CIA Whistleblower Claims Fauci Meddled in COVID Lab-Leak Probe
James Erdman III said Fauci steered CIA analysts away from a lab-leak conclusion, as the agency defended its response as political theater.
- On Wednesday, Central Intelligence Agency officer James Erdman III testified to the Senate Homeland Security Committee that intelligence leaders suppressed reports supporting the lab-leak theory and retaliated against dissenting analysts.
- Erdman claimed leadership pushed the 'Zoonotic theory' using the paper 'The Proximal Origin of Sars CoV-2,' attributing suppression to Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
- Chairman Rand Paul argued Fauci hid origins to protect his approval of Gain of Function Research in China, asking, 'How can Anthony Fauci objectively comment on a discussion of COVID origins when he approved the very funding that may have caused the Pandemic Virus?'
- CIA Director of Public Affairs Liz Lyons dismissed the hearing as 'dishonest political theater,' maintaining the agency has already assessed COVID-19 likely originated from a lab.
- For years, public health officials labeled the lab-leak hypothesis a conspiracy, despite reports suggesting it was the prevailing theory; this testimony follows the federal government's March 9, 2025, suspension of free at-home COVID test distribution.
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Fauci Accused By CIA Whistleblower Of Covering Up COVID Origins In Explosive Under-Oath Claim
A CIA whistleblower has accused Dr Anthony Fauci of intentionally covering up the likely laboratory origins of Covid-19. James Erdman III, a serving CIA officer, delivered the claims under oath to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday. Erdman alleged that Fauci deliberately influenced the intelligence community's assessment to steer it away from the Wuhan lab-leak hypothesis. The testimony, given as of 14 M…
CIA Whistleblower James Erdman Accuses Anthony Fauci of Influencing COVID-19 Origins Probe
CIA officer James Erdman III told a Senate panel that Dr Anthony Fauci 'intentionally' influenced US intelligence reviews into the origins of COVID-19 by promoting experts who favored a natural-origin theory over a lab leak explanation. Erdman also alleged intelligence officials altered analytical conclusions, withheld classified material and improperly monitored whistleblowers. CIA Whistleblower James Erdman Accuses Anthony Fauci of Influencing…
Anthony Fauci 'covered up China lab leak theory' at height of Covid pandemic
Dr Anthony Fauci covered up the origin of the Covid pandemic by steering officials away from the lab leak theory, a CIA whistleblower has claimed to Congress.James Erdman, a former special operations officer, told the Senate Dr Fauci "significantly influenced" the CIA's "neutral" findings on the source of the pandemic.Mr Erdman said Dr Fauci suggested the agency consult "experts" who were aligned with his view the virus came about spontaneously.…
CIA whistleblower alleges COVID lab-leak findings were suppressed by agency
CIA analysts concluded multiple times that COVID-19 most likely originated from a laboratory, but intelligence leaders repeatedly altered those findings in official summaries later offered to the public, a CIA whistleblower testified Wednesday.
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