Agents Double-0-COVID
CIA whistleblower James Erdman testified that Dr. Anthony Fauci influenced intelligence analyses regarding the origins of COVID-19. The hearing revealed that Fauci funded research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology while asserting a natural origin for the virus. Questions remain about the collaboration between U.S. and Chinese labs and the handling of information related to the pandemic's origins.
- ▪James Erdman claimed Dr. Fauci improperly influenced intelligence analyses about COVID's origins.
- ▪Fauci funded the Wuhan Institute of Virology while maintaining that COVID emerged naturally.
- ▪Sen. Rand Paul referred Fauci for criminal charges, but the DOJ did not take action.
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Last week, CIA whistleblower James Erdman told the Senate Homeland Security Committee that Dr. Anthony Fauci improperly “influenced” intelligence analyses about the origins of the COVID pandemic to downplay a laboratory origin in China. Aside from confirmation by the CIA man, most of what the hearing revealed was already known. Dr. Fauci funded China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) to conduct dangerous gain-of-function research, yet maintained that COVID emerged naturally in the wild. When medical scientists saw evidence of a laboratory origin, Fauci branded them conspiracy theorists, fringe epidemiologists, and so forth. (RELATED: Tracking Dr. Fauci’s Fallout)In 2023, Sen. Rand Paul wondered if Dr.
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