The research he funded had been prohibited in the US; it was "gain-of-function" research--analogous to moving from the atomic bomb to the hydrogen bomb--and the US didn't want that happening on its own soil.
"Gain-of-function": altering natural pathogens to make them more deadly and infectious–as a result of rising fears about a possible pandemic caused by accidental or deliberate release of these genetically engineered... germs.
It's an open question as to whether Fauci's action was a violation of US law.
And there's another question: to what end did Fauci push more of this research?
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