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A watchdog group is accusing Dr. Anthony Fauci of having lied to Congress last month when he claimed he never used private email to conduct official business, pointing to newly obtained records on the “Beaglegate” scandal – though his attorney has denied all wrongdoing.
Fauci, 83, told a journalist in October 2021 that he would reach out to them through his private email address during a public-relations firestorm over research being conducted on beagle puppies by his National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,FOIA records obtained by the White Coat Waste Project and exclusively shared with The Post show.
The controversial agency-funded research included the tormenting and killing of beagle puppies in Tunisia to learn more about a parasitic disease. The NIAID initially denied involvement but Fauci confirmed this year that his agency indeed approved the grants for the experiments.
“I will send you an e-mail via my gmail account,” Fauci said in an email dated Oct. 29, 2021 to Washington Post reporter Yasmeen Abutaleb, who had expressed sympathy about the spate of “crazy articles” that were surfacing about the NIAID head.
Earlier emails in the thread show Fauci had shared an article from the left-leaning fact check website Snopes about his oversight of HIV clinical drug trials on foster children during the 1980s in an apparent attempt to cast doubt on his connection to the beagle experiments.
The Snopes article referenced “rumors” meant to “disparage” the NIAID director that included claimed the HIV trials “murdered disabled children.” It also suggested Fauci was not responsible for allegations that included his approval of the taxpayer-funded Tunisian dog experiments, which at the time had prompted a bipartisan letter of condemnation from members of Congress --->READ MORE HERE
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Shoplifting has spiked across the country so far this year — even as many major crimes like homicide dropped back to pre-pandemic levels, a major national crime study showed.
Rates of shoplifting rose an average 24% during the first half of 2024 compared to the same period last year, according to the Council on Criminal Justice’s (CCJ) Mid-Year Crime Report released Thursday.
The study reviewed crime statistics from 23 cities across the US, finding shoplifting has steadily been on the rise since the country began emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic around 2022.
Rates initially dropped about 15% from 2019 to 2020 and continued down into 2021, then began to climb through 2023 — but still remained about 10% lower than the pre-pandemic 2019 level.
Following the 24% spike into 2024, however, shoplifting rates now stand about 10% higher than pre-pandemic levels, according to CCJ’s findings.
Shoplifting has gotten lots of attention in recent years, as alarming videos have spread online showing gangs of hooligans staging brazen “smash-and-grabs” where they overwhelm a store and make off with armloads of goods at once. Others show thieves flagrantly snatching merchandise time and time again.
The problem has become so prevalent across the country that pharmacies and big box stores have begun locking up their aisles up with barriers to curb thievery — much to the frustration of honest customers.
Ernesto Lopez, a senior researcher with CCJ who helped compile the report, noted that a sharp increase could come in part because stores are reporting shoplifting more frequently due to the heavy attention on the problem. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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