You Vote: Why do you think Fauci influenced intel reports on the origins of COVID-19?

Erdman claimed Fauci intentionally participated in the "cover-up" of the COVID-19 origins, stating that he personally provided “a conflicted list of curated subject matter experts, public health officials and scientists” to the US Intelligence Community.

Published: May 13, 2026 9:15pm

CIA employee James Erdman testified Wednesday to a Senate panel that Dr. Anthony Fauci improperly influenced intelligence reports on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to downplay findings that it most likely resulted from a lab leak in China. 

Erdman's testimony comes after the statute of limitations for prosecution expired Monday and former President Joe Biden also pardoned Fauci, which shielded the former chief medical advisor to Biden from criminal referral for allegedly lying to Congress about gain-of-function research.

Erdman claimed Fauci intentionally participated in the "cover-up" of the COVID-19 origins, stating that he personally provided “a conflicted list of curated subject matter experts, public health officials and scientists” to the US Intelligence Community.

Erdman also testified that Fauci, who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, directly inserted himself into IC deliberations about the outbreak of COVID-19 twice. The first time was on Feb. 3, 2020, and again on June 4, 2021, in order to push the "natural origin" narrative. 

You Vote: Why do you think Fauci influenced intel reports on the origins of COVID-19?

Choices

The Facts Inside Our Reporter's Notebook

Just the News Spotlight

Support Just the News