Tulsi Gabbard Dropped a Bombshell on Her Way Out the Door That Has Fauci Sweating

Anthony Fauci told Congress – under oath – that the NIH never funded gain-of-function research.

Now Tulsi Gabbard just blew that story apart with classified documents.

And what she released on her way out of Washington is the kind of thing the Deep State spent years trying to make sure you never saw.

Gabbard Releases Intelligence the Biden Administration Buried

As one of her final acts before stepping down as Director of National Intelligence, Gabbard declassified never-before-seen intelligence revealing that the U.S. government funded more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries – including Ukraine, where dangerous pathogens sat in facilities vulnerable to Russian attack, seizure, or damage.

This is not a rumor. This is not a "right-wing conspiracy theory." This is an official ODNI press release backed by declassified intelligence documents.

Gabbard didn't mince words about what happened to this information before she got to it.

"Until now, evidence regarding the full existence and funding of these laboratories had been knowingly withheld from you, the American people," she said.

She went further: "Politicians and so-called health professionals like Dr. Fauci lied repeatedly to the American people about the existence of US-funded and supported biolabs. Not only did they lie – they threatened those who threatened to expose the truth."

Those aren't talking points. Those are accusations of deliberate, coordinated deception backed by documents the intelligence community was sitting on for years.

https://twitter.com/DNIGabbard/status/2065440568423944607

Fauci Said It Himself – Under Oath

In a May 2021 Senate hearing, Fauci told Sen. Rand Paul directly: "The NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology."

Paul pressed him across multiple hearings, and each time Fauci shot back – pointing his finger at the senator and declaring, "If anybody is lying here, senator, it is you."

He said that under oath. In front of Congress.

The House Oversight Select Subcommittee later confirmed that former Acting NIH Director Dr. Lawrence Tabak admitted – on the record – that the NIH did, in fact, fund gain-of-function research in Wuhan.

Fauci denied it anyway.

Now Gabbard has released documents showing U.S.-funded biolabs operating across 30 countries, many conducting hazardous pathogen research with – in the ODNI's own words – "virtually no control or supervision."

The labs were funded. The oversight wasn't.

The Cover-Up Is the Story

Rand Paul spent years trying to get Fauci on record. The media called him a crank. Democrats called it a distraction. Fauci's allies in the press ran interference at every turn.

What Gabbard just released confirms what Paul was saying all along – the program existed, the funding was real, and the people in charge lied about it while threatening anyone who got close to the truth.

The ODNI documents show that intelligence agencies had already internally flagged the Ukraine biolabs as likely housing dangerous pathogens, vulnerable as the Russia-Ukraine war escalated. That warning never reached the American public.

Gabbard spent months digging through intelligence community files specifically to get this out before her June 30 departure. She did it on her way out the door, knowing it would land like a grenade in Washington.

Fauci's denials are now sitting next to declassified documents that say otherwise. The only question left is who in Washington finally makes him answer for it.

Sources:

• Office of the Director of National Intelligence, "DNI Gabbard Reveals Evidence of U.S. Taxpayer-Funded Global Biolab Program," ODNI Press Release No. 10-26, June 12, 2026.
• Fox News, "Tulsi Gabbard Releases Declassified Intelligence on More Than 120 US-Funded Biolabs," Fox News, June 12, 2026.
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, "Hearing Wrap Up: Dr. Fauci Held Publicly Accountable by Select Subcommittee," June 13, 2024.
• Fox News, "Rand Paul and Anthony Fauci Senate Hearing – Gain of Function," Fox News, November 4, 2021.
• Fox News, "Tulsi Gabbard Resigns from Trump Cabinet," Fox News, May 22, 2026.
• The Gateway Pundit, "Tulsi Resigning as DNI," The Gateway Pundit, May 22, 2026.