Dr. Anthony Fauci and scientists connected to the Chinese laboratory located in the same city where the first COVID-19 cases were detected briefed top U.S. intelligence officials about the origins of COVID-19 in early 2020, according to newly obtained emails.
Fauci, Dr. Peter Daszak, and Ralph Baric were among those selected to brief a group that included officials with the FBI and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, according to emails obtained and released by the nonprofit U.S. Right to Know.
The briefing was held on Feb. 3, 2020, to “discuss and identify what data, information, and samples are needed to understand the evolutionary origins of 2019-nCoV and more effectively respond to the outbreak and resulting misinformation,” a summary stated. COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV….