June 24, 2026 • 14 mins
Buck breaks down newly declassified documents released by former DNI Tulsi Gabbard and the questions they raise about COVID-era decisions, gain-of-function research, intelligence assessments, and the role of Anthony Fauci. What do the documents actually show, and what could it mean for accountability moving forward?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
On Tulsi Gabbard's very last day as Director of National Intelligence,
she dropped a bombshell one that should shake every American
who lived through the COVID years, any American who cares
about accountability, transparency, and the science. She released never before
(00:21):
seeing communications and documents exposing how doctor Anthony Fauci used
millions of your taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain of
function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, how he
worked with politicized elements within the intelligence community to bury
the lab Leaku origin truth, and how he lied to
(00:45):
Congress allegedly under oath as recently as twenty twenty four.
So let's unpack this, shall we. This was her swan song,
This was her final act as Director of National Intelligence.
So Tulci Gabbert is not some partisan blogger. She is
the Director of National Intelligence. The DNI declassifying primary documents
(01:10):
from deep inside the system, well from the very top
of the system. And you know, for years we heard
the same refrain lableak is a conspiracy theory. Fauci followed
the science. Gain of function research didn't happen the way
you think it did. That's what they told US, but
the DNI released documents shred that narrative. Let's break down
(01:34):
what Gabbert exposed and why it matters. First, the funding.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Doctor Fauci, as head of the National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases, provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to
fund dangerous gain of function research on bat coronaviruses at
the Wuhan Institute of Virology, work which is now widely
viewed as the source of the unintentional lab leak that
(01:57):
sparks the pandemic support of President Trump's maximum transparency mandate. Today,
on my final day as Director of National Intelligence, I'm
releasing never before seen communications and documents that expose exactly
how Fauci worked with politicized career leadership in the intelligence
(02:17):
community to suppress the truth about his actions, the virus'
lablique origins, and his role in directing US funding for
this dangerous research that caused immeasurable harm and countless lost lives.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
We already knew that NIAD under Fauci, routed money through
Peter Dazac's Eco Health Alliance to the Wuhan Institute of Virology,
roughly six hundred thousand dollars directly for bat coronavirus research.
The new files make clear this included work that meets
the definition of gain of function or enhanced potential pandemic
(02:55):
pathogen research making viruses more transmissible, more virulent, better able
to infect humans. Why does that matter well, Gain of
function research takes a natural pathogen and deliberately enhances its
dangerous properties. Proponents claim that it helps us prepare for
(03:15):
future pandemics. But there are critics, of course, including a
lot of people who are biosecurity experts warning for years
for decades really that the risks of a lab accident
or deliberate misuse far outweigh the benefits, especially when done
in labs with questionable safety records. The Wuhan Institute of
(03:39):
Virology had documented biosafety concerns. The new documents released by
D and I Gabbard last week now former D and
I Gabbert, show that Fauci's operation was central to the
Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Doctor Fauci's close relationships with the intelligence community enabled him
to assume three key roles that shield him from scrutiny. First,
doctor Fauci funded dangerous gain of function coronavirus research linked
to big Pharma and their pursuit of universal vaccines worth
trillions of dollars. Second, doctor Fauci was the behind the
(04:18):
scenes advisor who, alongside his handpicked so called experts, pushed
the intelligence community to endorse a natural animal origin to
hide his dangerous gain of function research that he funded
using taxpayer dollars. All of this in a deliberate attempt
to cover up the truth and shift the blame and
(04:38):
attention away from Fauci's own actions. Third, doctor Fauci became
the nation's pandemic pundit, and he publicly pushed lies, disinformation,
and censorship using every platform available.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
But it gets worse. These documents reveal how Fauci's close
relationship with the intelligence community let him assume three key
roles that shielded hid for him from real scrutiny. Here's
what those three roles were, according to declassified material. First,
funder of dangerous gain of gain of function coronavirus research
(05:17):
tied to big pharmist pursuit of universal vaccines, which, of
course his research with potential trillion dollar implications. Not that
that would affect anyone's judgment. Hmmm, taxpayer money flowing to
Wuhan for work that now looks directly connected to the
pandemic that killed millions and as we know, upended the
(05:37):
world for basically two years. The second role, Fauci was
behind the scenes advisor who, alongside handpicked experts, pushed the
intelligence community to endorse a natural animal origin story, all
to hide the gain of function work he had funded
with your money. A deliberate, deliberate effort to shift blame
(05:58):
away from his own program and decisions. Third role, the
public face an ultimate authority who would testify before Congress,
shape media narratives, and intimidate dissenters. Anybody from within the
community who said things that Fauci didn't like was going
against the science. Of course, all this was happening while
(06:22):
he was deeply enmeshed in the cover up that he
was denying, and we have the documents now thanks to
D and I Gabberto prove it. So what we know
here is people inside the system who raised legitimate questions
about the lab league hypothesis early on didn't just get ignored.
They face professional retaliation, career threats, and even intimidation. That's
(06:45):
not how science or intelligence work is supposed to function
in a free society. But what Vauci is, you know,
that's how you protect a narrative. And then there's the
lying under oath part of it.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
He blatantly lied to Congress under oath during his twenty
twenty four testimony to the House Selects Subcommittee on the
coronavirus Pandemic, denying that he ever spoke to any intelligence
agency about COVID. Now, the correspondence I'm releasing today directly
contradicts his sworn testimon.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Twenty twenty four before the House Select Committee on the
Coronavirus Pandemic. Doctor Fauci sat under oath and made statements.
The new documents now directly contradict. That's not about policy disagreement.
That's not a he said he said, or he said
she said, or whatever. That's perjury if in fact that
(07:36):
is what occurred. The documents certainly seem to indicate it is.
Lying to Congress under oath is not something that we
can abide in any other context. That would certainly end
a career and could trigger serious legal consequences, criminal legal consequences.
But d and I Gabber didn't just release documents. She
laid out the full picture on her way out the door,
(08:02):
and she's right. The American people deserve transparency and accountability.
So let's be clear about what this isn't. This isn't
Monday Morning quarterbacking about a difficult pandemic. This is about
a very powerful government official who helped fund risky research
in a Chinese lab with a history of safety issues,
(08:25):
then used his influence inside the intelligence community and his
public platform to suppress the most plausible explanation for how
that virus escaped or was released into the world. We
were told questioning the natural origin story was dangerous misinformation.
Scientists who privately expressed concerns about the cleavage site and
(08:48):
other unusual features were pressured into signing papers like Proximal
Origin that publicly shut down the lab leak discussion. Social
media platforms as we know censored at I was part
of getting beat up on by that censorship apparatus during COVID,
I got dinged. I got hit by YouTube and by
(09:10):
Twitter at the time, and by Facebook over lab leak stuff.
Legacy media as we know corporate democrat media. They mocked
the lab leak origin thesis, and intelligence assessments were shaped
in real time by the very man whose programs were
at risk of exposure. So the documents are now public
(09:31):
thanks to what happened with D and I Gabbert's release
last week. The receipts are there. As the kids say, now,
I understand some people are going to say we already
knew this stuff, and to a degree that is accurate.
There are foyas, emails, congressional hearings, and agency assessments from
the FBI and Department of Energy that had already pointed
(09:53):
toward a lab incident with at least moderate confidence. But
these new declassified communications at SPECI. So if internal evidence
of coordination, narrative control, and direct contra indications with sworn testimony,
and that matters because for accountability we need to have
a public record, and now we have a much clearer one. So,
(10:15):
my friends, what happened next? Here? What happens next is
the real test Fauci reportedly received a preemptive parted. Now,
statute of limitations is a real thing, and it's not
one we can just get around, nor should we. The
institutions that protected this for years are still very powerful.
But as we all know, sunlight, as they say, is
(10:36):
the best disinfectant. These documents belong in the hands of
serious investigators, not just the commentary class like me. Every
American who was told to shut up, mask up, and
trust the science while their lives were turned upside down
deserves to know how much of this official story was
shaped by the people most invested in hiding their own
(10:59):
role gain of function. Research of this type carries inherent risks.
At least that lesson I think has been learned, or
we have learned it, maybe not everybody. When it's funded
by US taxpayers and conducted in a foreign lab with
ties to Chinese military and a poor transparency record, that's
a big problem, and the American people have a right
to know and to decide whether it should continue. Toulci
(11:20):
Gabbert did mention something rare in Washington. She used her
final moments in power to release information that powerful people
would have rather stayed buried. Whether you agree with every
conclusion or not, the documents are now part of the
permanent record. The question isn't whether doctor Fauci was the
sole cause of the pandemic. The question which, of course
he wasn't. The question is whether one man and his
(11:43):
network were allowed to fund risky research shape the government
assessments of what actually were going on in real time
with COVID suppress anyone who dissented from the accepted party line,
possibly allegedly lined growth and then phase zero concepts. That's
not how our government, That's not how this country is
(12:04):
supposed to work. So we know the American people paid
the price in lives and livelihoods and in lost trust,
and we all deserve the full truth, not just to
have accountability in the past, but also for preventability, if
you will, going forward. We know that the lunatic leftist
Democrats would replay all of what we went through during
(12:25):
COVID once again if it happened tomorrow. They loved the power,
they loved the ability to shut down dissent to tell
us what we could do. It was a trial run
of communism. So now, thanks to D and I Gabbert's release,
we have more evidence and therefore more ammunition to win
this battle than ever before. It's up to the rest
(12:46):
of the institutions that are supposed to serve we the
American people, to take this forward and do something with it.
Thanks for being here with me on that one, my friends.
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On Tulsi Gabbard's very last day as Director of National Intelligence,
she dropped a bombshell one that should shake every American
who lived through the COVID years, any American who cares
about accountability, transparency, and the science. She released never before
(00:21):
seeing communications and documents exposing how doctor Anthony Fauci used
millions of your taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain of
function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, how he
worked with politicized elements within the intelligence community to bury
the lab Leaku origin truth, and how he lied to
(00:45):
Congress allegedly under oath as recently as twenty twenty four.
So let's unpack this, shall we. This was her swan song,
This was her final act as Director of National Intelligence.
So Tulci Gabbert is not some partisan blogger. She is
the Director of National Intelligence. The DNI declassifying primary documents
(01:10):
from deep inside the system, well from the very top
of the system. And you know, for years we heard
the same refrain lableak is a conspiracy theory. Fauci followed
the science. Gain of function research didn't happen the way
you think it did. That's what they told US, but
the DNI released documents shred that narrative. Let's break down
(01:34):
what Gabbert exposed and why it matters. First, the funding.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Doctor Fauci, as head of the National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases, provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to
fund dangerous gain of function research on bat coronaviruses at
the Wuhan Institute of Virology, work which is now widely
viewed as the source of the unintentional lab leak that
(01:57):
sparks the pandemic support of President Trump's maximum transparency mandate. Today,
on my final day as Director of National Intelligence, I'm
releasing never before seen communications and documents that expose exactly
how Fauci worked with politicized career leadership in the intelligence
(02:17):
community to suppress the truth about his actions, the virus'
lablique origins, and his role in directing US funding for
this dangerous research that caused immeasurable harm and countless lost lives.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
We already knew that NIAD under Fauci, routed money through
Peter Dazac's Eco Health Alliance to the Wuhan Institute of Virology,
roughly six hundred thousand dollars directly for bat coronavirus research.
The new files make clear this included work that meets
the definition of gain of function or enhanced potential pandemic
(02:55):
pathogen research making viruses more transmissible, more virulent, better able
to infect humans. Why does that matter well, Gain of
function research takes a natural pathogen and deliberately enhances its
dangerous properties. Proponents claim that it helps us prepare for
(03:15):
future pandemics. But there are critics, of course, including a
lot of people who are biosecurity experts warning for years
for decades really that the risks of a lab accident
or deliberate misuse far outweigh the benefits, especially when done
in labs with questionable safety records. The Wuhan Institute of
(03:39):
Virology had documented biosafety concerns. The new documents released by
D and I Gabbard last week now former D and
I Gabbert, show that Fauci's operation was central to the
Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Doctor Fauci's close relationships with the intelligence community enabled him
to assume three key roles that shield him from scrutiny. First,
doctor Fauci funded dangerous gain of function coronavirus research linked
to big Pharma and their pursuit of universal vaccines worth
trillions of dollars. Second, doctor Fauci was the behind the
(04:18):
scenes advisor who, alongside his handpicked so called experts, pushed
the intelligence community to endorse a natural animal origin to
hide his dangerous gain of function research that he funded
using taxpayer dollars. All of this in a deliberate attempt
to cover up the truth and shift the blame and
(04:38):
attention away from Fauci's own actions. Third, doctor Fauci became
the nation's pandemic pundit, and he publicly pushed lies, disinformation,
and censorship using every platform available.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
But it gets worse. These documents reveal how Fauci's close
relationship with the intelligence community let him assume three key
roles that shielded hid for him from real scrutiny. Here's
what those three roles were, according to declassified material. First,
funder of dangerous gain of gain of function coronavirus research
(05:17):
tied to big pharmist pursuit of universal vaccines, which, of
course his research with potential trillion dollar implications. Not that
that would affect anyone's judgment. Hmmm, taxpayer money flowing to
Wuhan for work that now looks directly connected to the
pandemic that killed millions and as we know, upended the
(05:37):
world for basically two years. The second role, Fauci was
behind the scenes advisor who, alongside handpicked experts, pushed the
intelligence community to endorse a natural animal origin story, all
to hide the gain of function work he had funded
with your money. A deliberate, deliberate effort to shift blame
(05:58):
away from his own program and decisions. Third role, the
public face an ultimate authority who would testify before Congress,
shape media narratives, and intimidate dissenters. Anybody from within the
community who said things that Fauci didn't like was going
against the science. Of course, all this was happening while
(06:22):
he was deeply enmeshed in the cover up that he
was denying, and we have the documents now thanks to
D and I Gabberto prove it. So what we know
here is people inside the system who raised legitimate questions
about the lab league hypothesis early on didn't just get ignored.
They face professional retaliation, career threats, and even intimidation. That's
(06:45):
not how science or intelligence work is supposed to function
in a free society. But what Vauci is, you know,
that's how you protect a narrative. And then there's the
lying under oath part of it.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
He blatantly lied to Congress under oath during his twenty
twenty four testimony to the House Selects Subcommittee on the
coronavirus Pandemic, denying that he ever spoke to any intelligence
agency about COVID. Now, the correspondence I'm releasing today directly
contradicts his sworn testimon.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Twenty twenty four before the House Select Committee on the
Coronavirus Pandemic. Doctor Fauci sat under oath and made statements.
The new documents now directly contradict. That's not about policy disagreement.
That's not a he said he said, or he said
she said, or whatever. That's perjury if in fact that
(07:36):
is what occurred. The documents certainly seem to indicate it is.
Lying to Congress under oath is not something that we
can abide in any other context. That would certainly end
a career and could trigger serious legal consequences, criminal legal consequences.
But d and I Gabber didn't just release documents. She
laid out the full picture on her way out the door,
(08:02):
and she's right. The American people deserve transparency and accountability.
So let's be clear about what this isn't. This isn't
Monday Morning quarterbacking about a difficult pandemic. This is about
a very powerful government official who helped fund risky research
in a Chinese lab with a history of safety issues,
(08:25):
then used his influence inside the intelligence community and his
public platform to suppress the most plausible explanation for how
that virus escaped or was released into the world. We
were told questioning the natural origin story was dangerous misinformation.
Scientists who privately expressed concerns about the cleavage site and
(08:48):
other unusual features were pressured into signing papers like Proximal
Origin that publicly shut down the lab leak discussion. Social
media platforms as we know censored at I was part
of getting beat up on by that censorship apparatus during COVID,
I got dinged. I got hit by YouTube and by
(09:10):
Twitter at the time, and by Facebook over lab leak stuff.
Legacy media as we know corporate democrat media. They mocked
the lab leak origin thesis, and intelligence assessments were shaped
in real time by the very man whose programs were
at risk of exposure. So the documents are now public
(09:31):
thanks to what happened with D and I Gabbert's release
last week. The receipts are there. As the kids say, now,
I understand some people are going to say we already
knew this stuff, and to a degree that is accurate.
There are foyas, emails, congressional hearings, and agency assessments from
the FBI and Department of Energy that had already pointed
(09:53):
toward a lab incident with at least moderate confidence. But
these new declassified communications at SPECI. So if internal evidence
of coordination, narrative control, and direct contra indications with sworn testimony,
and that matters because for accountability we need to have
a public record, and now we have a much clearer one. So,
(10:15):
my friends, what happened next? Here? What happens next is
the real test Fauci reportedly received a preemptive parted. Now,
statute of limitations is a real thing, and it's not
one we can just get around, nor should we. The
institutions that protected this for years are still very powerful.
But as we all know, sunlight, as they say, is
(10:36):
the best disinfectant. These documents belong in the hands of
serious investigators, not just the commentary class like me. Every
American who was told to shut up, mask up, and
trust the science while their lives were turned upside down
deserves to know how much of this official story was
shaped by the people most invested in hiding their own
(10:59):
role gain of function. Research of this type carries inherent risks.
At least that lesson I think has been learned, or
we have learned it, maybe not everybody. When it's funded
by US taxpayers and conducted in a foreign lab with
ties to Chinese military and a poor transparency record, that's
a big problem, and the American people have a right
to know and to decide whether it should continue. Toulci
(11:20):
Gabbert did mention something rare in Washington. She used her
final moments in power to release information that powerful people
would have rather stayed buried. Whether you agree with every
conclusion or not, the documents are now part of the
permanent record. The question isn't whether doctor Fauci was the
sole cause of the pandemic. The question which, of course
he wasn't. The question is whether one man and his
(11:43):
network were allowed to fund risky research shape the government
assessments of what actually were going on in real time
with COVID suppress anyone who dissented from the accepted party line,
possibly allegedly lined growth and then phase zero concepts. That's
not how our government, That's not how this country is
(12:04):
supposed to work. So we know the American people paid
the price in lives and livelihoods and in lost trust,
and we all deserve the full truth, not just to
have accountability in the past, but also for preventability, if
you will, going forward. We know that the lunatic leftist
Democrats would replay all of what we went through during
(12:25):
COVID once again if it happened tomorrow. They loved the power,
they loved the ability to shut down dissent to tell
us what we could do. It was a trial run
of communism. So now, thanks to D and I Gabbert's release,
we have more evidence and therefore more ammunition to win
this battle than ever before. It's up to the rest
(12:46):
of the institutions that are supposed to serve we the
American people, to take this forward and do something with it.
Thanks for being here with me on that one, my friends.
As always shield Hie our sponsor here is super short.
I want to tell you about them. Most businesses rely
on business insurance when things go wrong. It's the cost
of doing business. But that doesn't mean you understand your
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policy as a business owner or an operator. It's complicated
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a lot of issues that come up in the course
of a year. Supersure is a new company that changes
all of that. Their goal is to make it easy
to understand and offer easy to understand your insurance and
offer year round resources for you. So if your company
has more than twenty five employees and you're the owner,
(13:29):
CFO or HR manager, you need to know about Supershore.
Supershore is licensed in every state for your business insurance
and employee benefits, all with year round support for you
and your team at no additional cost. Supershore also has
a fine print facts tool that translates your current policy
into play in English, so you see what's covered and
what's not. Plus a business value calculators, you can estimate
what your business is worth and what needs protecting. Go
(13:51):
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