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Comment by Tulsi Gabbard

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U.S. Director of National Intelligence
The COVID-19 pandemic caused tremendous hardship and pain for millions of our fellow Americans and for countless people around the world. After years of lies, censorship, and cover ups, the American people deserve transparency, truth, and accountability. The tactics used to hide the truth are straight from the deep state playbook: politicized self-serving leaders like Dr. Fauci covered up their own wrongdoing and abuses of power, manipulated intelligence, lied to Congress, and undermined a duly elected President by restricting his access to vital facts needed to keep the country safe. It’s time the American people learn the real story.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified Relevant. Although the quote itself speaks in shorthand about “lies,” “cover ups,” and “the real story,” the source page’s headline and surrounding text explicitly frame it as part of DNI Gabbard’s claim that COVID came from a Wuhan lab-related leak and that Fauci and intelligence officials suppressed that truth. So the quote is presented as a supporting comment/reason on the lab-origin-versus-natural-spillover issue, making a determinable stance substantially more likely. ([dni.gov](https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2026/4166-pr-11-26)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote itself alleges a cover-up of "the truth," and the source page makes that truth explicit: it says Fauci hid "the virus’ lab-leak origins," and its headline/body say Wuhan lab research "sparked COVID" through an "unintentional lab leak." So, in source context, the author clearly supports the statement. ([dni.gov](https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2026/4166-pr-11-26)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Authentic. The official ODNI press release "Fauci Funded Wuhan Lab Research That Sparked COVID," dated June 18, 2026, contains this wording across two consecutive quoted sentences and attributes it to DNI Gabbard; the submitted text matches the spoken words, with the page’s inserted attribution omitted. ([dni.gov](https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2026/4166-pr-11-26)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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