WASHINGTON—House Select Subcommittee on Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is opening an investigation of official emails, text messages, and related documents on alleged efforts “at the highest levels of NIH and NIAID to avoid public transparency” about the origins of the deadly illness.
The NIH is the National Institutes of Health, and the NIAID is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which is part of the NIH. The Coronavirus, which originated in China, has killed more than 1.2 million Americans since January 2020.
“Newly uncovered documents show that Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Senior Adviser, Dr. David Morens, consulted with the NIH Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) office on best practices for deleting official records,” Mr. Wenstrup said in a statement on Tuesday….