00:00did public pledges that I end up in his words quote behind bars unquote any
00:09reasonable person who has followed his unhinged obsession with me would readily
00:17come to the same conclusion therefore although it pains me to do so because of
00:25the respect I have for the legislative branch of government and my decades-long
00:32record of cooperating with Congress under the advice of my attorneys I will
00:39invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to refrain
00:44from answering your questions thank you we will now begin a round of
00:51questioning doctor faster your testimony today is compelled by a lawful subpoena
00:57as you know it's a crime under 18 USC section 1001 to knowingly make a
01:03material false statement to Congress with a penalty up to five years of
01:07imprisonment understanding that you are under oath the American people would
01:14like to understand your reasoning your rationale for why you chose to fund the
01:23research in Wuhan there have been you know intelligence agencies the CIA the FBI
01:30the DOE have all come to the conclusion that more likely than not the virus came
01:35from the lab in Wuhan and so we'd like to know what was the rationale what was the
01:40discussion how you know what went behind the decision to fund the research in
01:45Wuhan how did you come to the conclusion that a totalitarian country would be
01:51capable of doing this in a BSL to lab a lab that lacked the security what was the
01:56reasoning and are you are you sorry basically for making the decision would
02:00you you know like given another chance say well gosh circumstances now as I know it
02:04may be
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