WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Rand Paul issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, released documents showing that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) prepared a formal targeting action to question and search Peter Daszak, President of EcoHealth Alliance, upon his return to the United States from the World Health Organization's investigation into the origins of COVID-19 - before the FBI intervened and asked agents to stand down.
The documents show CBP's National Targeting Center flagged Daszak as "an extremely high person of interest" ahead of his February 5, 2021, arrival at JFK, citing his more than fifteen years of collabor...