CIA Whistleblower Claims Fauci Meddled in COVID Lab-Leak Probe
James Erdman III said Fauci steered CIA analysts away from a lab-leak conclusion, as the agency defended its response as political theater.
- On Wednesday, Central Intelligence Agency officer James Erdman III testified to the Senate Homeland Security Committee that intelligence leaders suppressed reports supporting the lab-leak theory and retaliated against dissenting analysts.
- Erdman claimed leadership pushed the 'Zoonotic theory' using the paper 'The Proximal Origin of Sars CoV-2,' attributing suppression to Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
- Chairman Rand Paul argued Fauci hid origins to protect his approval of Gain of Function Research in China, asking, 'How can Anthony Fauci objectively comment on a discussion of COVID origins when he approved the very funding that may have caused the Pandemic Virus?'
- CIA Director of Public Affairs Liz Lyons dismissed the hearing as 'dishonest political theater,' maintaining the agency has already assessed COVID-19 likely originated from a lab.
- For years, public health officials labeled the lab-leak hypothesis a conspiracy, despite reports suggesting it was the prevailing theory; this testimony follows the federal government's March 9, 2025, suspension of free at-home COVID test distribution.
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CIA Whistleblower: Agency Suppressed Lab-Leak Findings Before Reversing Course
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