Fauci's Role in COVID Lab Leak Controversy

Before the COVID pandemic, Dr. Fauci, as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,

provided millions in U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research

on bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology,

work which is now widely viewed as the source of the unintentional lab leak that sparked the pandemic.

Now, in support of President Trump's maximum transparency mandate,

today, on my final day as Director of National Intelligence,

I'm releasing never-before-seen communications and documents

that expose exactly how Fauci worked with politicized career leadership in the intelligence community

to suppress the truth about his actions, the virus's lab leak origins,

and his role in directing U.S. funding for this dangerous research

that caused immeasurable harm and countless lost lives.

Now, these documents expose Fauci's direct role in influencing and manipulating

IC assessments on COVID-19 and how Fauci lied to Congress in 2024

when, under oath, he denied knowledge of or participation in discussions

with intelligence officials about viral research.

We also received testimony from multiple intelligence community whistleblowers

who reported retaliation for challenging the intelligence community's manipulation of intelligence

on the virus's origins, once again revealing a clear pattern of suppressing dissent,

silencing critics, and burying the truth.

Dr. Fauci's close relationships with the intelligence community

enabled him to assume three key roles that shield him from scrutiny.

First, Dr. Fauci funded dangerous gain-of-function coronavirus research linked to big pharma

and their pursuit of universal vaccines worth trillions of dollars.

Second, Dr. Fauci was the behind-the-scenes advisor who,

alongside his hand-picked so-called experts, pushed the intelligence community

to endorse a natural animal origin to hide his dangerous gain-of-function research

that he funded using taxpayer dollars, all of this in a deliberate attempt

to cover up the truth and shift the blame and attention away from Fauci's own actions.

Third, Dr. Fauci became the nation's pandemic pundit,

and he publicly pushed lies, disinformation, and censorship using every platform available.

Now, according to hundreds of reviewed emails which are included in this release,

the intelligence community almost always incorporated Fauci's recommendations.

He promoted a fraudulent paper whose publication he helped prompt

as legitimate information for intelligence community consideration.

Senior analysts praised Dr. Fauci not as a policymaker,

but as what they called an unbiased guide to the real coronavirus experts,

while deliberately ignoring experts who might dissent from Fauci's narratives.

Now, Fauci didn't stop there.

He blatantly lied to Congress under oath

during his 2024 testimony to the House Select Subcommittee

on the Coronavirus Pandemic,

denying that he ever spoke

to any intelligence agency about COVID.

Now, the correspondence I'm releasing today

directly contradicts his sworn testimony.

Now, we received statements from multiple whistleblowers

revealing that the intelligence analysts

who dared to challenge Dr. Fauci's COVID origin conclusions

faced threats of retaliation, marginalization,

and many suffered career setbacks.

For example, a contractor was terminated

just days after coming forward to ODNI as a whistleblower.

Another example, those who advocated

for the lab leak hypothesis or expressed dissenting views

were reminded by their managers

that leadership would determine which analysts

would be promoted and which would not.

The message was clear, go along or be punished.

Senior leaders also sought to undermine whistleblowers

by removing anonymity,

which is required in the whistleblower process,

as they made their complaints,

and also insisting that their managers or attorneys

be present during ODNI meetings

where these whistleblowers were coming forward

with their testimony,

obviously creating an atmosphere of intimidation.

The COVID pandemic caused tremendous hardship and pain

for millions of our fellow Americans

and countless people around the world.

Now, after years of lies and censorship and coverups,

the American people deserve transparency,

truth, and accountability.

The tactics that were used to hide the truth

are straight from the Deep State playbook.

Politicized self-serving leaders like Dr. Fauci

covered up their own wrongdoing and abuses of power,

manipulated intelligence, lied to Congress,

and undermined a duly elected president

by restricting his access to the vital facts he needed

to keep the country safe.

It's time you know the truth.