Tulsi Gabbard, Outgoing US DNI, Releases Docs Claiming Fauci Funded Wuhan Lab Research

On her final day as Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard announced the release of declassified communications that she says show Dr. Anthony Fauci directed millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to gain‑of‑function experiments at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The documents also allege that Fauci and senior intelligence officials suppressed information about the lab‑leak hypothesis and misled Congress in 2024.

Gabbard further claimed the files reveal U.S.‑funded biolabs in Ukraine conducting risky pathogen research, and she promised to disclose material related to the CIA’s Cold‑War MKUltra programme. The releases have not yet been made public, and federal agencies have not responded to the accusations. The claims rekindle debate over the origins of COVID‑19 and raise questions about past U.S. bio‑security activities.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence says the documents were uncovered during a year‑long declassification review supporting former President Donald Trump’s transparency agenda. No definitive consensus exists within the intelligence community on the virus’s origins, and the purported disclosures are expected to be closely examined by officials and historians.