Anthony Fauci

Both Fauci and Collins denied providing edits, which contradicts evidence of their active involvement in the drafting process.

“Both Dr. Fauci and Dr. Collins testified they did not provide edits to Proximal Origin”

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.

“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 admitted he lacked knowledge of Chinese laboratory activities, undermining the certainty of his categorical denials about what research was conducted at the WIV.

“I do not have an accounting of what the Chinese may have done, and I am fully in favor of any further investigation”

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.

“No. Q. Great. What would you be talking about in those situations?”

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.

“I was referring specifically to the operative definition of "gain-of-function" at the time, which is the P3CO framework.”

Fauci admits that the chimera experiment increased pathogenicity of the underlying virus, a key concession in the gain-of-function debate.

“the spike that they put on indicated that the virus was more pathogenic than the WIV.”

Fauci confirms the experimental data showing higher mortality in chimera-infected mice, substantiating that EcoHealth's chimeric virus was more dangerous than the original.

“That's what it says, yeah.”

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.

“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.”

Dr. Fauci admits Daszak had a conflict of interest and should have disclosed it, acknowledging it damaged Daszak's credibility.

“I believe that he could've saved himself a lot of trouble if he did.”

Dr. Fauci confirms Daszak's credibility was undermined by failure to disclose his conflict of interest in COVID origins investigation.

“he's obviously received a lot of flak about that and had doubts about his credibility on that.”

Fauci admits the six-foot distancing rule lacked a scientific basis from a prospective clinical trial, undermining the rule's credibility.

“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 he did not publicly challenge the CDC's six-foot rule, deflecting responsibility to the CDC while acknowledging private White House discussions.

“It is not appropriate to be publicly challenging a sister organization.”

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.

“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.”

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.

“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”