According to Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), the chair of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci may have been secretly escorted into CIA HQ in an attempt to influence the agency’s probe into the origins of COVID-19.
There was no official record of Fauci’s entry.
In a letter sent to Health and Human Services Inspector General Christi Grimm, Wenstrup outlined his committee’s findings and requested documents from HHS, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, and the U.S. Marshals Service, which had been assigned to protect Fauci, about whether he had been admitted or entered any buildings owned, operated, or occupied by the CIA, Newsmax reports.
Excerpts from Wenstrup’s letter below:
According to information gathered by the Select Subcommittee, Dr. Anthony Fauci, then-director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, played a role in the Central Intelligence Agency’s review of the origins of COVID-19. The information provided suggests that Dr. Fauci was escorted into Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Headquarters—without a record of entry—and participated in the analysis to “influence” the Agency’s review. Our goal is to ensure the scientific investigative process regarding the origins of COVID-19 was fair, impartial, and free of alternative influence.
The Select Subcommittee’s goal is to ensure accountability and transparency. The American people deserve the truth—to know the origins of the virus and whether there was a concerted effort by public health authorities to suppress the lab leak theory for political or national security purposes. Accordingly, information regarding specific movements of Dr. Fauci throughout the pandemic is reasonable and hardly intrusive, especially considering he is no longer employed by the federal government, he is no longer a protectee of the Inspector General, and we are not requesting any information regarding his current movements.
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We request you make Special Agent Brett Rowland available for a voluntary transcribed interview at a date to be determined. Accordingly, the Committees will contact you to schedule the interview. The Committees reserve their right to conduct follow-up interviews or request testimony from other witnesses pertinent to our investigation.
According to Newsmax, “The allegations against Fauci come after a whistleblower, a senior-level CIA officer, claimed to Congress that the agency had offered to pay off analysts who had found that COVID-19 most likely leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.”
“According to Wenstrup and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chair Mike Turner, R-Ohio, the analysts were allegedly asked to report instead that the virus jumped from animals to humans.”
Will the committee finally catch up with Fauci and hold him accountable?
