Dr. Anthony Fauci is sworn-in before testifying before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 3, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Fauci spent 14 hours over two days in January being grilled by the House panel behind closed doors.
On Monday, they’re questioning him again, in public and on camera for the first time since he ended more than five decades of government service.
FAUCI ADVISER'S ALLEGED DESTRUCTION OF COVID ORIGIN DOCS MUST BE PROBED BY AG: RAND PAUL
Dr. Anthony Fauci arrives to testify before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 3, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
"I have repeatedly stated that I have a completely open mind to either possibility and that if definitive evidence becomes available to validate or refute either theory, I will ready accept it," Fauci said in his opening statement for Monday’s hearing.
Republicans also have accused Fauci of lying to Congress when he denied in May 2022 that his agency funded "gain of function" research – the practicing of enhancing a virus in a lab to study its potential real-world impact – at a lab in Wuhan.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
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