Federal prosecutors should investigate the president of a nonprofit that funneled U.S. taxpayer money to a laboratory in China, a U.S. House of Representatives panel said on May 1.
Peter Daszak, president of the EcoHealth Alliance, should be probed after he and his group violated the terms of a U.S. grant, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic said.
Mr. Daszak, who holds a doctorate, may have violated federal laws including a statute that prohibits falsifying, concealing, or covering up “any trick, scheme, or device,” the subcommittee said in a report detailing the results of its investigation into Mr. Daszak, EcoHealth, the grant it received, and U.S. officials at the agency that gave the grant….
