Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told Megyn Kelly during an interview this week that there is an active investigation into the role U.S.-funded research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology may have played in causing the Covid-19 pandemic, including whether Dr. Anthony Fauci lied under oath about what he knew.
Gabbard explained that she is working alongside new NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to uncover the truth about gain-of-function research, RealClearPolitics reported.
“The thing that we are working with Jay Bhattacharya, the new NIH director on with as well Secretary Kennedy is looking at the gain-of-function research that in case of Wuhan lab as many other bio labs around world was actually U.S. funded and leads to this dangerous kind of research that in many examples has resulted in either a pandemic or some other major health crisis,” Gabbard said.
Kelly pressed her guest on whether investigators have been able to pinpoint the exact experiment that may have triggered the outbreak.
“We already know Eco-Health Alliance was partnering with this Wuhan lab to do gain-of-function research. We just never have been able to have somebody say it was that exact experiment that led to this COVID bug,” Kelly said. “Have we gotten there? What’s the new thing you’re digging in on?”
Gabbard responded that her team is working to establish the direct link.
“We’re working on that with Jay Bhattacharya and look forward to being able to share that hopefully very soon. That specific link between the gain-of-function research and what we saw with Covid-19,” she said.
Kelly then suggested the implications would be enormous.
“If that is true, and it was Peter Daszak’s research with the so-called Bat Lady that caused this pandemic, then we did fund it. Anthony Fauci helped fund the pandemic he was in charge of fighting,” Kelly said.
Gabbard agreed, noting Fauci repeatedly denied this when questioned by Sen. Rand Paul.
“Something he denied over and over to Sen. Rand Paul’s questioning, under oath,” she said. “So is it any wonder that he sought a pre-emptive pardon for anything during a certain period of time by President Biden before he left office?”
Kelly added that Fauci and his allies worked to smear dissenting voices. “He strong-armed and smeared people like Dr. Jay Bhattacharya — anybody who came out and said they don’t know if it is natural, maybe it smacks of ‘lab,’” said the host.
Gabbard stressed that the concern is not just about COVID-19’s origin but ongoing global risks.
“The reason why this is so important isn’t that this happened in the past, it is that this gain-of-function research is happening in biolabs around the world,” Gabbard said.
She recalled how she was attacked for warning about U.S.-funded labs in Ukraine at the start of the Russia-Ukraine war.
“I got attacked and I think you saw this, we’ve probably talked about it on your show before when I warned against U.S.-funded bio labs in Ukraine when the Russia-Ukraine war kicked off for this very reason,” Gabbard said. “Who knows what kinds of pathogens are in these labs and if released, could create another COVID-like pandemic? And for that, I was called a Russian asset, trumpeting Putin’s talking points. All of this nonsense simply for speaking the truth.”
She pointed out that the information is still publicly available.
“By the way, it’s still on the U.S. Embassy Ukraine’s website today about how the U.S. has funded these bio labs in Ukraine,” she added.
Gabbard concluded that the only way to prevent another devastating pandemic is to end gain-of-function research entirely.
“In order to prevent another Covid-like pandemic or another major health incident that could affect us in the world we have to end this gain-of-function research, provide evidence that shows exactly why and how it’s in our best interest — the American people’s best interest — to bring about an end to it,” she said.
