You know exactly what the bottom line here is. You are just looking over/past it, pretending that has not been made clear yet - its one of your character techniques you use from time to time in an attempt to minimize / distract from the uncomfortable point that has been made.
Here's a point for you, if there was any question if Fauci lied the fact that the NIH just admitted to funding 'Gain-of-Function' testing just settled that.
Fauci: "Senator Paul, you don't know what you're talking about"
There is a saying - 'The bit dog yelps the loudest.' The above statement by Fauci was a guilty person trying to save his ass by going on the offense,
Earlier Fauci was asked if he had seen anything that suggested the virus was created in a lab. Under oath before Congress, he answered 'No'. Paul then read from an e-mail sent to Fauci from one of the world's leading virologist in which the virologist told Fauci that there are distinct indicators in the virus that it was created in a lab.
The bullshit response Fauci gave was akin to a CONFESSION OF GUILT:
Fauci actually declared he NEVER READ THE E-MAIL BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WAS TOO LONG TO READ