Tulsi Gabbard Saves Her Biggest Revelation For Last
Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a large batch of documents Thursday night that she said showed Dr. Anthony Fauci helped suppress the COVID lab leak theory and later misled Congress…
Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a large batch of documents Thursday night that she said showed Dr. Anthony Fauci helped suppress the COVID lab leak theory and later misled Congress about his role.
Gabbard announced the release in a video posted to X on her final day in the position.
In the video, she accused Fauci of helping direct U.S. taxpayer money toward what she described as dangerous gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
A press release from Gabbard’s office claimed the documents show Fauci was working closely with intelligence officials during the pandemic, even as he presented himself publicly as an independent scientific authority.
According to Gabbard, Fauci played a major role in shaping intelligence assessments about where COVID came from.
“Fauci was the behind-the-scenes advisor who, with his hand-picked experts, pushed the IC to endorse a natural, animal origin to hide his dangerous research,” Gabbard said in the release.
She also accused Fauci of using his public role during the pandemic to push “lies, disinformation, and censorship.”
The release went further, claiming that Fauci lied under oath during his 2024 testimony before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. Gabbard’s office said the newly released correspondence contradicts Fauci’s answers about whether he had communicated with intelligence agencies regarding viral research.
During that hearing, Fauci was asked whether he had spoken with the FBI, CIA, DIA, or any U.S. intelligence agency about viral research before, during, or after the pandemic. According to Gabbard’s release, Fauci avoided giving direct answers before saying, “not to my knowledge about COVID.”
Gabbard’s office said that answer was false.
The release also cited testimony from multiple whistleblowers who said intelligence analysts who questioned the preferred conclusion about COVID’s origins were threatened, pushed aside, or faced professional consequences. According to those claims, dissenting views were discouraged, and evidence that did not support the natural-origin theory was buried or ignored.