# COVID-19 Origins — the official record, read by ENKI

> Findings from the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic's official 520-page final report (Dec 2024) and sworn testimony. DNI Tulsi Gabbard's June 2026 ODNI release alleges these records show intelligence agencies covered up a lab origin and that Dr. Fauci misled Congress. COVID-19's origin remains officially CONTESTED (intelligence agencies are split lab-leak vs. natural); Dr. Fauci denies wrongdoing and received a preemptive presidential pardon in Jan 2025. These are grounded quotes from the record — who said what — not a verdict.

Source: House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. 295 verbatim, source-checked findings, extracted and indexed by Enki Systems (https://enkisystems.com/covid). Every quote below is copied character-for-character from the cited official document and verified against it.

## ODNI Declassified Release — Fauci & the Intelligence Community
News Release No. 11-26 · June 18, 2026 · DNI Tulsi Gabbard

This is newly declassified INTELLIGENCE-COMMUNITY material — distinct from the congressional report above (which covered the funding and science). The ODNI release adds the alleged IC cover-up layer.

What's withheld: Part 1 is 94 pages; ~19 (about 20%) are blank or image-only after OCR — withheld or unrecoverable. The readable text carries few formal FOIA exemption codes, but the declassified email chains have sender/recipient names blanked and one chain is marked redacted in the record itself: “the email chain after the meeting was redacted.”

Context: These are the allegations of ODNI / DNI Tulsi Gabbard. Dr. Fauci denies wrongdoing and received a preemptive presidential pardon in January 2025. COVID-19's origin remains officially CONTESTED across U.S. intelligence agencies (split lab-leak vs. natural). Presented as who-alleges-what, grounded to the official release — not a verdict.

## Grounded findings

### the witness — contradiction
> "Both Dr. Fauci and Dr. Collins testified they did not provide edits to Proximal Origin"

Both Fauci and Collins denied providing edits, which contradicts evidence of their active involvement in the drafting process.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Kristian Andersen) — contradiction
> "I think the reviewers felt that probably -- I mean, reviewer two was pretty critical about our conclusions of the paper and felt that they should have been stronger"

Dr. Andersen's testimony contradicts Nature's stated reason for rejection; he attributes rejection to conclusions being too weak, while Nature's editor cited concerns about feeding conspiracy theories.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Lawrence Tabak) — contradiction
> "The generic, broad description of what gain-of-function is, yes."

Dr. Tabak explicitly confirms the EcoHealth experiment fits the broad definition of gain-of-function research, contradicting NIH's public position.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Daszak) — contradiction
> "the information from the year 5 report was in the resubmitted -- the renewal submission, in the first part of that renewal submission."

Dr. Daszak attempts to justify not submitting the Year 5 Report on time by claiming its information was included in the Year 6 renewal, which the Select Subcommittee directly contradicts.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Michael Lauer — contradiction
> "our office did an electronic forensic investigation of EcoHealth's encounters with our grant system"

NIH's forensic audit could not verify Daszak's claim of being locked out of the eRA Commons system, directly contradicting his testimony.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Lawrence Tabak (NIH) — contradiction
> "We have no evidence of that."

Dr. Daszak repeatedly testified NIH took 11 days to unlock the submission system, but NIH's Dr. Tabak directly contradicted this under oath, stating NIH has no evidence of that.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Lawrence Tabak (witness) — contradiction
> "Dr. Daszak testified 2 weeks ago that he was not required to produce the lab notebooks. Would NIH disagree with that testimony? A. Yes, we disagree with that testimony."

NIH explicitly contradicts Dr. Daszak's sworn testimony that he was not required to produce lab notebooks, creating a direct contradiction between witnesses.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Jeffrey Sturchio (Daszak's consultant) — contradiction
> "NIH has the right to review original lab notebooks and data, and that EHA would in the normal course of events be able to obtain these data from the WIV."

Daszak's own consultant acknowledged NIH had the right to review original lab notebooks, contradicting Daszak's public position that he was not required to provide them.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Erbelding) — contradiction
> "EcoHealth was relying on the WIV, an institute debarred for failing to produce laboratory notebooks, to provide them with the virus samples"

The excerpt reveals a contradiction between NIAID's stated justification for reinstating EcoHealth's grant and reality — EcoHealth was actually relying on the debarred WIV to provide the samples.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "Well, they do talk to us. I can talk to them. It's not illegal to talk to them."

Daszak contradicts his earlier claim that the WIV was not participating in the grant by acknowledging ongoing communication and data sharing with the debarred institute.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Giuffre's counsel (questioner) — contradiction
> "And they are, functionally, doing it for free? We may have some prior claim on it because the initial sampling was done with our money."

The witness contradicts the premise of debarment by confirming WIV is still functionally collaborating and providing data at no cost, undermining the punitive intent of the debarment.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Peter Daszak) — contradiction
> "Absolutely not true. We had an interview with DARPA specifically so they could inform us why it was rejected. I have got the contemporaneous notes right here, never once did biosafety come up."

Daszak claimed DARPA rejected DEFUSE solely due to insufficient funds, directly contradicting DARPA program manager Gimlett's testimony that biosecurity concerns were one of three key reasons for denial.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Gimlett) — contradiction
> "Did the lack of a gain-of-function or DURC plan affect the decision to reject the proposal? A. Yes, it did."

Dr. Gimlett directly contradicted Dr. Daszak's prior testimony by confirming that the lack of a gain-of-function or DURC plan was part of the rationale to reject the DEFUSE proposal.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "when I said we do not fund gain-of-function -- gain-of-function according to the strict definition, which I refer to as the operative definition"

Fauci's deposition testimony contradicts the plain impression left by his Senate testimony, as he now concedes his denials were not addressing the layman's definition of gain-of-function that Senator Paul and the public understood.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Giuffre's counsel — contradiction
> "NIH does not now and has not ever funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan was that you meant to say or you intended ePPP research"

The questioner highlights a potential contradiction between the witness's Senate testimony denying NIH funded gain-of-function research and the broader definition that was live on NIH's website at the time the research was conducted.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Andrew Cuomo — contradiction
> "The discussion with the Greater New York Hospital Association was always about the hospital capacity and they were tracking the capacity"

Cuomo denies recalling any GNYHA phone call or request related to nursing home discharges, yet contradictorily admits his discussions with GNYHA were 'always' about hospital capacity — the exact subject of the directive.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "he did not recall having any conversations, privileged or otherwise, with Ms. Lacewell related to the March 25 Directive."

Schwartz's testimony directly contradicts Lacewell's admission, as he claims no recollection of any conversations with her related to the March 25 Directive.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "It was written from CMS and CDC."

Cuomo claims the March 25 Directive was written from CMS and CDC guidance, a claim contradicted by federal health officials including Dr. Birx.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Zucker) / Select Subcommittee investigators — contradiction
> "None of the witnesses interviewed by the Select Subcommittee consulted—nor knew of anyone within the Cuomo Administration that consulted—CMS or CDC prior to the issuance of the March 25 Directive."

Dr. Zucker claimed the March 25 Directive followed CDC and CMS guidance, but no witnesses confirmed anyone in the Cuomo Administration actually consulted those agencies beforehand, undermining his defense.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Linda Lacewell) — contradiction
> "It was not a DOH report that landed in the executive chamber and was then changed."

Lacewell contradicts the premise that the report originated with DOH and was changed by the Executive Chamber, asserting instead that it was not a DOH report that was altered.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "Q. Were you involved in the drafting of this report in any capacity? A. No."

Andrew Cuomo denied any involvement in drafting the July 6 Report, which is directly contradicted by documents and other witness testimony.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "I did not. Maybe it was in the inbox, but I did not."

Cuomo denied Dr. Malatras's testimony that he reviewed a draft of the report, but hedged with 'Maybe it was in the inbox,' partially undermining his own denial.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Andrew Cuomo — contradiction
> "Q. Did you have any discussions regarding the report being peer reviewed? A. No."

Cuomo denied involvement in peer review of the July 6 Report, which directly contradicts documentary and testimonial evidence showing he directed the process.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Andrew Cuomo — contradiction
> "Q. Do you know if people outside of DOH were involved with drafting or editing this report? A. No."

Cuomo denied knowing whether outside individuals were involved in drafting the July 6 Report, contradicting testimony and documents proving he directed outside reviewers.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (DeRosa, Lacewell, Garvey) — contradiction
> "Ms. DeRosa, Ms. Lacewell, and Ms. Garvey, testified that they had no knowledge or recollection of Mr. Cuomo being involved in the July 6 Report."

Senior Executive Chamber officials contradicted Dr. Malatras by claiming no knowledge of Cuomo's involvement in the July 6 Report, creating a direct contradiction in testimony.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Janet Woodcock) — contradiction
> "Not by me. Q. But do you recall that someone else may have brought them up? A. I do not recall."

Dr. Woodcock initially denied recalling whether vaccine mandates came up at the July 19 meeting, but later admitted Dr. Marks brought up mandates 'a couple of times,' contradicting her earlier evasion.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "Well, it often would appear in the papers. But that might have been from the companies, because we tell the company"

Dr. Woodcock's claim that the ADD was private contradicts her acknowledgment that it 'often would appear in the papers,' suggesting the information was not kept private.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### HHS Counsel — contradiction
> "this memorandum is separate and apart from any internal personnel process that might be happening."

HHS Counsel attempts to distance the authorization memo from internal personnel proceedings against Dr. Morens, contradicting the implied coercive context described by the questioner.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "Dr. Morens interpreted these instructions as binding and informed the Select Subcommittee he would not answer questions if instructed."

Dr. Morens treated HHS instructions as binding and refused to answer questions accordingly, despite HHS claiming the instructions were non-compulsory.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "The only e-mail I had was my government e-mail and my Gmail."

Dr. Morens falsely denied having any email accounts other than his government and Gmail accounts during a transcribed interview, which contradicts evidence of an additional encrypted account.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "Did you attempt to circumvent FOIA by using a personal e-mail account for official work discussions? A. No."

Dr. Morens denied attempting to circumvent FOIA using personal email, which contradicts documentary evidence of deliberate deletion of federal records.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "I deleted a lot of emails. I do it every day. But in my mind, they are trivial things not related to government business."

Dr. Morens contradicted his earlier sworn denial by admitting at a public hearing that he deleted 'a lot of emails' daily, undermining his prior 'No' answer.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "Twice in the past, including a month or so ago, I deleted everything with EHA people from my entire Outlook"

Documentary evidence contradicts Dr. Morens' sworn testimony that he never deleted official records, showing he wrote that he deleted emails from EHA people from his NIH Outlook.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "Hopefully no problems with the emails that came to me at my NIH address. I deleted them quickly"

A second written statement by Dr. Morens further contradicts his sworn denial of deleting official records, indicating deliberate destruction of federal records.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "Did you ever circumvent FOIA by using a personal E-Mail account for official work discussions? A. No."

Dr. Morens denied using personal email to circumvent FOIA, which the Select Subcommittee says documents prove to be a false statement, potentially constituting a federal crime.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "Did you ever delete anything from your official account or anything from"

Dr. Morens denied ever deleting emails from his official account, which the Select Subcommittee says documents establish to be a false statement.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "Did you ever delete anything from your official account or anything from you G-Mail account that could be considered an official record? A. No."

Dr. Morens denied deleting official records, but documents establish this was a false statement.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "Did you ever assist in any of the drafting of the correspondence that [Dr. Daszak] sent back [to NIH]? A. No. No."

Dr. Morens denied assisting Dr. Daszak or EcoHealth in drafting correspondence to NIH, but documents establish that to be a false statement.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — contradiction
> "The only e-mail I had was my government e-mail and my Gmail."

Dr. Morens denied having other personal email accounts beyond Gmail and government email, but documents establish that to be a false statement.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Counsel for Executive Chamber — contradiction
> "clear and consistent about our approach towards privileged documents from the very outset of our review."

The Executive Chamber claimed its approach to privileged documents was clear and consistent, contradicting the subcommittee's finding that it never disclosed wholesale document withholding.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "I think this could be engineered."

Dr. Andersen admits that when he described the genome as 'inconsistent with expectations from evolutionary theory,' he meant he believed COVID-19could have been engineered, a significant admission about early lab-leak concerns.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Ian Lipkin (witness) — admission
> "I did not know about it in February of 2020."

Dr. Lipkin admits he was unaware of the February 1 Conference Call during the drafting of Proximal Origin, suggesting key authors were excluded from foundational discussions.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Ian Lipkin (witness) — admission
> "The existence of the call or what was communicated on the call was not communicated to you during the drafting or Proximal Origin? A. That is correct."

Dr. Lipkin confirms the existence and content of the February 1 call was never communicated to him during the drafting of Proximal Origin, raising questions about transparency among authors.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Kristian Andersen) — admission
> "we kept the possibilities of -- remember the submitted version to that was open-ended, agnostic as to whether it could have been a lab passage"

Dr. Andersen admits the original Proximal Origin manuscript was 'open-ended, agnostic' about lab origin, contradicting the published paper's strong natural-origin conclusion.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "Q. -- without falling under the categories of being regulated by the P3CO? A. Absolutely."

Dr. Tabak admits that research can qualify as gain-of-function without falling under P3CO Framework regulation, a significant concession about regulatory gaps.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Lawrence Tabak) — admission
> "That is fair. And I have always, when asked, tried to make that distinction."

Dr. Tabak confirms that NIH's repeated public claim of not funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan was, at best, misleading.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Ralph Baric) — admission
> "it should show that there's a statistical difference, which means there was an increase in virulence"

Dr. Baric testifies that statistical analysis would show increased virulence in the chimeric virus experiment, supporting gain-of-function classification.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Baric) — admission
> "is it a gain-of-function phenotype? Absolutely. You can't argue with that."

Dr. Baric admits the WIV1-SHC014 chimeric virus experiment produced a gain-of-function phenotype, which he states is statistically demonstrable and undeniable.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Lawrence Tabak) — admission
> "If you are speaking about the generic term, yes, we did"

Dr. Tabak admits NIH funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology through EcoHealth Alliance, qualifying it only by definition.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Daszak) — admission
> "No, unfortunately. I wish I'd done that. I didn't do it. You know, it's unfortunate."

Dr. Daszak admits he failed to email the Year 5 progress report to NIAID officials as he had done in prior years, calling it 'unfortunate.'
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "Q. If the type 2 is suspended, does it just waive their requirements to complete the type 1? A. No."

A witness admits that suspension of the Type 2 grant does not waive EcoHealth's obligations to complete requirements under the Type 1 grant, undermining a potential defense.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Daszak) — admission
> "there's no evidence of us contacting the help desk and getting a help desk ticket because we maybe didn't do that."

Dr. Daszak makes a partial admission that EcoHealth may not have contacted the help desk, undermining their prior implication that the lockout prevented submission.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "there's no evidence of us contacting the help desk and getting a help desk ticket because we maybe didn't do that"

The witness admits no help desk ticket was created, undermining their claim of attempting to resolve the system lockout through proper channels.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Peter Daszak — admission
> "NIH told us 2 years later to submit that report. It took NIH 11 days to unlock the system"

Dr. Daszak made an admission that NIH formally demanded the late Year 5 Report, undermining his claim that EcoHealth was simply locked out rather than non-compliant.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Erik Stemmy) — admission
> "neither the NIAID side of things nor it sounds like Dr. Daszak understood the one log rule to have been previously implicated"

Dr. Stemmy admits that neither NIAID nor Dr. Daszak understood the one-log rule to have been implicated in the Year 4 report, confirming shared ignorance of a key compliance trigger.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Ralph Baric) — admission
> "it should show that there's a statistical difference, which means there was an increase in virulence and the entire review process would have been triggered."

Dr. Baric admits the Year 5 experiment showed a statistical difference in virulence that should have triggered the entire enhanced potential pandemic pathogen review process.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Peter Daszak — admission
> "No, we did not. Had we got those reports, we would have submitted them to NIH when requested"

Daszak admits EcoHealth did not obtain original lab notebooks from the Wuhan Institute during the human mice experiments conducted in 2017-2018, which were central to NIH oversight.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Lawrence Tabak (witness) — admission
> "Did EcoHealth ever produce the requested notebooks? A. They have not. Q. Never did."

Dr. Tabak confirms EcoHealth never produced the requested lab notebooks, establishing non-compliance with grant requirements.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Lawrence Tabak (witness) — admission
> "When NIH asked for these lab notebooks, was Dr. Daszak required to produce them? A. He was indeed."

Dr. Tabak confirmed under oath that Dr. Daszak was required to produce lab notebooks to NIH, directly contradicting Daszak's public claims that regulations did not require him to do so.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Erbelding) — admission
> "I did not ask further questions. I took his representation as truthful."

Dr. Erbelding admits NIAID relied solely on Peter Daszak's unverified word that samples existed and were accessible, without asking where they were located.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "Right now, they are in the Wuhan Institute of Virology."

Daszak admits the debarred WIV still holds custody of all bat samples collected with U.S. taxpayer funding, undermining the basis for grant reinstatement.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "Wuhan Institute of Virology's staff has continued to sequence out some of those initial small fragments to get whole genome sequences, critical information. I agree with what Dr. Erbelding and Stemmy or whoever it was has said that that was paid for by U.S. taxpayers."

Daszak admits the WIV continued sequencing samples after the pandemic began using U.S. taxpayer-funded grant money, despite debarment.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "I asked them for the lab notes."

Daszak admits the WIV never responded to requests for lab notebooks, which were the basis for their debarment, while still receiving data from them.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Erbelding, as summarized by questioner) — admission
> "if she had that knowledge, it would have at least caused her to ask more questions regarding the reinstatement"

Dr. Erbelding admits that had she known samples remained at the debarred WIV, it would have affected her decision to reinstate EcoHealth's grant, suggesting the reinstatement was based on incomplete information.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Gimlett) — admission
> "the first time that they did talk about engineering chimeric viruses, albeit still just taking components of wild virus found in bat caves, but mixing and matching"

The witness admits that the EcoHealth/DEFUSE proposal described engineering chimeric viruses, which raised dual-use research of concern flags for DARPA.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Gimlett) — admission
> "it didn't quite map to what I was looking for, and I wasn't sure how that would help necessarily in producing probabilistic risk map"

The witness admits the chimeric virus work did not clearly map to PREEMPT's stated goal of producing a probabilistic risk map, raising questions about the proposal's scientific justification.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. James Gimlett — admission
> "That -- that looks like the letter I wrote."

Dr. Gimlett confirms he authored the DARPA denial letter to EcoHealth, establishing its authenticity as an official rejection of the DEFUSE proposal.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. James Gimlett — admission
> "No, it would have been formally sent."

Dr. Gimlett confirms the denial letter was formally sent to EcoHealth, not merely communicated verbally, giving it official weight.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Gimlett) — admission
> "the virus has potentially gained some function that could be hazardous, and we needed -- we need to reassess whether to proceed with research"

Dr. Gimlett admitted that a virus potentially gaining hazardous function during research would require reassessment of whether to proceed, substantiating safety concerns about the DEFUSE research.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Tabak) — admission
> "Former President Trump was to give a news conference of some sort, and apparently he wanted to articulate that this had been suspended"

The witness admits the EcoHealth grant suspension was driven by political pressure from the White House, specifically timed to a Trump press conference announcement.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Tabak) — admission
> "My secondhand knowledge is that it was the White House chief of staff. Q. Mark Meadows? A. Correct."

The witness admits the chain of command for suspending the EcoHealth grant ran from White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows through HHS General Counsel Charrow to NIH leadership.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Tabak) — admission
> "That is correct."

The witness confirms the full political chain of command — Meadows to Charrow to Tabak to Lauer — that resulted in the grant suspension letter, corroborating political interference in scientific funding.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Michael Lauer) — admission
> "Would you sign and send a letter if you did not agree with the contents of the letter? A. No."

Dr. Lauer admits he would never sign or send a letter he disagreed with, establishing his personal endorsement of NIH enforcement actions against EcoHealth.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Francis Collins) — admission
> "Do you agree with every enforcement action the NIH took against EcoHealth? A. Yes."

Dr. Collins admits he agreed with every enforcement action NIH took against EcoHealth, a significant endorsement of the grant cancellation.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Fauci — admission
> "I do not have an accounting of what the Chinese may have done, and I am fully in favor of any further investigation"

Fauci admitted he lacked knowledge of Chinese laboratory activities, undermining the certainty of his categorical denials about what research was conducted at the WIV.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "No. Q. Great. What would you be talking about in those situations?"

Fauci admits his public Senate testimony denying NIH funded 'gain-of-function' research at WIV was based on a narrow technical definition, not the layman's understanding he allowed the public to infer.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "I was referring specifically to the operative definition of "gain-of-function" at the time, which is the P3CO framework."

Fauci admits he was specifically using the P3CO framework's narrow definition when publicly denying gain-of-function funding, a distinction he never clarified during high-profile Senate exchanges with Rand Paul.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "the spike that they put on indicated that the virus was more pathogenic than the WIV."

Fauci admits that the chimera experiment increased pathogenicity of the underlying virus, a key concession in the gain-of-function debate.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "That's what it says, yeah."

Fauci confirms the experimental data showing higher mortality in chimera-infected mice, substantiating that EcoHealth's chimeric virus was more dangerous than the original.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "I don't use the terminology "gain-of-function" because it can be very confusing"

The witness admits the experiment may meet the broad NIH website definition of gain-of-function, while insisting he only uses the narrower P3CO definition, revealing a potential semantic evasion in his Senate testimony.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "when I said we do not do gain-of-function I was referring to gain-of-function of concern according to the 3PCO guideline, done, full stop."

Fauci admits he was using a specific regulatory definition of 'gain-of-function' when testifying before the Senate, implying his testimony may have been technically accurate but misleading to the public.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Ian Lipkin (witness) — admission
> "I do. Q. Why? A. Because he was – because he had ran an active research program at WIV."

Dr. Ian Lipkin admits under oath that Dr. Daszak has conflicts of interest regarding COVID-19 origins investigation due to his active research program at WIV.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Anthony Fauci (witness) — admission
> "I believe that he could've saved himself a lot of trouble if he did."

Dr. Fauci admits Daszak had a conflict of interest and should have disclosed it, acknowledging it damaged Daszak's credibility.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Anthony Fauci (witness) — admission
> "he's obviously received a lot of flak about that and had doubts about his credibility on that."

Dr. Fauci confirms Daszak's credibility was undermined by failure to disclose his conflict of interest in COVID origins investigation.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "when I say it was not based in science, I meant a prospective clinical trial to determine whether 6-foot was better than 3, was better than 10"

Fauci admits the six-foot distancing rule lacked a scientific basis from a prospective clinical trial, undermining the rule's credibility.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "It is not appropriate to be publicly challenging a sister organization."

Fauci admits he did not publicly challenge the CDC's six-foot rule, deflecting responsibility to the CDC while acknowledging private White House discussions.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Beth Garvey) — admission
> "guidance was coming to the Executive Chamber and it was being reviewed by a number of different staff people and ultimately coming to me for approval to go out."

Garvey admits she had an approval role in the March 25 Directive sending COVID-positive patients to nursing homes, despite having no specific memory of it.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "I had privileged conversation [sic] with Mr. Schwartz about the subject matter of the March directive before it was issued."

Lacewell admits she had privileged conversations with Schwartz specifically about the March 25 Directive before it was issued, revealing pre-issuance coordination.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Howard Zucker) — admission
> "we followed the CDC guidance that was out at the time, and CMS guidance, and the guidance, the CDC guidance about transmissible disease at that point, said that those individuals were not infectious"

Dr. Zucker admitted the administration followed CDC guidance but this is contradicted by findings that no one consulted CDC before issuing the directive.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "Does that have the same qualifier of able to take CDC precautions as the CMS guidance required? A. No."

A witness admits the New York March 25 Directive lacked the same safety qualifier required by CMS guidance, directly implicating its legality.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "So, would [the March 25 Directive] have violated CMS guidance? A. Yes."

A witness explicitly admits the March 25 Directive violated CMS federal guidance on nursing home admissions during COVID-19.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Mr. Brad Hutton — admission
> "it had been established as the norm, that this Executive Chamber preferred the orders be much more directive in their language"

Hutton testifies that the Executive Chamber deliberately used prescriptive, directive language in orders and would send documents back if perceived as too soft, revealing intentional policy design.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Andrew Cuomo (witness) — admission
> "Because the public relations after April 20 had made the public so nervous and so concerned, anyone who had family in a nursing home was agitated and frightened."

Cuomo admits the March 25 Directive was rescinded for 'public relations' reasons rather than policy or safety concerns, which is significant to the investigation's core allegation.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Linda Lacewell) — admission
> "I was involved in helping draft the report."

Lacewell admits she was involved in drafting the July 6 Report, which was publicly attributed to the NY State Department of Health, suggesting the report's authorship was misrepresented.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "the former Governor reviewed and edited the draft DOH Report on multiple occasions and made edits to str"

The Impeachment Report found that Cuomo directed officials to prepare the DOH report to combat criticism and personally reviewed and edited it on multiple occasions.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Eleanor Adams (witness) — admission
> "in our draft paper, we included the numbers of in and out of nursing home, deaths of nursing home residents"

Dr. Adams admits the original NYSDOH scientific report included both in-facility and out-of-facility nursing home death data, establishing what was later removed.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Andrew Cuomo — admission
> "Who cares? What difference does it make in any dimension to anyone about anything?"

Cuomo dismissively responded 'Who cares' when asked about a ~3,000 discrepancy in nursing home death counts, suggesting indifference to accurate public reporting of fatalities.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Jim Malatras — admission
> "This decision to change the methodology to exclude nursing home deaths would have been approved by Ms. DeRosa? A. Correct."

Dr. Malatras confirmed DeRosa approved the decision to exclude nursing home deaths from public reporting, corroborating testimony about Executive Chamber-directed data manipulation.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "Melissa asked me to go over there and do this review."

Rhodes admits he was ordered by Melissa DeRosa to conduct an audit of nursing home fatality data, suggesting executive-level concern about the numbers.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "I flagged maybe 600 or so entries that had some sort of thing that could be considered inconsistent."

Rhodes admits he flagged approximately 600 inconsistent entries in the nursing home fatality data, including deaths recorded before admission and COVID deaths before COVID was reported in New York.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "you are testifying today that you did support releasing the numbers in August of 2020? A. Yes."

Rhodes admits he supported releasing the full nursing home death data in August 2020, contradicting the Executive Chamber's decision to withhold it.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Melissa DeRosa) — admission
> "that was not our priority. Our priority was getting back to DOJ."

DeRosa admits the legislature was deprioritized in favor of responding to DOJ, suggesting the nursing home death numbers were withheld for political/legal reasons.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Melissa DeRosa) — admission
> "after the Jeff Clark letter came in on October 28th, it was sort of like back to square zero"

DeRosa admits the DOJ's fresh inquiry caused a reset in their strategy, linking the Jeff Clark letter directly to the delay in releasing nursing home death numbers.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Select Subcommittee staff — admission
> "Since Dr. Malatras was not asked explicitly how he [interpreted] the text, it is likely we send an interrogatory to Dr. Malatras"

The Subcommittee acknowledges it never explicitly asked Dr. Malatras how he interpreted the text message, a procedural gap exploited by Cuomo's counsel to challenge the investigation's findings.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Janet Woodcock (the witness) — admission
> "I knew it was published. I never read it."

Dr. Woodcock admits she never read the Lancet article authored by two departing FDA vaccine regulators raising safety concerns about boosters, dismissing the need to engage with their argument.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "I did not feel the need to read their argument."

Dr. Woodcock admits she deliberately chose not to read a scientific article by colleagues because she already felt she knew the data, suggesting willful ignorance of dissenting expert opinion.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Janet Woodcock) — admission
> "Dr. Marks commented on the fact that mandates for some populations would be tied to their FDA status."

Dr. Woodcock admitted that Dr. Marks explicitly linked FDA approval status to the ability to impose vaccine mandates, corroborating the allegation that approval was accelerated to enable mandates.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Marion Gruber — admission
> "It was both of them. Yeah."

Dr. Gruber unambiguously testified that both Dr. Marks and Dr. Woodcock expressed the opinion that a license was needed for vaccine mandates, directly contradicting their own testimony.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "Did you communicate with anybody at the White House regarding the Pfizer BLA prior to being issued? A. Yes."

Dr. Woodcock admitted she did communicate with the White House about the Pfizer BLA prior to its issuance, a significant admission of contact.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — admission
> "So outside of CDC, it's generally private information? A. Absolutely."

Dr. Woodcock admitted the approval date was considered private market-moving information yet acknowledged it sometimes appeared publicly in the press, suggesting a potential leak.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Janet Woodcock (witness) — admission
> "Does an EUA necessitate informed consent from individuals? A. My understanding is it does not."

Dr. Woodcock admitted that Emergency Use Authorization does not require informed consent from individuals, a significant admission about patient rights during COVID-19 vaccination.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Greta Massetti (witness) — admission
> "We did not accept that guidance."

Dr. Massetti admits CDC rejected AFT's recommendation that schools should not reopen unless all teachers were fully vaccinated, showing CDC pushed back on union demands.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Greta Massetti (witness) — admission
> "It would have made reopening more challenging for schools certainly, yes."

Dr. Massetti acknowledges that the four major AFT recommendations — vaccinations, ventilation, masks, and 6-foot distancing — would have made school reopening more difficult, substantiating claims of union obstruction of reopening.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Greta Massetti (witness) — admission
> "Yes, sometimes we had outside groups providing language, yes."

CDC witness admits outside groups sometimes provided specific line-by-line language for guidance documents, relevant to AFT's influence on school reopening guidance.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness (Kelly Nedrow/Trautner) — admission
> "There was no position that we took that was not okayed by our President."

Witness admits that no position AFT took was made without President Weingarten's approval, confirming her direct oversight of CDC guidance lobbying.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness (Kelly Nedrow/Trautner) — admission
> "Everything that was in the emails in the record was discussed with our President."

Witness admits AFT discussed closure thresholds with Weingarten, confirming her direct involvement in shaping CDC school reopening guidance.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### HHS Counsel — admission
> "HHS does not take the position that we can interfere with an employee's ability to talk to Congress."

HHS Counsel explicitly concedes that HHS does not claim the authority to interfere with an employee's ability to speak to Congress, undermining the restrictive memo.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Dr. Peter Daszak — admission
> "Its massively damaging to our reputation to reveal the discussions I had with them about this and we need to avoid this at all costs in my opinion"

Daszak admitted the FBI communications were 'massively damaging' to his reputation and stated he wanted to avoid disclosure 'at all costs,' revealing a reputational motive for withholding documents.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Select Subcommittee — admission
> "Dr. Morens knowingly and intentionally used personal e-mails to avoid FOIA, transparency, and accountability."

Dr. Morens knowingly used personal email to evade FOIA obligations and shared these evasion tactics with colleagues, demonstrating deliberate obstruction.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — admission
> "gmail is now safe from FOIA."

Dr. Morens admitted in writing that his Gmail was now safe from FOIA after taking deliberate technical steps to evade government transparency laws.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — admission
> "I deleted everything with [EcoHealth] people from my entire outlook…."

Dr. Morens admitted to deliberately deleting emails from EcoHealth Alliance contacts from his official Outlook account, constituting potential destruction of federal records.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — admission
> "hopefully no problems with the emails that came to me at my nih address. I deleted them quickly…"

Dr. Morens admitted to quickly deleting emails sent to his NIH address, suggesting intentional destruction of federal records subject to FOIA.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — admission
> "Did you ever delete anything from your official account or anything from your Gmail account that could be considered an official record? A. No."

Dr. Morens flatly denied ever deleting anything from his official account in a January 2024 transcribed interview, which was later contradicted by his own public hearing testimony.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — admission
> "Using a personal email for official business violates NIH policy."

A witness admits that using personal email for official business violates NIH policy, a significant compliance admission.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — admission
> "Does it violate NAID—NAI—NA—NIAID policy to delete records to intentionally avoid FOIA? A. Yes."

A witness admits that deleting records to intentionally avoid FOIA violates NIAID policy, confirming potential obstruction of oversight.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — admission
> "That was inappropriate, for him to be doing that for a grantee, as a conflict of"

A witness admits Dr. Morens editing an EcoHealth press release regarding the grant termination was inappropriate and constituted a conflict, suggesting improper coordination with a grantee under investigation.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness (Dr. Lawrence Tabak) — admission
> "intentionally avoid FOIA? A. Yes."

The witness confirms Dr. Morens intentionally deleted records to avoid FOIA, which is a significant admission of deliberate obstruction of federal transparency law.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness (Dr. Lawrence Tabak) — admission
> "That was inappropriate, for him to be doing that for a grantee, as a conflict of interest, among other things."

The witness admits Dr. Morens editing an EcoHealth press release was inappropriate and a conflict of interest, implicating improper coordination between NIH and a grantee.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness (Dr. Lawrence Tabak) — admission
> "Dr. Morens edited a letter that Dr. Daszak was sending to NIH. Does that violate policy? A. Yes, it does."

The witness confirms Dr. Morens editing a letter Dr. Daszak was sending to NIH violated policy, revealing improper insider assistance to a grantee.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness (Dr. Lawrence Tabak) — admission
> "That was wrong and inappropriate and violated policy."

The witness admits Dr. Morens advising Daszak on how to mislead NIH on a late progress report was wrong and violated policy, a significant admission of facilitated deception.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness (Dr. Lawrence Tabak) — admission
> "Dr. Morens forwarded this first to his Gmail and then to Dr. Daszak. Does sharing that draft letter violate NIH policy? A. Yes, of course."

The witness confirms Dr. Morens forwarding a draft Fauci letter to his personal Gmail and then to Daszak violated NIH policy, revealing a pattern of leaking sensitive internal communications.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — admission
> "Yes, it does."

The witness admits that an NIH employee sharing internal deliberations with a grantee violates NIH policy, which is significant for establishing misconduct.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — admission
> "It absolutely is inappropriate."

The witness admits it is absolutely inappropriate for an NIH employee to edit a grantee's oversight response to NIH, corroborating evidence of Dr. Morens' misconduct.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — admission
> "May I apologize to you and the Committee. It is a misogynistic statement"

Dr. Morens admits his misogynistic statement was wrong and attempts to apologize to the Committee, constituting an admission of misconduct.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — admission
> "FINDING: Dr. David Morens Likely Provided False Testimony to Congress in Violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001."

The Select Subcommittee formally found that Dr. Morens likely provided false testimony to Congress in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001, a federal crime.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — admission
> "One of the reasons I made what turned to be a very bad choice not take [sic] the 5th…"

Dr. Morens admitted in a post-hearing email to Daszak that choosing not to invoke the Fifth Amendment was a bad decision, implying consciousness of guilt.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness (Dr. Peter Daszak) — obstruction
> "although Dr. Daszak testified he had contemporaneous notes between himself and DARPA, Dr. Daszak never produced those notes to the Select Subcommittee despite being requested."

Despite claiming to possess contemporaneous notes documenting DARPA's rejection rationale, Daszak never produced those notes to the Select Subcommittee after being requested, raising concerns about obstruction.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### EcoHealth Alliance / Dr. Daszak's counsel — obstruction
> "EcoHealth was with withholding pursuant to attorney-client privilege because Dr. Daszak and his counsel incl"

The excerpt reveals that EcoHealth withheld communications with counsel from the Select Subcommittee under attorney-client privilege, suggesting potential obstruction of the congressional investigation.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Ms. Moore, NIAID FOIA Office — obstruction
> "Ms. Moore assisted other employees regarding how to avoid producing responsive documents or ensuring documents are not recoverable."

The NIAID FOIA official apparently aided employees in avoiding production of responsive documents, representing institutional-level obstruction of transparency laws.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Margaret Moore — obstruction
> "Ms. Moore invoked her right against self-incrimination pursuant to the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution."

Ms. Moore invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked about conversations with Dr. Morens regarding FOIA obligations, suggesting potential self-incrimination exposure.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Margaret Moore via her counsel — obstruction
> "On August 5, 2024, Ms. Moore, via her counsel, formally refused to testify."

Ms. Moore formally refused to testify voluntarily before ultimately being subpoenaed, indicating deliberate avoidance of congressional scrutiny.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Executive Chamber — obstruction
> "it is unclear Ms. DeRosa asked because the Executive Chamber invoked att"

The Executive Chamber invoked privilege to block disclosure of why DeRosa initiated the June 27 call, constituting obstruction of the investigation.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Executive Chamber / Maxwell's counsel — obstruction
> "it is unclear Ms. DeRosa asked because the Executive Chamber invoked attorney client privilege."

The Executive Chamber invoked attorney-client privilege to block disclosure of why DeRosa asked about removing out-of-facility deaths, obstructing the subcommittee's investigation.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Executive Chamber — obstruction
> "as of December 4, 2024, the Executive Chamber has yet to produce them."

The Executive Chamber had not produced additional communications about the June 27 call as of December 4, 2024, suggesting ongoing withholding of relevant evidence.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Andrew Cuomo — obstruction
> "Mr. Andrew Cuomo Acted in a Manner Consistent with an Attempt to Inappropriately Influence the Testimony of a Witness"

The Select Subcommittee found that Cuomo attempted to inappropriately influence witness testimony and obstruct the investigation, a significant formal finding of potential obstruction.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Rita Glavin, Counsel for Mr. Andrew Cuomo — obstruction
> "she researched their state bar numbers—and cited the disbarment case against former New York City Mayor Rudolph Guiliani."

Counsel for Cuomo researched staffers' bar numbers and cited the Giuliani disbarment case, which a reasonable person could perceive as a threat to file disbarment complaints against investigators.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### HHS / Department of Health and Human Services — obstruction
> "HHS instructed Dr. Morens to only answer questions regarding his use of personal e-mail, not any substantive questions regarding the origins of COVID-19"

HHS obstructed the Subcommittee by restricting Dr. Morens to only answering questions about personal email use, blocking substantive testimony on COVID-19 origins and his work for Dr. Fauci.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### HHS counsel — obstruction
> "HHS counsel attempted to persuade the Select Subcommittee that the letter to Dr. Morens was not directive nor mandatory in nature yet still instructed the Dr. Morens to not answer questions."

HHS counsel attempted to instruct Dr. Morens not to answer congressional questions, which the Select Subcommittee characterized as obstruction of its investigation.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### HHS Assistant Secretary Egorin — obstruction
> "it is the Department of Health and Human Services' understanding that you will not be providing information about your work for NIAID."

The HHS authorization letter directed Dr. Morens not to provide information about his NIAID work, which the Select Subcommittee characterized as an unlawful interference with congressional testimony.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### HHS Counsel — obstruction
> "I'm going to object to your characterization of the authorization memo."

HHS Counsel objects to the characterization of the authorization memo as obstructing Congress, indicating tension between agency counsel and the committee.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Giuffre's counsel — obstruction
> "you guys are essentially precluding him from speaking to stuff that's relevant to the origins investigation uniquely to him."

Questioner argues the authorization memo is effectively mandatory and coercive given Dr. Morens's unique legal vulnerability, suggesting obstruction of the origins investigation.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### HHS Counsel — obstruction
> "We will instruct him to limit his responses to his personal, non official activities."

HHS counsel instructed Dr. Morens to limit responses to personal non-official activities, but claimed this was not compulsion, creating a contradictory directive.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Dr. Morens — obstruction
> "they needed to only use his personal Gmail, and to delete any other e-mail from their contacts."

Dr. Morens instructed colleagues to delete his contact information and use only his personal Gmail, actively coordinating efforts to evade federal records laws.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Counsel for Executive Chamber — obstruction
> "the Executive Chamber did not explicitly inform the Select Subcommittee that, in addition to redacting documents, it was actively withholding responsive documents."

The Executive Chamber failed to disclose it was withholding entire documents, not merely redacting them, which constitutes obstruction of the subcommittee's oversight function.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Counsel for Executive Chamber — obstruction
> "this letter is misleading regarding the production of the privilege log."

The September 24 letter omitted the subcommittee's explicit request for a privilege log, making it misleading and an attempt to obscure the Chamber's obligations.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Counsel for Executive Chamber — obstruction
> "our production of various redacted documents further emphasized that certain documents were being withheld on the basis of privilege."

The Executive Chamber argued that partial redactions on some documents should have implied thousands of other documents were being withheld entirely, an unreasonable and obstructive position.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Counsel for Executive Chamber — obstruction
> "the privilege log includes email entries that entirely redact the subject of the email."

The privilege log provided was substantively deficient, including fully redacted email subjects, preventing the subcommittee from assessing withheld materials.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Executive Chamber — obstruction
> "the Executive Chamber has completely withheld certain responsive documents necessary to inform legislative action"

The Executive Chamber completely withheld documents related to the March 25 Directive, directly obstructing the Subcommittee's core investigative interest.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness (Dr. Lawrence Tabak) — evasion
> "It depends on your definition of gain-of-function research."

Dr. Tabak's admission is preceded by an evasive qualifier about definitions, suggesting an attempt to narrow the scope of the concession.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness (Dr. Daszak) — evasion
> "It's absolutely possible. What Dr. Lauer says there is true and what I'm saying to you is true."

Dr. Daszak evades the contradiction by claiming both his account and Dr. Lauer's contradictory findings can simultaneously be true, deflecting accountability.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — evasion
> "My admin staff called the point of contact. Q. Called? A. I believe so, yeah. I think they emailed her, received no response, called."

The witness shifts their account of how staff contacted NIH, first implying email then correcting to phone calls, suggesting uncertainty or inconsistency in their testimony.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Dr. Peter Daszak — evasion
> "I understand your interpretation of regulations, but my interpretation, our administrative team, at the time, the regulations were not considered"

Daszak evades responsibility by reframing the regulatory requirement as merely an 'interpretation,' undermining congressional oversight.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness (Dr. Erbelding) — evasion
> "Q. If you know, at the time of reinstatement, how many samples did EcoHealth have access to that remained untested? A. I don't know the number."

Dr. Erbelding evades specifying the number of untested samples EcoHealth had access to at reinstatement, undermining the credibility of the scientific rationale given to Congress.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — evasion
> "Well, they do talk to us. I can talk to them. It's not illegal to talk to them."

Daszak evades the core contradiction between WIV debarment and continued sample processing by deflecting to legality of communication rather than addressing the funding question.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness (Dr. Anthony Fauci) — evasion
> "I can't speak for him."

Dr. Fauci evades vouching for Dr. Lauer's integrity by refusing to affirm what every other senior NIH official confirmed, saying only 'I can't speak for him.'
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — evasion
> "it still doesn't change the underlying premise that this is not a PPP. That's the point."

Fauci attempts to reframe the admission by insisting the experiment still does not meet the definition of potential pandemic pathogen research, deflecting from the pathogenicity increase he just acknowledged.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — evasion
> "Yeah, but then let's go there, okay?"

Fauci interrupts the line of questioning to redirect to definitions before the questioner has finished, attempting to control the framing of the gain-of-function analysis.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — evasion
> "when I responded to Doctor -- to Senator Paul, I was referring to the gain-of-function research of concern as defined by the P3CO framework"

The witness evades directly answering whether the research meets the broad NIH website definition of gain-of-function by redirecting to the P3CO framework repeatedly.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — evasion
> "I have been living a life over the last few years of getting total distortion of things that I've said and done, and you know that."

Fauci evades agreeing with Dr. Tabak's statement that EcoHealth work met the broad definition of gain-of-function research, deflecting by citing fear of misrepresentation rather than answering directly.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — evasion
> "It was a CDC decision, and it was clear——"

Fauci evades the question of whether he felt an obligation to challenge the unscientific six-foot rule by repeatedly deflecting to CDC authority.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Andrew Cuomo — evasion
> "Jim never told me he was coming here to testify."

Cuomo denied knowing Malatras had been invited to testify, which if true would undercut the obstruction theory but is difficult to verify.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Dr. Janet Woodcock (the witness) — evasion
> "I did not feel the need to read their argument."

Dr. Woodcock's stated reason for not reading the article — that she already knew the data — is contradicted by the article's purpose of presenting new scientific arguments she explicitly chose not to engage with.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### the witness — evasion
> "They are talking about general population. This wasn't indicated -- the booster at the time of approval was not indicated in the general population. So you might say they were arguing against something that didn't happen."

Dr. Woodcock evades the significance of the Gruber/Krause article by claiming it addressed the general population when boosters were not indicated there, deflecting from the core concern about insufficient evidence.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Dr. Peter Marks — evasion
> "I don't know what you're referring to, but I -- there is probably -- it's just a statement of fact"

Dr. Marks gave an evasive, indecisive answer about conversations regarding vaccine mandates, claiming he didn't recall the specific conversation while partially acknowledging the underlying fact.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Greta Massetti (witness) — evasion
> "Could I get some clarification on what you mean—how you would define a line-by-line edit?"

Witness evaded the question about line-by-line edits by requesting clarification, delaying a direct answer on a central issue of outside influence on CDC guidance.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Kelly Nedrow/Trautner) — evasion
> "We knew that the CDC—we were pretty certain the CDC would update guidance if it needed to update guidance."

Witness evades the question of whether there was scientific basis for the sentence, deflecting to CDC's general authority to update guidance rather than answering directly.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Lawrence Tabak) — evasion
> "Sir, we are taking the actions necessary in all cases –"

The witness evades committing to further employment action against Dr. Morens despite being shown direct proof of policy violations, deflecting with a vague non-answer.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — evasion
> "Sir, I don't know if he successfully deleted the emails or not. If he's a Capstone employee, he would not be able to delete the emails."

The witness evades directly answering whether Dr. Morens lied to Congress about deleting emails, deflecting to a technical point about Capstone employee retention.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — evasion
> "Again, those types of actions would be completely inappropriate."

The witness evades confirming whether Dr. Morens lied to Congress about advising Dr. Daszak, responding only that such actions would be inappropriate rather than answering the question.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — evasion
> "we don't discuss specific personnel matters, but we are following all of our procedures to the letter."

The witness refuses to commit to firing Dr. Morens despite evidence of multiple NIH policy violations, citing personnel matter confidentiality as a shield.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — evasion
> "That is typical black humor between people, like Peter and me and other folks who show up in these emails."

Dr. Morens dismissively characterized a suspicious email asking for a 'kickback' on a $7.5 million NIH grant to EcoHealth Alliance as mere 'black humor', which may constitute evasion of a serious conflict-of-interest question.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "the furin cleavage site, the receptor binding domain, and a few things associated with that, the BamH1 restriction site"

Dr. Andersen provides substantive testimony identifying specific genomic features — furin cleavage site, receptor binding domain, and BamH1 restriction site — that raised engineering concerns he presented on the February 1 call.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "reaches out to Dr. Fauci, asks him to call me."

Testimony establishes that Dr. Fauci personally reached out to Dr. Andersen on January 31, 2020, initiating direct contact just before the critical February 1 conference call on COVID-19 origins.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "Dr. Lipkin confirmed he was not even invited to the February 1 Conference Call, and he had no prior knowledge of the call taking place"

Dr. Lipkin was excluded from the February 1 conference call and had no prior knowledge of it, raising questions about the transparency of the drafting process.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Edward Holmes (email author) — testimony
> "Ian Lipkin just called – very worried about the furin cleavage site and says that high ups are as well, inc. intel."

Dr. Holmes's email reveals Dr. Lipkin raised serious concerns about the furin cleavage site and referenced 'high ups' including intelligence community concerns, suggesting suppressed scientific doubts about natural origin.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "the survival rate of mice infected with WIV1 was 71.4 percent while the survival rate of the mice infected with one of the chimeric viruses (WIV1-SHC014) was just 25 percent."

Testimony establishes that chimeric virus WIV1-SHC014 had dramatically higher lethality in mice (75% death rate) versus control virus (28.6% death rate), substantive evidence of enhanced pathogenicity from EcoHealth/WIV research.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Giuffre's counsel — testimony
> ""NIH did not fund gain-of-function research in Wuhan," period. That's, at best, misleading."

Questioner characterizes NIH's blanket denial of funding gain-of-function research as misleading, and Tabak does not dispute it.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Lawrence Tabak) — testimony
> "the report was not submitted until August 3, 2021—nearly two years late."

EcoHealth Alliance submitted its Year 5 Annual Progress Report nearly two years late, raising concerns about oversight of federally funded research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Stemmy) — testimony
> "I believe he copied me on a message then, but not around the time that it would have been due."

Dr. Stemmy confirms Daszak did not send the Year 5 Report email until August 3, 2021, well after it was due, corroborating the late submission allegation.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Peter Daszak — testimony
> "We uploaded the report into the system. The system locked us out"

Dr. Daszak claims EcoHealth attempted to submit the Year 5 Report but was locked out of the NIH system, offering an excuse for the nearly 2-year delay.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Lauer) — testimony
> "We never found any evidence that they had been locked out of our system."

The witness (Dr. Lauer) testifies that a forensic investigation found no evidence EcoHealth was locked out of the eRA Commons system, directly contradicting EcoHealth's claim.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Lauer) — testimony
> "on the very same day, later they were interacting with our system having logged in through a different route."

The forensic investigation found that EcoHealth successfully logged in through an alternate route on the same day they allegedly were locked out, undermining their excuse for non-submission.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Lauer) — testimony
> "we never saw any evidence that they claimed that they were unable to submit their progress report because the eRA system had locked them out."

Dr. Lauer testifies that EcoHealth never contacted the help desk or raised the lockout issue in emails with NIAID staff, contradicting EcoHealth's claimed inability to submit.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Peter Daszak — testimony
> "We were locked out of the system. Not only were we locked out of the system then"

Dr. Daszak testified under oath that EcoHealth was locked out of the NIH system, a claim investigators found unsupported by the 139-page document EcoHealth itself produced.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Lawrence Tabak) — testimony
> "we asked for the original metadata, that is the electronic records, and the actual lab notebooks, that would have memorialized the actual events. And as you know, we never received those."

Dr. Tabak admits NIH requested original metadata and lab notebooks to resolve the Year 4/5 dispute but never received them, suggesting potential obstruction of oversight.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Michael Lauer — testimony
> "And, in your opinion, EcoHealth should've had access to those notebooks and files? A. Yes."

Dr. Lauer confirms NIH had authority to request the notebooks and that EcoHealth should have had access to them, undermining Daszak's regulatory interpretation.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Lawrence Tabak — testimony
> "it would have been a requirement, if NIH requested lab notebooks, for EcoHealth to provide them? A. Yes, it would've been."

Dr. Tabak confirms that EcoHealth was required to provide lab notebooks to NIH upon request, directly contradicting Daszak's claim of no such obligation.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Select Subcommittee findings — testimony
> "Dr. Daszak omitted a material fact during the grant reinstatement process—a fact that may have changed whe"

The subcommittee found that EcoHealth Alliance misled NIH by omitting a material fact during the grant reinstatement process regarding the physical location of U.S.-funded samples.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Erbelding) — testimony
> "You asked, do you have access, and they responded yes? A. This was Peter Daszak. Yes."

Dr. Erbelding confirms that Peter Daszak gave only a bare 'yes' with no elaboration when asked if EcoHealth had access to the samples, revealing the superficiality of NIAID's due diligence.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Giuffre's counsel — testimony
> "I'm trying to understand how we have debarred them, but we're still paying them to process sampl"

Questioner highlights the central contradiction that the U.S. debarred WIV yet appears to still be paying them to process samples, which Daszak does not deny.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "If they are going to do further work on those samples and they are willing to give us that information, that's a positive win for the U.S. taxpayer."

The witness acknowledges that the WIV, despite being debarred from federal funding, is still providing data to NIH-affiliated researchers, raising questions about the practical effect of the debarment.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Gimlett) — testimony
> "if this ever gets into the area where there could be dual-use research of concern, you've somehow created something that you didn't intend and it's more virulent and transmissive"

The witness testifies that DARPA was concerned the chimeric virus work could inadvertently create more virulent or transmissible pathogens and be published without restriction.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Gimlett) — testimony
> "we insisted on sort of a safety and communication plan in the BAA: Tell us what is your mechanisms to put a halt or a slowdown on anything"

The witness testifies that the PREEMPT BAA required proposers to submit a safety and communication plan specifically to halt or slow work if dual-use concerns emerged.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "it's hitting a gray area that was a concern, and we just wanted to make sure that we never got - - crossed that line."

The witness testifies that the DEFUSE proposal hit a gray area regarding gain-of-function concerns and that DARPA wanted to ensure a line was never crossed, indicating substantive safety concerns.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. James Gimlett) — testimony
> "didn't address -- or basically just denied that they had to address gain-of-function because it didn't fall under any of the regulatory requirements. So those three were key reasons in my mind."

Gimlett testified that failure to address gain-of-function safety concerns was a primary driver for denying DEFUSE funding, directly contradicting Daszak's claim that biosecurity was never raised.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "Dr. Daszak and his counsel included non-clients on the e-mails, thus piercing the privilege."

EcoHealth pierced attorney-client privilege by including non-clients on privileged emails, allowing the subcommittee to obtain otherwise withheld communications.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Fauci) — testimony
> "I was aware that the grant was terminated. I'm not -- I don't recall this particular letter that I saw at the time."

Dr. Fauci admits awareness that the EcoHealth grant was terminated but distances himself from the specific termination letter, raising questions about his involvement.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Giuffre's counsel — testimony
> "Both have said that it meets the definition, the broad definition of gain-of-function research."

Counsel notes that two other senior NIH officials, Dr. Tabak and Dr. Auchincloss, both confirmed the EcoHealth work met the broad definition of gain-of-function research, creating institutional contradiction with Fauci's position.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Melissa DeRosa — testimony
> "she played no role in the development of the March 25 Directive and only learned about it at the press conference on April 20, 2020"

DeRosa claims she played no role in the March 25 Directive and only learned of it at the April 20 press conference, mirroring Cuomo's denial and suggesting a coordinated account.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Linda Lacewell) — testimony
> "the March guidance. The governor and Ms. DeRosa were not – let me rephrase that. They were surprised by the guidance."

Lacewell testifies that Cuomo and DeRosa were 'surprised' by the March 25 Directive, suggesting it was issued without their knowledge or sign-off, which is substantively significant to the chain of accountability.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Deborah Birx) — testimony
> "violated"

Dr. Deborah Birx testified that the March 25 Directive violated CMS guidance, directly contradicting the Cuomo Administration's repeated claims of federal compliance.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Deborah Birx — testimony
> "admitting potentially positive COVID-19 nursing home residents back into the nursing home without the ability to quarantine or isolate them is dangerous and could lead to unnecessary deaths? A. Yeah"

Dr. Birx testifies that admitting potentially COVID-positive residents to nursing homes without isolation capability was dangerous and could lead to unnecessary deaths.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Mr. Brad Hutton — testimony
> "a norm that this Executive Chamber did not react favorably to soft or what they percei"

Hutton confirms the Executive Chamber did not react favorably to non-prescriptive language, suggesting political pressure shaped the wording of the March 25 Directive rather than public health considerations.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Select Subcommittee (investigative finding) — testimony
> "this report was heavily edited by the Executive Chamber—including Mr. Cuomo—to show more causality and was not a scientific nor peer-reviewed publicati"

The July 6 Report, which deflected blame from the March 25 Directive onto nursing home staff, was heavily edited by Cuomo himself and was not peer-reviewed, suggesting it was a politically motivated document rather than legitimate science.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Malatras) — testimony
> "she was very active, sending information; things like that. She actually at one point sent an e-mail."

Malatras testifies that DeRosa was 'very active' in directing the content of the July 6 Report, contradicting any claim of DOH independence from the Executive Chamber.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Malatras) — testimony
> "She laid out the points that she wanted to have touched upon in the report."

Malatras testifies that DeRosa pre-determined the report's conclusions by specifying which points she wanted included, indicating the report was politically directed.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Jim Malatras (witness) — testimony
> "I believe it was me, Beth Garvey, Linda Lacewell, Howard Zucker, Melissa DeRosa, and there could have been some others."

Dr. Malatras identifies the specific call and attendees where the decision to remove out-of-facility death data was made, implicating senior Executive Chamber officials.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Jim Malatras (witness) — testimony
> "she then called a meeting, and was very aggressive about questioning the numbers, why those numbers. Mostly aimed at Dr. Zucker"

Dr. Malatras testifies that Melissa DeRosa was 'aggressive' in questioning out-of-facility death numbers on the June 27 call, suggesting Executive Chamber pressure drove the data removal.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### investigative finding (report) — testimony
> "the initial drafts of the report cited the total nursing home deaths as approximately 10,000"

The initial drafts cited approximately 10,000 total nursing home deaths, establishing a baseline that was subsequently suppressed by removing out-of-facility data.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Malatras) — testimony
> "Most people thought the numbers should be out, and that was – should be the end of it."

Malatras testifies that virtually no one on the team agreed with DeRosa's decision to remove the numbers, suggesting the suppression was imposed against professional consensus.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "How certain are you of the numbers that are reported from outside facilities that they are correct? Silence."

DeRosa testifies that DOH was asked directly whether they had verified the nursing home death numbers and responded with silence, indicating awareness of data problems.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Jim Malatras — testimony
> "It was her decision."

Dr. Malatras testified that the decision to change the methodology excluding out-of-facility nursing home deaths was solely Melissa DeRosa's decision, implicating her directly in the data suppression.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. James Malatras) — testimony
> "He did text me several times to check in. The latest time he texted me was February 18th of this year"

Malatras testifies Cuomo texted him during the investigation, raising concerns about witness tampering, though Malatras claims he did not respond.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Select Subcommittee staff — testimony
> "This is not the first time that Counsel for Mr. Cuomo has resorted to such intimidation tactics on Select Subcommittee staff."

The Subcommittee states this is not the first time Cuomo's counsel has used intimidation tactics against staff, suggesting a pattern of obstruction.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Malatras) — testimony
> "I took it as a type of flare—or signal— alerting me that he was aware that the House Select Subcommittee had requested that I testify"

Dr. Malatras interpreted Cuomo's February 2024 text as a signal that Cuomo knew about the subcommittee's request for Malatras to testify, suggesting potential witness coordination.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Malatras) — testimony
> "the same day the hearing was confirmed and for the first time in more than three years, Mr. Cuomo called Dr. Malatras"

Cuomo called Malatras for the first time in over three years on the same day his hearing date was confirmed, raising concerns about witness tampering or coordination.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Malatras) — testimony
> "Governor Cuomo started the call by mentioning he would be testifying publicly in front of the House Select Subcommittee. As part of the conversation he spoke about nursing homes"

Cuomo discussed the substance of his upcoming testimony with Malatras, a potential witness, while only Cuomo and his counsel knew of the hearing date, suggesting obstruction or witness coordination.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Malatras) — testimony
> "specifically describing how the story in New York was much better than I even knew it to be and mentioned several facts and datapoints to demonstrate his point"

Cuomo attempted to shape Malatras's understanding of the nursing home data before testifying, potentially influencing a witness's account of key facts.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "the decision could put the FDA at odds with Biden administration officials who have been pushing to begin giving out booster shots to the general population starting the week of Sept. 20"

Substantive testimony reveals external political pressure from the Biden administration on FDA's booster authorization timeline, raising concerns about regulatory independence.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Marion Gruber (via written summary) — testimony
> "absent a license, states cannot require mandatory vaccination and that people hesitant to get an EUA authorized vaccine would be more inclined to do so when the product is licensed."

Documentary evidence from Dr. Gruber's meeting summary directly contradicts both witnesses' claimed lack of recall, showing senior FDA officials explicitly linked BLA approval to enabling vaccine mandates.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Philip Krause — testimony
> "there was no doubt, in my recollection, that Dr. Marks and Dr. Woodcock saw the licensure of the vaccine as a prerequisite to mandates."

Dr. Krause testified unambiguously that Dr. Marks and Dr. Woodcock viewed vaccine licensure as a prerequisite to mandates, contradicting both officials' claimed lack of recall.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "Did you communicate with anyone at the Department of Defense prior to the BLA being issued regarding the BLA? A. No."

Dr. Woodcock denied communicating with DOD about the Pfizer BLA before approval, which may contradict other evidence about coordination.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "Yes, it is a scapegoating response."

Dr. Bardosh characterizes CDC Director Walensky's 'pandemic of the unvaccinated' framing as a scapegoating response, substantively criticizing official public health messaging.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "decades of research has shown that stigma as a public health strategy is counterproductive"

Dr. Bardosh testifies that stigma as a public health strategy is counterproductive, drawing on HIV/AIDS research to implicitly condemn mandate-era rhetoric.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Dr. Greta Massetti (witness) — testimony
> "for both of those recommendations we actually made it clear that schools did not to have all teachers vaccinated or have upgrade ventilation to provide in-person instruction."

Dr. Massetti confirms AFT lobbied CDC to require upgraded HVAC ventilation before school reopening, and CDC explicitly rejected this condition.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Giuffre's counsel — testimony
> "So there was no science supporting that sentence; it was strictly to persuade your members to go back to school?"

The questioner characterizes Nedrow's admission as confirming the CDC language had no scientific basis and was purely persuasive, pressing the witness on the distinction between science and member sentiment.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Giuffre's counsel — testimony
> "the Select Subcommittee did not and does not agree to the terms of this memo."

The Select Subcommittee explicitly stated it did not agree to the terms of the HHS memo and challenged its legal basis, asserting the Department cannot block official testimony.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Giuffre's counsel — testimony
> "he's at risk of being separated from federal service, he's at risk of having portions of his pension forfeited for these violations."

Questioner reveals Dr. Morens faces potential separation from federal service and pension forfeiture, giving HHS leverage over his testimony to Congress.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Select Subcommittee — testimony
> "the Select Subcommittee has evidence that Dr. Daszak did, in fact, doctor documents he released to the public."

The subcommittee found evidence that Dr. Daszak doctored documents released to the public, constituting potential evidence tampering.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Select Subcommittee investigators — testimony
> "Dr. Daszak personally
doctored some of the documents and did not release the entirety of the full chains to the public."

Dr. Daszak personally altered documents and withheld full email chains while publicly claiming to release them in full, constituting evidence tampering.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Select Subcommittee — testimony
> "it is likely Dr. Daszak provided false statements to the Select Subcommittee in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 18 U.S.C. 1621."

The subcommittee formally found Dr. Daszak likely made false statements to Congress in violation of federal criminal statutes.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "he has to use a personal e-mail because his government address is susceptible to FOIA."

Dr. Morens explicitly used his personal email to conduct official NIH business while acknowledging his government address was susceptible to FOIA, demonstrating deliberate obstruction of transparency.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "This came from Tony in their conversation this morning."

Dr. Fauci is implicated as the source of concern about FOIA capturing text messages, suggesting awareness and possible coordination in FOIA evasion efforts.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "federal agency employees are required to maintain government records for FOIA requests to be properly processed, right? A. Yes."

Dr. Morens acknowledged federal employees are required to maintain government records for FOIA requests to be properly processed, establishing his awareness of legal obligations he later violated.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "Dr. Morens edited a letter Dr. Daszak was sending to NIH."

The report finds Dr. Morens actively undermined NIH oversight by editing letters Dr. Daszak was transmitting to NIH, constituting a violation of his oath of office.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness (Dr. Lawrence Tabak) — testimony
> "Are you aware one of your former FOIA officers invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked about this issue? A. I have learned that in the lay press, yes."

The witness confirms that a former NIH FOIA officer invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked about teaching employees to avoid FOIA, suggesting potential criminal exposure.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### Subcommittee member — testimony
> "you were doing work-related stuff on your personal emails"

The email content reveals Dr. Morens used his personal email for work-related matters, suggesting an attempt to avoid FOIA scrutiny of official communications.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "Do I get a kickback? Too much fooking F-o-o-k-i-n-g money. Do you deserve it all? Let's discuss."

Dr. Morens asked EcoHealth Alliance's Peter Daszak if he would receive a 'kickback' after NIH awarded a $7.5 million grant, raising serious questions about improper financial relationships between NIH officials and grant recipients.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "Ms. Lacewell testified that Executive Chamber employees communicated through various means, including text messages and BlackBerry PIN messaging"

Lacewell testified that Executive Chamber employees used text messages and BlackBerry PIN messaging, suggesting official communications may exist outside produced records.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### the witness — testimony
> "Mr. Cuomo testified to using BlackBerry PIN messaging to communicate with staff and conduct official business"

Cuomo conducted official government business through BlackBerry PIN messaging, raising concerns about preservation and disclosure of official records.
Source: COVID Select Final Report — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
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### U.S. science diplomats (State Department cables, 2018) — assessment (IC record)
> "reports warn about inadequate safety measures at the lab, which was conducting risky studies on coronaviruses from bats that could result in human transmission"

U.S. science diplomats reported to the State Department in 2018 that the WIV had inadequate safety measures while conducting U.S.-funded gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses, warning of pandemic risk — corroborating pre-pandemic concerns about the lab.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### ODNI Chief of Staff — assessment (IC record)
> "it might be worth considering the article and talking with these individuals in connection with the 90-day study"

ODNI staff were asked to provide materials for the DNI to convey regarding the COVID origins report rollout, suggesting coordination between Dr. Fauci's recommendations and the IC's 90-day study process.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### State Department — assessment (IC record)
> "several WIV researchers had been sick with Covid-like symptoms in the fall of 2019"

The State Department warned that WIV researchers had been sick with Covid-like symptoms in fall 2019 and that the lab conducted gain-of-function research while collaborating with the People's Liberation Army, constituting a significant official assessment linking WIV to potential origin.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Deputy NIO for WMD & Proliferation-Missiles, National Intelligence Council — assessment (IC record)
> "Does Congress have any idea about the Germans?"

A declassified ODNI internal email asks whether Congress is aware of undisclosed German intelligence or findings, suggesting the existence of foreign intelligence relevant to COVID origins that had not been shared with congressional investigators.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Open Source Specialist, WCPMC Chemical & Biological Department — assessment (IC record)
> "The report concludes that COVID-19 most likely emerged from a laboratory in Wuhan, China"

A WCPMC Open Source Specialist summarized the House Select Subcommittee's final report as concluding COVID-19 most likely emerged from a Wuhan laboratory, and relayed that the report identified obstruction by Dr. Fauci, EcoHealth Alliance, and the Biden Administration's CDC.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Open Source Specialist, WCPMC Chemical & Biological Department — assessment (IC record)
> "The virus possesses a biological characteristic that is not found in nature."

The internal summary relays the Subcommittee's finding that the virus possesses a biological characteristic not found in nature, which is a material claim supporting an engineered or lab-origin hypothesis.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Open Source Specialist, WCPMC Chemical & Biological Department — assessment (IC record)
> "Data shows that all COVID-19 cases stem from a single introduction into humans. This runs contrary to previous pandemics where there were multiple spillover events."

The internal summary relays the Subcommittee's finding that all COVID-19 cases stem from a single introduction into humans, contradicting the pattern of natural zoonotic spillover seen in previous pandemics.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Deputy NIO for WMD & Proliferation-Missiles, National Intelligence Council — obstruction (IC record)
> "ODNI was going to give them a heads up but not sure what happened to that… we probably need to engage OCA."

An ODNI official, declassified by DNI Gabbard, noted that ODNI intended to give Congress a heads-up about the final COVID report but failed to do so, raising questions about coordination and possible information management.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### unidentified WCPMC/CBD analyst — obstruction (IC record)
> "we probably need to engage OCA."

An unidentified WCPMC/CBD analyst recommended engaging 'OCA' in response to the congressional lab-leak report, suggesting an institutional coordination or damage-control response to the findings.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### CIA (unidentified official) — obstruction (IC record)
> "if questions in the hearing come up about CIA, then they need to be passed to CIA through official channels (ie OCA)."

The CIA directed that any congressional questions about CIA's relationship with Fauci be routed through official channels (OCA), a procedural move that could delay or limit the flow of information to congressional investigators.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### IC official leading the 90-day POTUS COVID origin study (name redacted) — testimony (IC record)
> "Dr Fauci recommended that the IC reach out to the below individuals who were coauthors of the attached paper as part of the study."

An IC official leading the 90-day COVID origins study forwarded Dr. Fauci's recommendations on which experts the IC should consult, raising questions about a policymaker influencing the intelligence community's independent assessment process.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### ODNI Chief of Staff (referencing Dr. Fauci) — testimony (IC record)
> "The article that Dr. Fauci highlighted last week is attached, and the authors whose views he thought were particularly important were"

Dr. Fauci recommended specific authors and an article to ODNI officials for consideration in the 90-day COVID origins study, raising questions about his influence over the intelligence community's investigative process.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Open Source Specialist, WCPMC Chemical & Biological Department — testimony (IC record)
> "widespread corruption, misinformation, and obstruction of its investigation by government officials, researchers, and organizations, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, EcoHealth Alliance, and the Biden Administration's CDC."

The internal summary identifies Dr. Anthony Fauci, EcoHealth Alliance, and the Biden Administration's CDC as having obstructed the Subcommittee's investigation, a significant named attribution of obstruction in a declassified government document.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — assessment (in release (press/transcript))
> "CIA scientists, seven of them, voted six to one to say it came from the lab, and then they were reversed by superiors."

Sen. Rand Paul publicly claimed that CIA scientists voted six-to-one that COVID came from a lab but were reversed by superiors, alleging a potential cover-up involving Dr. Fauci — a significant assertion about suppression of an intelligence assessment.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — assessment (in release (press/transcript))
> "the CIA scientists, seven of them, voted six to one to say it came from the lab, and then they were reversed by superiors"

Sen. Rand Paul claims CIA analysts voted six to one that COVID came from a lab but were overruled by superiors, suggesting an intelligence assessment was suppressed.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Dr. Fauci — admission (in release (press/transcript))
> "The NIH gave almost $600,000 to the WIV through a nonprofit over several years to study bat coronaviruses"

Dr. Fauci admitted NIH gave nearly $600,000 to WIV through a nonprofit to study bat coronaviruses, while simultaneously denying it constituted gain-of-function research, creating a material tension with his prior denials of NIH involvement.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Peter Daszak — admission (in release (press/transcript))
> "The Lancet letter was organized by Peter Daszak, president of the EcoHealth Alliance, which had funneled the NIH money to the WIV."

The Lancet letter condemning lab-leak theories was organized by Peter Daszak, who had a direct financial conflict of interest as head of EcoHealth Alliance, which funneled NIH money to WIV — undisclosed at the time of publication.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — admission (in release (press/transcript))
> "Anthony Fauci allowed this research to be done at his signature, at his conclusion, at his approval without the approval of the safety committee"

Sen. Rand Paul alleges Dr. Fauci approved gain-of-function research without required safety committee review, bypassing normal oversight mechanisms.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### press report (in ODNI release) — contradiction (in release (press/transcript))
> "the Kentucky Senator accused Dr. Fauci of lying to Congress, a federal crime, when he said this year that the National Institutes of Health had never funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan"

Sen. Rand Paul accused Dr. Fauci of lying to Congress — a federal crime — by stating NIH never funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan, directly contradicting documented NIH funding flows to WIV.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — contradiction (in release (press/transcript))
> "he commissioned scientists who were saying in private that they thought it was a manipulative virus, manipulated a lab and came from a lab. He convinced them in public to say the opposite"

Sen. Rand Paul alleges that scientists privately told Dr. Fauci they believed the virus was manipulated in a lab, but Fauci persuaded them to publicly state the opposite, constituting a contradiction between private and public statements.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Dr. Fauci — obstruction (in release (press/transcript))
> "the email chain after the meeting was redacted"

Dr. Fauci organized a call with virologists shortly after emailing about potential NIH ties to WIV work, but the post-meeting email chain was redacted, suggesting possible obstruction of the documentary record.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — obstruction (in release (press/transcript))
> "not one item of any of those meetings has been released to us, despite us asking for it for over three years."

Sen. Rand Paul stated that records of weekly government meetings on dangerous dual-use research and gain-of-function had been withheld from Congress for over three years despite repeated requests, indicating obstruction of congressional oversight.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — obstruction (in release (press/transcript))
> "we still continue to fight the Biden administration every day just for unclassified information, and they resist at every turn"

Sen. Rand Paul claims the Biden administration withheld unclassified information and that he had to withhold nominees and legislation to extract any cooperation, constituting alleged obstruction of oversight.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — obstruction (in release (press/transcript))
> "They're withholding documents because they funded the lab in Wuhan, not just once, not just twice, but for a decade they were funding"

Sen. Rand Paul alleges multiple federal agencies withheld documents because they funded the Wuhan lab for a decade, implicating USAID, NIH, and HHS in potential obstruction.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Children's Health Defense — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Children's Health Defense (CHD) are calling upon Congress to conduct a thorough investigation of the circumstances behind the global COVID-19 crisis"

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Children's Health Defense formally called on Congress to investigate COVID-19 origins, citing unanswered questions about gain-of-function research and a possible lab-origin scenario — this is a documented on-record advocacy action predating most official investigations.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Children's Health Defense — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "an important gain-of-function experiment involving a virus with serious pandemic potential is performed in a well-regulated, world-class laboratory by experienced investigators, but the information from the experiment is then used by another scientist who does not have the same training and facilities"

Kennedy and CHD's letter to lawmakers explicitly invoked a gain-of-function experiment scenario in which a scientist becomes infected and triggers a pandemic, framing it as a plausible hypothesis warranting investigation — a substantive public statement about lab-leak mechanisms.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Dr. Fauci — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "what if that scientist becomes infected with the virus, which leads to an outbreak and ultimately triggers a pandemic?"

Dr. Fauci, as NIAID director, publicly advocated for gain-of-function experiments in 2012, explicitly describing a scenario where a lab scientist becomes infected and triggers a pandemic — directly relevant to the lab-leak hypothesis.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid

### Kennedy and Redwood — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "It falls upon the leadership of the U.S. Congress to accept its moral duty and God-given and legally pre-ordained responsibility to launch complete and transparent investigations."

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Children's Health Defense called on Congress to investigate COVID origins, asserting a moral and legal duty to do so — this is an advocacy statement, not an official finding, but is included in the ODNI-compiled document.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Wall Street Journal (circulated by ODNI staff) — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "More disappointing is the lack of candor from American scientists and officials whose conflicts of interest deserve more scrutiny."

A Wall Street Journal opinion piece circulated within ODNI alleged American scientists and officials lacked candor and had conflicts of interest regarding COVID origins, directly implicating figures like Fauci.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Wuhan Institute of Virology official — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "did not contact, preserve or study the novel coronavirus, and it never designed, made or leaked the virus"

A WIV official denied any contact with, preservation of, or study of the novel coronavirus, and denied designing, making, or leaking the virus — a denial the excerpt contextualizes as coerced by political pressure.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Richard Ebright — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "was -- unequivocally -- gain-of-function research."

Richard Ebright made an unequivocal public statement that NIH-funded work at WIV constituted gain-of-function research, directly contradicting official NIH denials.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Dr. Fauci — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "In early 2020, Dr. Fauci emailed his deputy a paper co-written by gain-of-function pioneer Ralph Baric and a Wuhan scientist"

In early 2020, Dr. Fauci emailed his deputy a paper co-written by gain-of-function pioneer Ralph Baric and a Wuhan scientist, suggesting awareness of the WIV's gain-of-function connections at the start of the pandemic.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Dr. Fauci — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "SARS-CoV-1 originated in China."

Dr. Fauci justified NIH research cooperation with WIV on the grounds that SARS-CoV-1 originated in China, but the excerpt questions what that cooperation actually produced, implying the justification may not withstand scrutiny.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "We need to know whether Anthony Fauci influenced the superiors, or perhaps the opposite. Did the CIA influence Anthony Fauci?"

Sen. Rand Paul alleged that Fauci may have influenced CIA superiors to reverse the lab-leak assessment, or vice versa, suggesting improper coordination that could constitute obstruction of the origins inquiry.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Maria Bartiromo — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "communist China still controlling America's supply of medicine four years after the outbreak of COVID-19 from a lab in Wuhan"

Sen. Rand Paul asserts that COVID-19 originated from a lab in Wuhan, treating it as established fact, which is a significant on-record statement about the lab-leak hypothesis.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "I think they also knew that three of their workers got sick at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in November 2019"

Sen. Rand Paul states he believes three WIV workers fell ill in November 2019 and that Chinese authorities knew about it, which is a substantive claim about early outbreak knowledge at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "I think it was an accident, but cover-up is not an accident"

Sen. Rand Paul characterizes the COVID-19 origin as an accident while distinguishing the subsequent cover-up as deliberate, a notable on-record distinction about Chinese government culpability.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "They also knew the sequence of the virus, and they kept that secret as well"

Sen. Rand Paul asserts China withheld the viral sequence, which is a substantive claim about Chinese obstruction of early outbreak transparency.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "even if a pandemic occurs, even if a gain-of-function research infects a scientist and a pandemic occurs, that the knowledge would be worth the risk"

Sen. Rand Paul attributes to Dr. Fauci an on-record statement that gain-of-function research knowledge would be worth the risk even if it caused a pandemic, which Paul characterizes as a disastrous judgment.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "He commissioned and edited a paper that said that absolutely this did not come from a lab, while, privately, all of these same scientists were saying, in all likelihood, it did come from a lab"

Sen. Rand Paul alleges Dr. Fauci commissioned and edited the Proximal Origin paper to publicly deny a lab origin while the same scientists privately believed the virus came from a lab, suggesting coordinated deception.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "he was visiting the CIA in early 2020"

Sen. Rand Paul alleges Dr. Fauci visited the CIA in early 2020, raising the question of whether he influenced the intelligence community's assessment of COVID origins.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "there really was an orchestrated cover-up on this"

Sen. Rand Paul asserts there was an 'orchestrated cover-up' on COVID origins, which is a significant on-record claim about institutional misconduct.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "he was visiting the CIA in early 2020. We know that the CIA scientists, seven of them, voted six to one to say it came from the lab"

Sen. Rand Paul claims Anthony Fauci was visiting the CIA in early 2020 and was not recorded on visitor logs, raising questions about undisclosed interactions between Fauci and the intelligence community.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "he wasn't recorded on visitor logs, but he was appearing frequently at the CIA"

Sen. Rand Paul alleges Fauci appeared frequently at the CIA without being recorded on visitor logs, suggesting undisclosed and potentially improper visits.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
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### Sen. Rand Paul — testimony (in release (press/transcript))
> "They inserted this cleavage site in to make it more infectious to humans, and then they had a vaccine very early on"

Sen. Rand Paul offers his personal theory that COVID-19 was engineered with an inserted cleavage site to increase human infectivity as part of a vaccine development program, not as a bioweapon.
Source: ODNI declassified (Part 1) — https://www.dni.gov/files//documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Part-1.pdf
Indexed & sourced by ENKI · https://enkisystems.com/covid