DNI Tulsi Gabbard Probes Fauci's COVID Gain-of-Function Research Role

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has launched an official investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci’s role in funding gain-of-function research, particularly at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and its potential connection to the origins of COVID-19. This probe is being conducted alongside NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and aims to uncover whether U.S. taxpayer funds supported research that could have led to the pandemic. The effort includes examining evidence linking EcoHealth Alliance and NIH funding to the Wuhan lab, and whether Fauci misled Congress about this support. Senator Rand Paul has publicly endorsed the investigation, reiterating allegations that Fauci lied about the origins and funding of the research. Meanwhile, China has rejected the lab-leak theory, accusing the U.S. of attempting to shift blame and asserting the virus may have originated in America. The renewed U.S. focus on the lab-leak hypothesis reflects a broader shift in government and intelligence community perspectives on the pandemic’s origins.