Outgoing US intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents on her final day in office alleging that American authorities, including former National Institutes of Health director Anthony Fauci, sought to shape public perception of the COVID-19 pandemic’s origins. In a statement released Friday, Gabbard claimed the newly unsealed files show US-funded research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and Fauci’s role in funding and overseeing that work, which she asserts was later obscured to deflect scrutiny from a potential laboratory leak. The documents, first reported by Newsweek and corroborated by Slovenian public broadcaster RTV Slovenija , include correspondence and funding agreements tying US agencies to the Wuhan lab between 2014 and 2019.

Gabbard, who stepped down Thursday as Director of National Intelligence, did not provide direct evidence of a deliberate leak but argued the records demonstrate a coordinated effort to control the narrative. “The American people were misled about the origins of the pandemic,” she said. Fauci, who led the NIH’s response during the crisis, has consistently denied any involvement in a lab leak and maintains the virus emerged naturally. The NIH did not respond to requests for comment.

The disclosures come amid a broader debate over pandemic transparency and US intelligence assessments. Earlier this month, the Pentagon confirmed that 160 service members at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas have fallen ill with seasonal influenza since the Defense Department lifted mandatory flu vaccination in April, a decision critics warned could lead to preventable outbreaks . The outbreak underscores ongoing tensions over public health mandates and military readiness.

Gabbard’s allegations also coincide with a Pentagon review of US troop deployments in Europe, announced Wednesday by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, which allies view with unease . While Washington frames the move as a routine adjustment, diplomats in Brussels and Berlin privately express concern that the review could signal a broader retrenchment. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s decision to repaint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue for the country’s 250th anniversary has already turned green within two weeks, prompting criticism over the rushed, no-bid contract awarded to a Trump ally .

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