The online publication, The Intercept has obtained over 900 pages of public record documents. They got access to the information through Freedom of Information Act litigation with the National Health Institute. The Intercept had been trying to obtain the records since Sept 2020.
Rand Paul claims vindication
Fauci continues to insist that gain-of-function methods were never used in the Wuhan bat research. And downplays the details of the new documents.
He insists that this was not gain-of-function research.
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is Dr. Fauci’s most aggressive critic. He pointed out that the newly published documents were a direct contradiction to Fauci’s testimony and public statements.
“I was right about his agency funding novel coronavirus research at Wuhan,” he tweeted. “Fauci lied again.”
@RandPaul, R-Ky., says newly public documents revealing the extent of U.S. funding of coronavirus research in Wuhan, China, show that (NIAID) head Dr. Anthony Fauci lied during his previous testimony to Congress. https://t.co/DQzDBBYPYS@rigopchairwoman @CallananCharles
— RI Republican Party (@RhodeIslandGOP) September 7, 2021
Links to EcoHealth Alliance
The grant provided EcoHealth Alliance with a total of $3.1 million, this includes $599,000 given to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. They used the funds to identify and alter bat coronaviruses that could infect humans. The funding will be continued into 2024.
