substack article covering the royalty payments. Here is a great example of why NIH must open the books on the $400 million during the last decade of third-party royalties paid to 1,805 scientists:
CASE STUDY: Who Is the #1 Recipient of Third-Party Royalty Payments at NIH? |
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