for risky bio research...(again, check out the links I've provided for more details on GOFR)...but Dr. Fauci has emphatically denied the assertion and Rand Paul has effectively muzzled him in the Senate hearings from giving his explanation...it is presumptuous to say that he (Dr. Fauci) lied.
As I'm coming to understand this high-risk bio research arena, there are many facets to it, and not all of them can be classified as GOFR...let's continue to ask for clarity, but hold off on any accusations of lying.
There is no history of Dr. Fauci ever politicizing anything related to infectious diseases...until Tump came along with his "Hoaxes" and bizarre alternatives to recommendations by the CDC and Dr. Fauci...all for the purpose of downplaying the pandemic and keeping his chances of re-election alive.
Pardon me if I lean in favor of Dr. Fauci.