According to a transcript of Anthony Fauci’s full deposition which was released on Monday, his daughter worked as a software engineer for Twitter during the Covid-19 Pandemic,
“Well, a person who used to work as a software engineer for Twitter was my daughter.”
Fauci is being deposed as part of the ongoing case about big tech and government collusion, and social media censorship brought by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry who allege that high ranking officials in the Biden administration, including Joe Biden, “have colluded with and/or coerced social media companies to suppress disfavored speakers, viewpoints, and content on social media platforms by labeling the content ‘dis-information,’ ‘misinformation,’ and ‘mal-information.'”
The admission by Fauci came when Attorney D. John Sauer asked Fauci if he knew anyone that worked for social media companies during the time that big tech was engaging in heavy censorship of conservative views and any information that did not promote Covid or the vaccine.
Fauci danced around the question before finally admitting his daughter worked for Twitter,
“Well, I’ve had communications with Mark Zuckerberg in the past who was — I’ve done, I believe, three outward FaceTime discussions encouraging people to get vaccinated.”
“Do you have acquaintances, people that you know, who work on social media platforms?” Sauer questioned.
“Well, a person who used to work as a software engineer for Twitter was my daughter,” said Fauci.
“Did you ever — when she was working at Twitter, did you ever discuss with her the content of stuff posted on social media platforms?” Sauer asked, to which Fauci said no.
The lawsuit also addresses the censorship of the Covid-19 lab leak theory, censoring people who questioned the efficacy of masks and lockdowns, censoring those who questioned the results of the 2020 presidential election
Topics include the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story, talk of the Covid-19 lab leak theory, questioning the efficacy of masks and lockdowns, and the legitimacy of the 2020 election.
In addition, the lawsuit addresses the censorship of the Hunter Biden Laptop story, which we now know thanks the Twitter Files released by Elon Musk, that the Biden Administration was directing high ranking Twitter officials on what to censor, and who to suspend.
Here are some of the more interesting sections of the deposition:
Sauer: “Well, let me ask you this: Did you ever have concerns about what people might be saying on social media about the virus’s origin?”
Fauci: “You know, I’m so dissociated from social media. I don’t have a Twitter account. I don’t do Facebook. I don’t do any of that, so I’m not familiar with that. I’ve never gotten involved in any of that.”
A little later Sauer asked: “Were you ever concerned about what people would be saying on social media about the origins of the virus?”
Fauci: “I’m concerned about, you know, there being misinformation or disinformation that would interfere with our trying to save the lives of people throughout the world, which happens when people spread false claims.”
Then Sauer caught Fauci in a lie. Sauer referred to an email written by Fauci on February 2, 2020 where Fauci explicitly states he was concerned about the lab leak theory on social media,
“And so many people and the threat of further distortions on social media.”
Sauer asked, “Were you concerned about the further distortions on social media the day after the conference call?”
Fauci: “I guess I was. I said it here in the e-mail that I was concerned about the further distortions.”
Sauer: “What distortions on social media were you concerned about?”
Fauci: “Wild speculations and accusations, you know, blaming the Chinese and talking about they’re deliberately or accidentally — which certainly is a possibility. There was no evidence of that at the time, and that’s what I was concerned about.”
Sauer also pointed out another line in the email where Fauci wrote, “it’s essential that we move quickly,” and “hopefully we can get the WHO to convene.”
Sauer: “Is it your view that misinformation and disinformation on social media can lead to loss of life?” \
Fauci: “I think in any situation where egregious misinformation such as some of the ones I referred to before, such as information that would discourage people from getting vaccinated, that in my mind, would be a way that life could otherwise have been saved would be lost, if people were persuaded not to pursue live-saving intervention.”
Sauer: [“Should be steps to] curb the spread of misinformation and disinformation.
Fauci: “You know, that’s not my area. I’m very well aware of the concept of freedom of speech…I really don’t have any opinion on that.”
Sauer: “Are you aware that — generally, that after your comments at the White House on April 17, coronavirus task force briefing speech about the lab leak hypothesis was censored on social media?”
Fauci: “I’m not aware of suppression of speech on social media to my knowledge.”
Sauer: “Were you aware that Twitter, for example, removed content that suggested the virus may have escaped from a lab?”
Fauci: “You know, I don’t know for sure. I can say I am not aware of it. It may be someone somehow sent me one of the thousands of e-mails and said, ‘hey, this is happening,’ but I was not aware to the point of noting it in my memory that Twitter or any other social media was suppressing anything.”
Sauer: “Did you ever have any communications with anybody removing speech about the lab leak theory of the origins of the Covid from social media platforms?”
Fauci: “I don’t recall ever having any conversation. But again, no, I would say it would be unlike me because I don’t get involved in that sort of stuff. Like I said, my association with social media is almost zero. I don’t have an account. I don’t tweet. I don’t pay attention to social media. I wouldn’t know how to access a tweet if you paid me.”
Sauer:; “were you aware that staff at the NIH were communicating with Twitter about removing accounts from Twitter because they were impersonating you?”
Fauci: “I kind of vaguely recall that there was a fake account of people using my name under false pretenses. I’m not 100 percent sure what they did about it. I’m sure that when they found out that it was a false account, that they would want it to be removed. I didn’t say remove it. “I believe I have a communication staff that I’m sure, if they found out it was a false and misleading account, that they would want it to be removed.”
Sauer: “And would your communications staff contact the social media platforms to have that false and mislead content removed?”
Sauer: “I don’t know how they would do it. Again, Is aid I don’t pay attention to things related to social media accounts.”
Sauer: “Did you have any knowledge of someone from the EPA consulting with an NIH list to try and find a contact at social media to have dangerous information taken out?”
Fauci: “I don’t have any recollection of any of this.”
Sauer: “Do you have an opinion about whether people should be allowed to post on social media opinion that you think, for example, are dangerous and might lead to loss of life? What’s your view on that?”
Fauci: “You know, again, you say allowed, I don’t know what the legal or other First Amendment issues are associated with that. That’s not my lane or my area of expertise.”
