After secret labs in Ukraine, Trump's spy chief claims Dr. Fauci funded deadly Wuhan experiments?

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of funding gain-of-function research in China prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, reigniting debate over the origins of the virus. Speaking during the release of newly declassified documents from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Gabbard claimed that U.S.-funded research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology may have contributed to a potential lab-related origin of COVID-19. She also alleged that intelligence assessments were influenced to support a natural origin narrative. The claims have renewed political controversy, while China continues to reject the lab-leak theory as unproven and politically motivated.