On her final day as Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard released “never-before-seen communications and documents exposing how Dr. Fauci provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab.”
Gabbard said that Fauci “worked with politicized elements within the Intelligence Community to suppress the truth about his actions and hide the virus’ lab-leak origins, and lied to Congress while under oath in 2024.”
“It’s time you know the truth,” she added.
“Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Anthony Fauci, as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)—work which is now widely viewed as the source of the unintentional lab leak that sparked the pandemic,” Gabbard said in a video posted to X.
“The COVID-19 pandemic caused tremendous hardship and pain for millions of our fellow Americans and for countless people around the world. After years of lies, censorship, and cover ups, the American people deserve transparency, truth, and accountability,” Gabbard said.
“The tactics 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 vital facts needed to keep the country safe. It’s time the American people learn the real story,” she added.
“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,” Gabbard continued.
“Dr. Fauci funded dangerous gain-of-function coronavirus research linked to Big Pharma and their pursuit of universal vaccines worth trillions of dollars,” Gabbard said.
Gabbard said 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.”
“According to hundreds of reviewed emails, the IC almost always incorporated his recommendations. Fauci promoted a fraudulent paper, whose publication he helped prompt, as legitimate information for Intelligence Community consideration. Senior analysts praised Fauci not as a ‘policymaker,’ but as an unbiased guide to ‘the real coronavirus experts’—while ignoring experts who might dissent from Fauci’s narratives,” a release from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) stated.
“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. The correspondence I’m releasing today directly contradicts his sworn testimony,” Gabbard said.
“We received statements from multiple whistleblowers revealing that the intelligence analysts who challenged Fauci’s COVID-origin conclusions faced threats of retaliation, marginalization, and many suffered career setbacks,” Gabbard said.
Examples listed in the ODNI release include:
- “A contractor was terminated just days after coming forward to ODNI as a whistleblower.
- “Managers reminded analysts who advocated for the lab-leak hypothesis that leadership would determine which analysts would be promoted. The message was clear: disagreement with the manipulated finding would derail careers.”
- “Senior leaders allegedly set up roadblocks for whistleblowers, removing anonymity from the complaint process by insisting managers or attorneys be present at ODNI meetings, creating an atmosphere of intimidation.”
Watch Gabbard’s video below:
Today, on my final day as Director of National Intelligence, I’m releasing never-before-seen communications and documents exposing how Dr. Fauci provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab, worked with politicized elements… pic.twitter.com/ZMdliW4zyS
— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) June 19, 2026
“On her last day, @DNIGabbard drops a bombshell with even more evidence of Fauci’s collusion with a politicized intelligence community. This release includes additional documents revealing the truth about the lab-leak origins and Fauci’s lies to Congress under oath,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said.
“I’ve referred Fauci to the DOJ MULTIPLE times for criminal prosecution over his web of lies. Thank you, Director Gabbard. More to come,” he added.
On her last day, @DNIGabbard drops a bombshell with even more evidence of Fauci’s collusion with a politicized intelligence community.
This release includes additional documents revealing the truth about the lab-leak origins and Fauci’s lies to Congress under oath.
I’ve… https://t.co/DuoECGfP0Q
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) June 19, 2026
Review the released documents HERE.
