00:00Before the COVID pandemic, Dr. Fauci, as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, provided millions in
00:08U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology,
00:17work which is now widely viewed as the source of the unintentional lab leak that sparked the pandemic.
00:24Now, in support of President Trump's maximum transparency mandate, today, on my final day as Director of National Intelligence, I'm
00:33releasing never-before-seen communications and documents that expose exactly how Fauci worked with politicized career leadership in the intelligence
00:43community to suppress the truth about his actions, the virus's lab leak origins,
00:49and his role in directing U.S. funding for this dangerous research that caused immeasurable harm and countless lost lives.
00:58Now, these documents expose Fauci's direct role in influencing and manipulating IC assessments on COVID-19 and how Fauci lied
01:08to Congress in 2024 when, under oath, he denied knowledge of or participation in discussions with intelligence officials about viral
01:18research.
01:18We also received testimony from multiple intelligence community whistleblowers who reported retaliation for challenging the intelligence community's manipulation of intelligence
01:28on the virus's origins, once again revealing a clear pattern of suppressing dissent, silencing critics, and burying the truth.
01:39Dr. Fauci's close relationships with the intelligence community enabled him to assume three key roles that shield him from scrutiny.
01:48First, Dr. Fauci funded dangerous gain-of-function coronavirus research linked to big pharma and their pursuit of universal vaccines
01:58worth trillions of dollars.
01:59Second, Dr. Fauci was the behind-of-trillions of dollars.
02:02Second, Dr. Fauci was the behind-the-scenes advisor who, alongside his hand-picked so-called experts, pushed the intelligence
02:08community to endorse a natural animal origin to hide his dangerous gain-of-function research that he funded using taxpayer
02:16dollars.
02:17All of this in a deliberate attempt to cover up the truth and shift the blame and attention away from
02:24Fauci's own actions.
02:27Third, Dr. Fauci became the nation's pandemic pundit, and he publicly pushed lies, disinformation, and censorship using every platform available.
02:38Now, according to hundreds of reviewed emails which are included in this release, the intelligence community almost always incorporated Fauci's
02:47recommendations.
02:47He promoted a fraudulent paper whose publication he helped prompt as legitimate information for intelligence community consideration.
02:56Senior analysts praised Dr. Fauci not as a policymaker, but as what they called an unbiased guide to the real
03:04coronavirus experts, while deliberately ignoring experts who might dissent from Fauci's narratives.
03:11Now, Fauci didn't stop there. He blatantly lied to Congress under oath during his 2024 testimony to the House Select
03:19Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, denying that he ever spoke to any intelligence agency about COVID.
03:27Now, the correspondence I'm releasing today directly contradicts his sworn testimony.
03:32Now, we received statements from multiple whistleblowers revealing that the intelligence analysts who dared to challenge Dr. Fauci's COVID origin
03:41conclusions faced threats of retaliation, marginalization, and many suffered career setbacks.
03:49For example, a contractor was terminated just days after coming forward to ODNI as a whistleblower.
03:56Another example, those who advocated for the lab leak hypothesis or expressed dissenting views were reminded by their managers that
04:04leadership would determine which analysts would be promoted and which would not.
04:09The message was clear. Go along or be punished.
04:14Senior leaders also sought to undermine whistleblowers by removing anonymity, which is required in the whistleblower process, as they made
04:21their complaints,
04:22and also insisting that their managers or attorneys be present during ODNI meetings where these whistleblowers were coming forward with
04:30their testimony, obviously creating an atmosphere of intimidation.
04:35The COVID pandemic caused tremendous hardship and pain for millions of our fellow Americans and countless people around the world.
04:43Now, after years of lies and censorship and cover-ups, the American people deserve transparency, truth, and accountability.
04:51The tactics that were used to hide the truth are straight from the deep state playbook.
04:57Politicized self-serving leaders like Dr. Fauci covered up their own wrongdoing and abuses of power,
05:04manipulated intelligence, lied to Congress, and undermined a duly elected president
05:10by restricting his access to the vital facts he needed to keep the country safe.
05:17It's time you know the truth.
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