Tulsi Gabbard: “Work [at the Wuhan Institute of Virology] is now widely…”

“Before the COVID pandemic, Dr. Fauci, as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, provided millions in U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain of function research on bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Work [at the Wuhan Institute of Virology] is now widely viewed as the source of the unintentional lab leak that sparked the pandemic. Now, in support of President Trump's maximum transparency mandate today. Today, on my final day as Director of National Intelligence, I'm releasing never before seen communications and documents that expose …” (00:17–00:24)

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