{"id":2046441,"date":"2023-09-27T13:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-demands-information-on-fauci-visit-to-cia-during-covid-19-origins-investigation\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T13:23:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:23:45","slug":"house-gop-demands-information-on-fauci-visit-to-cia-during-covid-19-origins-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-demands-information-on-fauci-visit-to-cia-during-covid-19-origins-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP seeks details on Fauci&#8217;s CIA visit amid COVID-19 origins probe."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-gop-demands-information-on-fauci-visit-to-cia-during-covid-19-origins-investigation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2046441&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Republicans Demand Information on Alleged Fauci Visit to CIA During\u200b COVID-19 Origins Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>Republicans in Congress are putting pressure on the\u2062 inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services to provide details about a supposed visit by Dr. Anthony\u2063 Fauci to the CIA during its investigation into \u200dthe origins of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;According to information gathered\u200c by the\u200c Select Subcommittee, Dr.\u200c Anthony Fauci, then-director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious\u200d Diseases, played a role in the Central Intelligence Agency\u2019s review of the\u200d origins of COVID-19,&#8221; Select Subcommittee on \u200bthe Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad \u2062Wenstrup (R-OH) wrote HHS Inspector \u200bGeneral Christi Grimm on Tuesday. &#8220;The information provided suggests that Dr. Fauci was escorted into Central \u2062Intelligence Agency (CIA) Headquarters \u2014 without a record\u200b of entry \u2014 and participated in the\u2064 analysis to &#8216;influence&#8217; the Agency\u2019s review.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Republican Debate: Can \u2063GOP Debaters Put Pressure on Trump to Show Up?<\/h3>\n<p>This letter from Tuesday follows the \u200bsubcommittee&#8217;s\u200c investigation into claims made by a high-ranking CIA whistleblower earlier this month. The whistleblower alleged that senior officials offered financial incentives to members of the CIA COVID Discovery \u200dTeam\u2062 who were\u200c tasked with investigating the origins of SARS-CoV-2. The whistleblower stated that the majority of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-investigate-whistleblower-claim-that-cia-paid-investigators-to-dismiss-lab-leak-theory\/\" title=\"GOP probes whistleblower's allegation: CIA allegedly funded investigators to dismiss lab leak theory.\">team initially concluded<\/a> that the virus\u2064 originated at the Wuhan\u2062 Institute of Virology but were coerced into changing their position in favor of the \u2062zoonotic hypothesis.<\/p>\n<p>Wenstrup&#8217;s letter to Grimm \u2062does not\u2062 specify the\u2063 source of the \u200cinformation about the alleged meeting, nor does it provide a specific timeframe\u200d for when it occurred.\u200b The letter requests travel records \u2062and communications between Fauci and the CIA from January 2020 to December 2022, the period when Fauci retired from his position \u200bat NIAID.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Information regarding\u2063 specific\u2062 movements of Dr. Fauci throughout \u200dthe pandemic is reasonable and hardly intrusive, especially considering he is no longer employed by the federal government, he is no longer a protectee of the Inspector General, and we are not requesting\u2062 any information regarding his current\u2063 movements,&#8221; Wenstrup wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The subcommittee also asked for communication records between HHS, NIAID, and the U.S. Marshals Service, which \u2064is still providing\u2062 security protection to Fauci \u2062after \u200bhis retirement, regarding entrance to any CIA property, including the George Bush Center\u2063 for \u200bIntelligence in Langley, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>A \u2062spokesperson for HHS \u2063stated \u200cthat the inspector general&#8217;s office received the letter and \u200bis currently reviewing it. However, they cannot provide any additional information at this time.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans have\u200d been increasing pressure on HHS to respond to their inquiries regarding \u2064the COVID-19 origins investigation. The chairmen of\u200d the House Oversight and Reform and Energy \u200cand Commerce committees, along with relevant subcommittee leadership, sent a letter earlier this month threatening possible subpoena action against various officials at the\u200d National Institutes of Health if the department continued to be uncooperative in \u200bthe investigation process.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the CIA \u2062also responded to the Washington Examiner&#8217;s request for\u2063 comment, stating that \u200bthe agency is looking into the circumstances of\u2062 the inquiry. However, they did\u200d not comment on the status \u2064of \u2064the whistleblower investigation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Select Subcommittee\u2019s goal is to ensure accountability and transparency,&#8221; Wenstrup wrote. &#8220;The American \u2062people \u200ddeserve\u200c the truth \u2014 to know the origins of the virus and whether there was a concerted effort by public health authorities to\u200b suppress the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-facebook-files-the-effort-to-censor-vaccine-information\/\" title=\"Facebook's Vaccine Information Censorship Effort: The Facebook Files\">lab \u2063leak theory<\/a> for political \u200bor \u2063national security purposes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Subcommittee Democrats\u200b previously stated \u2063that they had no \u200dknowledge of the CIA\u200d whistleblower&#8217;s testimony before the public announcement of the\u200c findings. Minority members of the \u2064committee did not respond to the Washington Examiner&#8217;s request for comment regarding Wenstrup&#8217;s letter to Grimm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more\u2062 from\u200d the Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why is it \u200bimportant to have an unbiased, thorough, and transparent investigation into the origins of COVID-19<\/h2>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<p>The demand by Republicans in Congress for information on an alleged visit by Dr. Anthony Fauci to the \u2062CIA during the investigation into the origins of COVID-19 has\u200c raised concerns about \u200dpotential interference and manipulation in the review process. The Select\u200d Subcommittee\u2062 on\u2062 the Coronavirus Pandemic, led by Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), has\u2063 requested\u200c that the inspector general of the Department of Health\u200c and Human Services, Christi Grimm, provide details on Dr. Fauci&#8217;s involvement.<\/p>\n<p>The allegation stems from information gathered by the \u200cSelect Subcommittee, which suggests that Dr.\u2064 Fauci, then-director of\u2063 the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, played a role in the CIA&#8217;s review \u2064of the origins of COVID-19. \u200dThe subcommittee&#8217;s investigation was prompted by claims made by \u200da \u2062high-ranking CIA whistleblower, who stated that\u2062 financial incentives\u200d were offered to \u2063members\u2062 of the CIA COVID Discovery Team tasked with investigating the origins of the virus. The whistleblower further alleged that the team&#8217;s initial conclusion, linking the virus to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, was changed under pressure in favor \u2062of the zoonotic hypothesis.<\/p>\n<p>In his letter \u2064to Inspector General Grimm, Chairman Wenstrup calls for transparency and \u2062urges the release of travel records and communications between Dr. Fauci \u200dand the CIA from January 2020 to December 2022. He highlights that\u2064 the request for information on Dr. Fauci&#8217;s \u2064movements \u200cthroughout the pandemic is \u200breasonable, especially\u2063 since \u200dhe is no longer employed\u200d by the federal government and is \u200cnot \u2064under the protection of the Inspector \u200dGeneral.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2062demand for\u2064 information\u2062 underscores the importance of an unbiased, thorough, and transparent investigation into\u2062 the \u200corigins of COVID-19. \u200bAs the world \u2062continues\u200b to grapple\u2063 with the consequences of the pandemic, it is crucial that any potential interference or manipulation\u200d is brought to light.\u200b The public deserves to know the truth about \u200dthe \u200corigins \u200bof the \u200bvirus,\u200d and any attempts to suppress or alter the findings\u2063 of the investigation undermine public trust.<\/p>\n<p>As the\u200d investigation progresses, it is \u200cimperative that all relevant information is provided to ensure a\u2064 comprehensive\u200d understanding of\u200b the origins of COVID-19. The gravity\u200b of\u200b this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-demands-information-on-fauci-visit-to-cia-during-covid-19-origins-investigation\/\" title=\"House GOP seeks details on Fauci's CIA visit amid COVID-19 origins probe.\">global \u2063health crisis demands rigorous scrutiny<\/a> \u2062and\u2064 accountability. Therefore, it is the responsibility of all parties involved to cooperate \u2064fully and openly to \u200duncover\u200d the\u2062 truth. Only through an\u200b impartial and thorough investigation can we\u2063 gain the \u2063knowledge necessary to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yemen-lgbt-refugees-and-white-supremacy-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bidens-first-foreign-policy-speech\/\" title=\"Yemen, LGBT Refugees, And White Supremacy: Everything You Need To Know About Biden\u2019s First Foreign Policy Speech\">prevent future pandemics<\/a> and \u200dprotect public\u200d health worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans in Congress are pressuring the Department of Health and Human Services&#8217; inspector general for details on Dr. Anthony Fauci&#8217;s purported visit to the CIA during their COVID-19 origins probe. 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