Stunning TWIST — DNI Hits FAUCI Hard

Declassified files now allege a trusted health official shaped intelligence and misled Congress, reviving fears that elites bent the rules while Americans paid the price.

Story Highlights

DNI Tulsi Gabbard released declassified records alleging Anthony Fauci funded risky Wuhan research and skewed intel assessments ^[1].
The release stems from a yearlong declassification push tied to a transparency directive ^[1].
Senate materials allege broader obstruction inside intelligence circles and warn of poor oversight of dangerous research ^[6].
Fauci’s prior testimony denies a cover-up and disputes that prohibited gain-of-function work was funded ^[4].

What The New Release Claims

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard published a press release saying Anthony Fauci sent millions in taxpayer funds to the Wuhan Institute of Virology for dangerous gain-of-function research before the pandemic ^[1]. The statement also says newly declassified communications show he influenced intelligence assessments on COVID’s origin, and that these materials conflict with his 2024 sworn testimony ^[1]. The office says the documents came out after a yearlong declassification review ordered under a maximum transparency mandate ^[1].

The release frames the disclosures as official records, not opinion, but it does not include a full public index of each email, memo, or attachment in the press notice itself ^[1]. A separate, posted packet labeled as declassified exists, yet the supplied research here does not map each claim to specific page numbers or metadata, which limits outside verification in this draft stage ^[8]. This gap puts the burden on follow-up document review rather than press language alone ^[1]^[8].

How Congress Has Entered The Fight

A Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs document alleges intelligence-community obstruction and withholding of materials tied to a COVID-origin probe, including limits on what the Director of National Intelligence could see during an internal review ^[6]. The same filing ties broader problems to systems that encouraged risky research and weak oversight, linking those incentives to Fauci-era policy influence ^[6]. These claims build a pattern: poor transparency, contested labels, and slow accountability in programs that handle dangerous pathogens ^[6].

Another earlier press release from the intelligence office describes United States funding for more than 120 overseas biolabs in over 30 countries, including work with hazardous pathogens, which underscores ongoing concerns about safety and oversight across borders ^[5]. Local news coverage echoed those points and said the release flagged risks at certain labs, including sites in Ukraine amid wartime instability ^[4]. These items do not prove a cover-up by themselves, but they add context about broad funding and thin guardrails ^[4]^[5].

What Fauci Has Said Under Oath

In 2024 testimony, Anthony Fauci denied a cover-up and said his emails showed he pushed for a real probe of a possible lab leak ^[4]. He argued that critics misuse the term “gain-of-function,” and that the National Institutes of Health funding in question did not meet the formal definition of gain-of-function research of concern under the policy framework in place ^[8]. He also denied steering scientists with grants to change their views and said he did not personally review every grant proposal that crossed his desk ^[4]^[8].

Democratic staff on the House panel emphasized that a long review of documents and many interviews did not confirm the most extreme accusations against Fauci, pushing back on the idea of a clear, proven deception ^[2]. These counterclaims do not directly address the new declassification details cited by Tulsi Gabbard because the public record here does not yet line up each declassified message with the exact 2024 exchange that the press release highlights ^[1]^[8]. That makes a full, line-by-line comparison necessary before final judgments.

Why This Matters For Everyone

Taxpayers funded work that may have involved dangerous pathogens, often overseas, while agencies argued over terms and secrecy. That mix fuels mistrust on the right and the left. Many see a pattern: insiders protect programs, withhold records, and explain away risks until the damage is done. The new release raises the same core issue. Did leaders level with the public, or did they shape the story to protect careers and budgets? Only the full document trail can answer.

'It's time you know the truth.'"
"Tulsi Gabbard’s final act as DNI: Declassified evidence that #Fauci funded Wuhan gain-of-function research, worked to hide the lab-leak origins, and lied to Congress. Full docs now public."#COVID_19 #Covid pic.twitter.com/SUKqu3KEiJ

— Shadi Alkasim (@Shadi_Alkasim) June 19, 2026

Here is what would settle it. First, release the full declassified set with page numbers, email headers, and attachments so anyone can verify claims ^[8]. Second, publish the complete 2024 testimony video and transcript segments tied to the disputed answers for side-by-side review ^[4]. Third, disclose grant files and expert analyses to judge whether the work fits gain-of-function definitions across the policy timelines ^[5]^[8]. Real transparency, not press lines, is the only path to trust.