Spy agency quashed complaint against Fauci for lying to Congress about ‘gain of function’ research, new documents show | 19 June 2026 | Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a trove of files Friday detailing Dr. Anthony Fauci’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic — showing that officials protected him from a whistleblower complaint alleging he lied to Congress about “gain of function” research after he suggested pangolins were to blame for the [his] outbreak that killed millions. Fauci, the documents show, met with a group of CIA officials on June 4, 2021, weeks after his fiery May 11 denial to Congress that he funded risky research into coronaviruses in the same Chinese city where the pandemic began… he Gabbard-released files do not appear to expand on what is known about Fauci’s funding for the Wuhan lab. The release comes just over a month after Fauci survived the five-year deadline for criminal charges to be filed against him for allegedly lying to Congress — though Justice Department officials are still considering how he might be punished for his role in the alleged coverup.