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CIA Whistleblower to Testify Before Senate Panel on Alleged COVID-19 Origins Cover-Up
A longtime CIA employee assigned to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence will appear Wednesday before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The hearing, led by Sen. Rand Paul, focuses on allegations that intelligence officials buried evidence of a Wuhan lab leak. It comes two days after the statute of limitations expired on potential charges against Dr.
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A longtime CIA employee is set to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday on allegations that intelligence officials deliberately rejected evidence of a Wuhan lab leak and engaged in a years-long conspiracy to keep the American public in the dark about COVID-19's true origins. The hearing is scheduled for Wednesday. Sen.
Is holding the hearing as part of his efforts regarding Dr. Anthony Fauci and COVID-19 origins. The whistleblower, a longtime CIA employee assigned to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, worked on a group at ODNI that studied how the pandemic started in Wuhan.
Sen. Rand Paul stated on X: "For years, Americans were told to stop asking questions about COVID’s origins. " He told the New York Post that the whistleblower would delve into an alleged and ongoing "deep state" conspiracy to cover up the origins of the virus.
The hearing comes two days after the statute of limitations to charge Dr. Anthony Fauci for allegedly lying to Congress about gain-of-function research expired on Monday. Sen. " He added on X: "I won't stop uncovering the truth around the great COVID cover-up.
Dr. Anthony Fauci has denied accusations that he lied about the NIH's role in funding research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. He argued that the research did not meet the level of gain-of-function research.
Dr. Anthony Fauci testified before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on June 3, 2024. A top advisor to Dr. Fauci was indicted last month.
