Biden aide funded Wuhan lab to 'manipulate' Covid-19 assessments? Tulsi Gabbard's 'explosive' claim

Outgoing director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released documents alleging that Anthony Fauci, while leading the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), funded gain-of-function research at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology. The documents, according to Gabbard, show Fauci's involvement in directing US taxpayer funds toward the research and his interactions with intelligence officials during the pandemic. Gabbard claims these actions were part of a cover-up to suppress information about the virus's origins and Fauci's role in funding it. She further alleges that Fauci worked with "politicized career leadership" within the intelligence community to suppress information about the virus's origins. The documents, uncovered during a declassification review conducted as part of President Donald Trump's transparency agenda, contradict Fauci's testimony before Congress and have been met with criticism from sections of the American political right.