DNI Tulsi Gabbard releases declassified documents alleging Fauci misled Congress and influenced COVID origins assessments.
Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released declassified documents on June 19, 2026, alleging former NIAID Director Anthony Fauci misled Congress in 2024 about his communications with intelligence officials. The documents claim Fauci influenced intelligence assessments on COVID-19 origins and directed funding to coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
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9 outlets covered it, splitting into 9 framing camps across 3 bias groups.
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Right-wing outlets amplify Gabbard's declassified documents as proof of Fauci's deception, while CNN argues the documents fall far short of corroborating her central claims about funding the Wuhan lab.
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“‘Biggest Cover-Up In American History’: GOP Lawmaker Rips Fauci Over COVID-19 Scandal”HP HuffPost LEFT
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“Anthony Fauci gave millions in taxpayer dollars to fund Wuhan lab research that sparked COVID, Tulsi Gabbard says”NYP NY Post RIGHT
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“US DNI releases documents alleging COVID-19 origin cover-up effort” · Jerusalem Post
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HPHuffPost ‘Biggest Cover-Up In American History’: GOP Lawmaker Rips Fauci Over COVID-19 Scandal 41d ago CNNCNN Why the Covid-19 documents Gabbard released don’t prove her claims about Fauci 41d ago RIGHT6
FThe Federalist New Docs: Fauci Colluded With Intel Agencies On Covid Cover-Up And Then Lied To Congress About It 44d ago WTWashington Times Tulsi Gabbard: Fauci lied to Congress, directed Wuhan research funding 44d ago BBreitbart He 'Lied': Tulsi Gabbard Releases Evidence Fauci Allegedly Directed Funding for 'Risky' Coronavirus Research Linked to Big Pharma and Pursuit of 'Universal Vaccines' 44d ago DWDaily Wire The Fauci Files Tulsi Says They Never Wanted You To See 45d ago NYPNY Post Anthony Fauci gave millions in taxpayer dollars to fund Wuhan lab research that sparked COVID, Tulsi Gabbard says 45d ago NMNewsmax Gabbard Releases Fauci COVID Documents - Newsmax 44d ago 8 tracked claims across 9 outlets
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Fauci's research funding was linked to Big Pharma's pursuit of universal vaccines worth trillions of dollars.
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