Ron Johnson

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., continues to push for answers surrounding the federal government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. To further those efforts, the Wisconsin lawmaker held a hearing Wednesday on Capitol Hill, focused on the alleged suppression of scientific research and vaccine safety.

If you keep looking at evidence and say it doesn't exist, I don't know how to counter that,” Johnson said.

Following the hearing, Sen. Johnson spoke exclusively with The National News Desk about his efforts to expose what he calls "the biggest government scandal of my lifetime."

Because so many people's lives were impacted. So many people died,” said Johnson.

Sen. Johnson detailed his claims that the FDA was explicitly warned that its data-mining algorithm would hide vaccine safety signals. Alleging they hid the warnings to avoid creating vaccine hesitancy.

Their data mining expert showed them that the current system was producing 49 cases of extreme masking, extreme hiding and showed them 25 safety signals including sudden Cardiac Death, Pulmonary Infarction, Bell's Palsy, different types of strokes and they hid it,” Johnson said.

Aside from the safety data, Sen. Johnson shared more insight into his allegations that scientists were pressured to withdraw or censor peer-reviewed studies critical of some of the vaccines. Clarifying who he believes is responsible.

The federal health officials during the Biden administration but again, you've still got career people in the FDA and CDC who are complicit in that, and they're not coming clean,” Johnson said.

The senator also weighed in on the statute of limitations officially expiring in May to indict former NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci for allegedly lying to Congress about the origins of COVID and U.S. funding for gain-of-function research.

Biden gave him a pardon so I don't know what you indict. The presidential pardon doesn't impact state charges, so there may be some possibilities there,” said Johnson.

The Senator emphasized that while he can’t prosecute or convict, he does have the ability to expose. Which he believes is the first line to accountability.