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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., accused longtime Department of Health and Human Services employees of deliberately obstructing investigations into Dr. Anthony Fauci’s pandemic-era decisions and communications. Johnson told Fox News Digital that career staff members were creating barriers to his inquiry as well as efforts being pursued by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to access agency records and information from the COVID-19 response period.
Johnson and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., obtained a copy of Fauci’s work iPhone from HHS as part of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s investigation into the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director. On Monday, Johnson’s panel, the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released its initial batch of documents from the device, containing more than 34,000 text messages and 522 voicemails.
Messages between Fauci, former CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, and Dr. Vivek Murthy, the current surgeon general, showed that Fauci had expressed concerns about mRNA vaccine effects on pregnant women during their first trimester. In one message, Fauci wrote that people experiencing significant cytokine storms and fevers after the second dose could theoretically face increased miscarriage risk early in pregnancy.
Johnson characterized the released texts as merely the initial revelation from a much larger body of undisclosed information. He emphasized that the disclosure was justified on public health and safety grounds, arguing that Fauci’s documented concerns directly affected public safety and informed consent regarding vaccines.
The senator suggested that even Kennedy, despite his leadership position at HHS, lacked complete visibility into the agency’s historical records and decision-making processes. Johnson alleged that longtime agency employees who participated in what he characterized as a pandemic response cover-up were now actively undermining Kennedy’s transparency initiatives and blocking access to materials held within the department.
HHS did not provide a response to requests for comment regarding the allegations.
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