Fauci fights back as right-wing attacks enter new, more dangerous phase: “It’s all nonsense” | Salon.com

"The [lab leak] question is extremely legitimate — But what's happened in the middle of all that is I've become the object of extraordinary, I believe completely inappropriate, distorted, misleading and misrepresented attacks," Fauci said. "It's really very much an attack on science."

https://www.salon.com/2021/06/05/fauci-fights-back-as-right-wing-attacks-enter-new-more-dangerous-phase-its-all-nonsense-3/