Sen. Paul’s Office Fire Linked to Fauci’s Criminal Referral, Critics Allege

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A dramatic incident unfolded on Capitol Hill as one of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.,’s district offices caught fire shortly after he referred Dr. Anthony Fauci to face criminal proceedings.

While local authorities have not confirmed the source of the fire, some individuals have raised speculation about a potential connection between the two events, given Paul’s history of being the victim of political violence in the past.

According to the Bowling Green Daily News, the fire incident occurred on Friday morning in Paul’s Bowling Green office. The blaze led to a roof collapse and damage to the building’s structure.

Katie McKee, a spokesperson for the Bowling Green Fire Department, said there have been no injuries reported in the sudden fire. She said that the fire department requested additional assistance amid the rampant blaze. “And we have just been working on this structure fire ever since,” McKee told the Daily News.

Paul reacted to the fire in a statement, saying he will work with law enforcement to find the cause. “ “We are thankful for the Bowling Green first responders who arrived quickly to the scene to put out the fire, and are continuing to work with authorities to assess damages and to determine a cause,” he said. “We have a very well established emergency management plan and have the ability to continue operations that will not impact our work helping Kentuckians.”

The fire occurred hours before Paul made headlines by announcing that he had referred Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to criminal proceedings.

Paul accuses Dr. Fauci of lying to Congress about the U.S. government’s funding of gain-of-function research in China. “I’ve referred Anthony Fauci to the DOJ (again) for lying to Congress when he denied the NIH was funding of gain-of-function research in Wuhan,” Paul said on July 17.

I’ve referred Anthony Fauci to the DOJ (again) for lying to Congress when he denied the NIH was funding of gain-of-function research in Wuhan. https://t.co/LuPDleRhYW

— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 18, 2023

Following the news of the fire, some individuals have suggested a possible connection between the fire and the criminal referral, sparking rumors and discussions on social media despite the lack of evidence.

Scientist Robert Malone took to Twitter to insinuate, that there is a correlation between the two. Specifically, he said, “Why is this not headline news? Sen. Rand Paul has been targeted in the past and he have stored a lot important information, now destroyed.”