WATCH: Rand Paul Decries HHS Efforts To Obscure His Document Requests On Origin Of COVID-19
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- Опубліковано 19 бер 2024
- During a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) discussed his inability to receive access to non-classified documents on the origin of COVID-19 from the Biden Administration.
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So once again a bill was passed, signed into law, and ignored by the administration. Tell me again why we the people should obey ANY law on the books.
Better question: After Biden's track record, why should Trump follow any laws or judicial rulings?
Because we follow the laws. That sets us apart from them.
We are a failed state. Like a radiation victim, we're walking dead but just don't realize it yet.
@@stephenbrinckerhoff3510maybe we need to treat onto those who pushed these ideas! Treat onto others as they treat on to us!!
@@johnhoran9840Because Trump gets prosecuted.
Why does nobody go to jail?? If I break a law I’d be arrested.
Because this administration sees the Executive Branch unaccountable to either other branch of government or to the people. In this case prosecution would be by another Executive branch agency, the DOJ. They are too busy at the moment arresting those who even watched J6 on TV and had a fleeting thought they wished they were there.
The death of one would land you 15-20 years . The death of millions ........
Not even discussed in the US.
Covered up and swept under the rug.
US Federal government is the biggest drug cartel, terrorist organization, sex ring and mafia in the world. That's why.
Try going to jail for somebody else's crime
Its a big club...AND YOU AINT IN IT!!
They refused to comply with his request and should be held in contempt. People protecting corruption need to go to jail.
Treason honestly had an other form of pretty fitting punishment which had been given for eons and in hundreds of countries.
For people having been heroes in the past, or ones who were beloved by most people, it was jail or exile for life.
For others let's just say it was worse.
Accessory to treason's punishment shouldn't be worse than prison for life, though in my opinion.
Our government is a sham.always blowing smoke and no action. Only action is for themselves.
Keep putting people from those agencies in jail until someone answers questions truthfully and provides all the real info.
They won’t even hold Hunter Biden in contempt when dodging supenas, so I wouldn’t hold your breath for anybody else to be held in this crooked admin!
It amazes me how little power our "elected officials" actually have, over the un-elected agencies behind the scenes. Who's really running the country?
the swamp is deep
They are being blackmailed. It's as simple as that.
That’s what deep state is all about.
People like George Soros...
The deep world gov
Start jailing these people who obstruct!!!!
Merrick Garland, where are you???
@@trentp151trying to hide hunters laptop still
Only the Jan 6 committee can do that, apparently
Just like the January 6th traitors? Obstruction of the lawful transfer of powers. The first (and hopefully only) time that happened.
Good luck with that. The DOJ wont prosecute.
Government officials that obstruct---should be CHARGED with OBSTRUCTION!
"Wait. How does that make sense?" There, Democrats, I asked your question for you.
Or treason
And be themselves, be obstructed.
Merrick Garland, where are you???
@@trentp151 Perverting justice. It's a full-time effort.
I'm going to start redacting my tax filings every year.
And the government will redact you to prison status. 😅
@@kamenriderovant9676More money wasted on prison then. Win win.
THESE are the people that should be held in contempt and sent to prison for REFUSING to follow the law.
Any Federal employee who withholds or obstructs should be dismissed and their pension and healthcare benefits forfeited!
Don't forget the cement shoes..
They know that since they are protecting Biden there will be no consequences. If this were Trump they’d be leaking everything to the Washington Post.
Merrick Garland, where are you???
And indicted, prosecuted, & jailed equivalent to a felony.
@@trentp151 You’re kidding, right? These deep staters never get punished. Remember Lois Lerner at the IRS or even Dr. Fauci. When they became a liability they were allowed to retire and disappear from any media attention.
Republican SEN. Rand Paul ♥️
He is the most effective person in government. The deep state must hate him.
He should be the next GOP Senate Leader. No one else is trustworthy or fiscally responsible.
Rare bird, not owned by special interests
From one incident that he was against ban TikTok two weeks ago, it shows Rand Paul‘s hypocritical nature. Trump was the first president trying to ban TikTok in 2020, now he flopped his position, becoming against the ban for his fund raiser because he need the money. But Rand Paul has no reason to do so.
Lobbyists own Rand Paul.
We need way more rand pauls in washington. He is a sliver of hope in our collapsing political system.
Why aren't these people arrested? We deserve better.
Rules for thee and rules for them.
This crap is tiring and sick. Feel sorry for statesmen like Paul having to deal with all the stink.
Four years of debilitating s--t and four cases of covid. It's actually painful. 😞
Cant really even do anything about it. It feels like the majority of dems and republicans have their strings pulled by elites and special interest groups. Any attempt to stop the corruption will be stopped by the corruption.
The Leak was at Fort Detrick
Search 'Respiratory outbreak' July 2019, ABC New
Then search "Fort Detrick" leak August 2019
Rand Paul for VP!
That’s a great idea actually. Hes a serious n reasonable man n i like him
I'll disagree, the VP job to quote a former VP isnt worth a bucket of warm spit. Rand Paul as Senate Minority/Majority Leader would be far more valuable to the country than as VP. President in the future.
Don’t hold your breath. Selfserving MagicJuice Donny would sooner have Bill Gates for VP than someone who can keep accountable Donny’s big pharma donors and friends.
@@mirekcieslowski2134 RFK Jr!!
Kennedy Paul 2024
Bernie Bro here. I'm grateful for Mr. Rand's efforts to investigate this matter, and I'm disgusted by our government's total lack of transparency.
well its the dems that are covering everything up. There were crimes committed that will never come to light and its a damn shame because the entire world is worse off because of it. absolute travesty of justice.
If only we lived in Argentina...
"Department of Health and Human Services, AFUERA!!!!"
Every single alphabet federal group, AFUERA!!!
For the citizens that don't believe our government is corrupt. If you were an employee given the task of producing a 500 page report and the end result was 500 pages that were blank? In the real world, you'd be removed from that job, demoted or fired.
Not or, and fired.
Fired immediately. Accounts locked. Badge deactivated while you're still laughing with your friends at lunch. You know we can do that with our government? It's our government.
being fired should not be the punishment for treason and crimes against humanity
The deep state Eisenhower in his Farwell speech warned us of the military industrial complex
@@MrAbsalomdavid
Bio weapons , bio weapons defence programs , disgusting breach of contracts and risky research that has ended millions. Time for justice.
The problems is the House keeps funding those departments. CUT OFF THE FUNDING.
Lack of money might wake someone up!
If a penny of funding was cut, you could hear the squeals of democrat's propaganda machine in the MSM, from inter galactic space.
@@stephenbrecht1696 don't count on it since we live in Russia or maybe China
Actually, they're automatically funded, and automatically get about a 7% raise every budget, as do all of the 600 government agencies/bureaucracies, etc. It's called Baseline Budgeting, which the democrats put in place back in the 70's. All of them get automatic raises, with no oversight and no accountability to the people.
We have very few "representatives" that know what no means when it comes to spending our money
"Truth doesn't mind being questioned.
A lie doesn't like being challenged."
So when do we get to see people hauled away in cuffs?? Sick of these hearings with no one held accountable
Why isn't anyone held responsible in the government?
Because it's all true... all of it...
Because everyone is on the same team
Because the Dems are in control of the Senate.
@@liberalismisaids9564Exactly...
Because the Federal Bureaucracy aka the deep state are in control.
*_NO JAIL TIME_*_ means _*_NO ACCOUNTABILITY!!_*
Dear Dr. Paul, We the People can certainly appreciate how frustrating it must be for you to work so diligently to reveal waste and corruption in government, only to be largely ignored by that government and continue to have your warnings go unheeded. PLEASE don't ever give up! ONE voice of reason and sanity in government is far better than NONE. Keep it up. Fight the good fight and know that there are millions of us who support you and share your determination to carry a candle into that dark room. You are our voice. Thank you.
Speeches are great. Where are the charges & impeachment?
Start putting these civil servants in prison and I'll bet they start singing like a bird. As long as there is zero accountability they will continue.
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Amen
I see you are unfamiliar with the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and how it has been twisted beyond all recognition to protect those FGW's tied to the deep state and to punish and blackmail those that are not and who seek to bring before the public the stunning overreach of the federal government.
Same with ur judges at home they are immune to most any consequence except being disbarred. They will face no jail time if their decision on sentencing has severe negative health impacts on the individual
In any other Democracy this is called Contempt. Charge someone
Congress can only recommend charges, it is up to the Justice Department, of the Executive Branch, to prosecute. Ain't going to happen.
Unfortunately we are still the best, but man the past 4 years .....m
We don't live in a democracy. We live in a REPUBLIC.
Article 4, Section 4 of the US Constitution: "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence."
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC, for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." - US Pledge of Allegiance.
Democracy is nowhere to be mentioned and has been THE scourge ever since the founding of this nation.
@@trentp151 Is the principle of “contempt” like below applicable to formed committees? (I don’t know)
18 U.S.C. § 401(1). They are: (1) misbehavior of a person; (2) in or near to the presence of the court; (3) which obstructs the administration of justice; and (4) which is committed with the required degree of criminal intent.
@@TheUsmc0802 Hearing you Brother.
Theres no accountability, and they are flaunting it
When does this become treason and punished accordingly.
Some time after we stop limiting our selection to the choices that the establishment gives to us.
Hiding information from the public should be seen as treason and result in the loss of your head.
Finally someone with common sense.
Good idea.
If they hide it, they had a hand in it. Its just that simple
Exactly.
These patterns continue because no one ever goes to jail.
Those people should be charged for waste. They printed out 500 plus pages with a big black square on them, wasting bothe paper and ink. How many people would print a single page like that at home let alone let alone 500 pages?
That's nothing, they probably print thousands of pages an hour.
What do they care it cost the government less than $10 out of trillions!!
Maybe they should be charged 10 million dead people?
Solution: subtract cost of paper and toner and maybe the cost of manpower put into compiling and printing the pages from the appropriations given to the department
Not all of us make less than $200K a year and act like the water contains microchips. As if there's ANYTHING you can do, if the government wants to do ANYTHING to you. Keep those canned food tho, pretty sure I've been hearing how "the people" are gonna take over soon, for the past 50 years.... Soon now, the peasant people will fix it all.
If they're breaking a law, charge them.
With this Dept. of Injustice? It won't go anywhere. All he can do is expose the lies and corruption and hope that John Q. Public wakes up and starts demanding action, from both government and our complicit media.
Talk to the DOJ
@@Bigfoothawk It's been changed to the DOI, for obvious reasons. :)
They're protected under the current administration....
They won’t arrest themselves
Since when is obstructing congress not a jail-able offence???
Since the DOJ wouldn't prosecute.
Democrat Privilege.
When you have a Dept of JUST-US controlled by the Biden crime family and CCP/CPUSA controlled democrats.
This really is criminal. Increasingly we find we do not live in a free country. Sad and dangerous.
Lookup The Act of 1871...
Once again, Senator Paul calling them out! Thank you, from KY!
If any of them did anything other than talk.......Obviously that's not enough.
Put this on the list of thing the media will never ever mention.
Our government is broken. We need accountability from our federal agencies.
our gvnt is not only broken, but it is by design. it is a knowing and willing breakdown and free-for-all, with outright foresight and conspiracy to do so.
We need to fight. Voting is dead.
Are you saying that our votes are NOT being counted accurately, or are you saying voters are $impletons?@@tishela1134
TRILLIONS unaccounted for by our own DoD. TRILLIONS.
@@MrAbsalomdavid Yep. A NEW system of government wouldn't overall fix the issue. The issue is a breakdown in law & order at the Federal institutional level
Ehh? So who is Going to prison? Nobody.
the mandatory minimum sentence for intentionally evading FOIA should be capital punishment.
Of course they are obstructing it. They don't want you finding out the origin.
We know the origin. Fauci used US taxpayer money to fund illegal gain of function research in Wuhan, China.
All fingers point back to Fauci
Ralph Baric
Wasn't China obviously.
Two things are missing in the government, Accountability and consquences.
Interesting to note that before FOIL, if you requested a public document from Government and they didn't have a reason not to release it, they just gave it to you. (Maybe a charge for photocopies or a certified copy.)
Now, EVERY records request is treated as a FOIL request. That is NOT how it's supposed to work. FOIL is only for when you request a document and are denied. It was never supposed to be a hoop you had to jump through for the most trivial and unobjectionable requests.
And no one is charged with any crime. All talk
You said it well Senator Paul. Thank you!
Rand Paul is easily my favorite senator of my lifetime.
Wish trey gowdy was still in the house
Agree. Him and Ron Johnson. And there are a couple more waking up as well!
Mine too, and I'm a Briton living in Denmark. You need more like him. The World does.
I agree 100%
There are really ,only a handful of politicians ,that are working for us and following the Constitution and its beliefs of right and wrong,Sen. Rand Paul is one of them!
Thank you Mr Paul. Sadly nothing at all will be done.
Gov't has all the power. Why is it they continue on this tail chasing path. Do something! No action speaks much louder than words. Tit for tat is useless.
GOD bless America and Mr. Rand Paul. 🙏🏻🇺🇸🙏🏻
Defund the Federal Government. The Administrative State must be abolished.
Unfortunately, we're liable to the baby with the bath water!
You never know until you try it. Besides, in this case, what we're tossing out with the bathwater resembles Rosemary's Baby@@stephenbrecht1696
They just gave the federal government 1.2 trillion dollars. Congress has made itself a joke.
The Deep State is the part that needs to be defunded.
@stephenbrecht1696
What is truly unfortunate is that that baby you reference was aborted years ago. It's been dead for a very long time.
DO SOMETHING about it Congress
And break their perfect stresk?
There were no penalties associated with these laws? Just imagine any citizens breaking any law and see what happens. What a clown world we live in.
Thank you Rand Paul for an outstanding presentation on a critical topic. Our Federal government is out of control!
The only solution is the Declaration of Independence 2.0, as this government no longer serves We The People.
Rand, pull the purse strings. No records, no funds.
Why hasn't anyone going to jail?
Senator Paul is absolutely correct.
Time to start withholding funds to agencies that will not comply with Congressional over-sight.😡😡😡😡
Crimes against humanity this government should be overthrown it’s brutal
But I agree 💯
Agreed.
Be careful what you say, Big Brother really is watching.
They are watching but they are not listening. They hear but they don't listen. Remember if you don't use it, you lose it. They ignore their inner voice AKA their conscience. They may hear you but they are not listening to anyone I assure you.
Just the opposite, the over throw of government that the government is engaged in needs to be overthrow by the righteous us of law ,
It should be a federal crime to redact any information that is requested by Congress! How the hell is that transparency? 😡
redacted upon "GOOD reasoning" may be permitted. If the reasoning is unwarranted then it should be a jailable offense.
All classified material hidden from: Congressional members or chief state officers - should be routinely checked for improper classification. ALL "mistakes" are to be punished.
@@NPC-bs3pmAgree with what you said. But it might be difficult given the volume of documents passed around n government. We want to punish FOIA evasion, but there's bound to be a good number of honest mistakes.
@@godowskygodowsky1155 a minor financial fine would incur. Any infraction could be revisited upon new administration, and maybe given enhanced disciplinary action.
I know it would not be the nicest job to have 😆HOWEVER it would be under purview of congress. Right now as we speak government officials can arrest you denying your constitutional rights before finally being over turned by appeal (if that).
Congressional members are to inform the public if they see something. Right now as it stands the C.I.A. leadership is called out by Congress and it will be dismantled or changed under Republican leadership next year.
Just redact any parts of the bills that provide funding for the HHS. Defund them out of existence. 😮
I'm a simple man. I see Rand Paul, I click 'watch'.
The guy never fails to have the American citizens best interest at heart.
Who ever redacted those documents should be arrested and prosecuted for contempt of congress.
It was Homeland Defence because the Leak was at Fort Detrick
Search 'Respiratory outbreak' July 2019, ABC New
Then search "Fort Detrick" leak August 2019
All of these hearings and nothing comes from it. I am sick and tired of this CRAP!
I don't understand why this isn't a bipartisan issue. Genuinely, I have no idea why there should be anyone agreeing to total redaction of an unclassified document.
Both sides of the government are on the same team; what you see on TV and what is recorded by the mainstream media to be posted on social media is all smoke and mirrors; they pretend to be opposed to each other on TV in order to give off the perception that there are two different parties when there is just one party.
God bless this man.
God is make-believe.
So are you.@@DailyStalkerUpdate
Thank you Mr Paul I respect you and the hard work you do
George Santos:
BOUNCED OUT!
Bob Menendez:
EMBARRASSED FOR A WEEK.
After years of torture, that is still going on today in Glenn County CA. I have sent FOIA concerning a number on Orland Police Department 2017 report- Washington DC DOJ Chief Counsel responded March 22, 2024 OJP-24-FP-00020. It is amazing NO REAL QUESTIONING OF THESE NUMBERS! Tonite the town is celebrating a gross form of mock trials- the target MY FAMILY! FOR MILLIONS! As usual the highest branches of government cannot even attempt to find even my Air Force One. This post is for the higher branches of government and FORIEGN BANKING COMMUNITY! Give me my papers! A eternally special love to my family. A special live to the BEINGS for the help with Presidential Planes- Yvonna Bennett
Nothing but talk. I love Senator Paul, but he is a voice crying out in the wilderness.
Unfortunately. I wonder if he even believes this country can be fixed with a broken system. Honestly and unfortunately it may come down to the people. Sad that they continue to act so irresponsibly that it may end up forcing the mobs hand and then who knows what the fuck happens. Could get even worse.
Someone has to! Better than silence while the wilderness plots against you.
Wouldn't Rand be part of them? Maybe he is good cop in this game of good cop/bad cop
The character and conduct of our current leaders is pitiful. Rare exceptions, like Senator Paul. Sending a completely redacted document is tantamount to telling the good Senator to bend over and grab his ankles. He deserves better. The truth is too damning.
Ty for revealing facts!
This is outrageous.
I like the bubble they put above this if you want more information about covid go to the CDC. I wouldn't go to the CDC for advice for my dog!
Especially if you like your dog.😂
If there are no consequences to the illegal actions that we are witnessing it will never end 😬
So who or what exactly is in charge? Is it even legal to redact unclassified documents? Who gives the authorisation for these legal obstructions?
No unredacted unclassified documents...no funding ...any questions? 😮
New rule: Any person in government service who redacts any documentation requested by the House and/or Senate gets 10 years in the worst prison in the country
Especially if its public money
50 years
@@brianwalkosz9567 OK, fifty years it is!
@mizzouxc3824 I gotta disagree on this. Military chow is too good for 'em. They gotta eat Horry County Jail 'food.'
I wouldn't slop hogs with that shit. Good enough for crooked politicians, though.
It's understandable that they would refuse to turn over the records because the consequences to them for not doing so are far less than the consequences of having their deeds known
So sick. Such a corrupt wicked regime!
Withhold their frigging pay checks, 😮 my GOD we're doomed 😮😢
They don't need to be held to a higher standard yet. First they need held to the standard in place. Including the punishment, loss of job or criminally charged.
How is this not national news?!
The news, you mean the media? Have you not been paying attention? The news is the government.
Because a lot of people would be pissed, and many politicians would lose their jobs!
You mean the news brought to you by Pfizer?
How about declaring it tempering with evidence, and malicious, instead of crying about it.
The LAW is a CONSTRUCT on a SPECTRUM of JUSTICE.
Defund government
If it is NOT in the Constitution the government is prohibited from doing it. Remove every agency not demanded by the Constitution.
I'm not a republican but I have nothing but respect for this man. I wish I could vote for him. If he ran for a higher office I could.
He was head and shoulders better than the field in 2016.
We have to stop the Democrat and RINO corruption before we become a literal third world society and were running out of time! @@tabo01
Did you vote for Biden? It's Biden's administration that is not providing the info. Blame Biden.
I'm with you. I'd vote for him and Ron Wyden with about the same enthusiasm, happy to disagree on some issues. We need honesty and common sense first and then we can debate issues.
Yeah I'm the same tired of dirty politics
Why isnt a judge demanding the release of the information or send them to jail. This seems a waste of time. Have them hauled in or face jail. Wth?
And the people that redacted those documents haven't been arrested for what reason??
Well fine.... but until someone goes to jail it will continue. Speeches don't stop these people.
Then they are breaking the law. Where are the attorney generals?? Why are these people not being charged with obstruction of Justice.
Because the Dems are in control of Executive branch(they enforce the laws)... That would be President and his cabinet. The Senate is also Dem controlled.
Get a clue
The AG does the same thing.
The DOJ tops the list of corruption.
Withhold the salaries of those in charge and work down the line until you get answers or there is no one left to obfuscate.
Clearly if all the facts got out many would be going to prison.
These criminals have been sealing away incriminating evidence since they took power over 15 years ago.
Until you find the spine to put someone in a cell, this will continue to be just alot of noise. Blah, blah, blah, blah.
Congress doesn’t have power to put anyone in jail. That’s why we have a DOJ, except they’re worthless to do anything unless it’s a Republican.
Congress doesn't have the power of prosecution. That belongs to the executive branch. If they try to do that, the fiction that we live in a constitutional republic will be shattered. It would be a coup d'état.
Imagine what kind of government we might have if the people control the dispensing of information and the government had to put in a request to receive it from us.
WOU! It`s insane for real.
"If you think the plan.demic was bad for the 2020 election, .... "
I can think of a few things the cabal might do. Start a civil war(which they are gaslighting states into), Starting a nuclear war, stage a cyber shock wave(which is a CNN piece well worth the watch) or even perhaps an 'alien' invasion from 'outer space', meaning covert areas on earth. Or there's always the misery of a market crash followed by digital id and CBDCs. Whatever they come up with. I pray it backfires and they are held to judgement.
They broke the law? Where have the charges been filed? Oh yeah...🤬
People who hide something have something to hide.
How about we stop the BS and shut down any department that does not disclose everything required from them.
STOP FUNDING!!
Get rid of most federal agencies
*most of them. As for the classifying or destruction of government documents without good cause should be punished.
I believe the last time a person with the power to do so attempted it his grey matter was strewn over the back seat of the limo he was in.
The leaders after that got the message and do what they're told.
@@TommyTipex it was sure convenient that that man you are referring to - had his backup partner do the complete opposite of what he wanted after he died.
Such a MYUSTERIOUS turn of 🙄 events no one ever need be conspiratorial over it.