The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic just found some pretty incredible information that allegedly shows officials attempt to evade Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests.
According to claim the records show that members of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s team opened an encrypted proton mail account, purposely misspelled key words, and forwarded confidential materials to Gmail account to “thwart federal law.”
Did @NIH‘s “FOIA lady” teach Dr. Fauci’s team how to hide COVID information?
New evidence shows that NIH officials:
✖️Opened an encrypted Proton Mail account
✖️Misspelled key words
✖️Forwarded confidential materials to Gmail…all in an apparent effort to thwart federal law. pic.twitter.com/FxhrQn29MV
— Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (@COVIDSelect) May 28, 2024
Today, Chairman @RepBradWenstrup is opening an investigation into this cover-up.
Read the letter to @NIHDirector Monica Bertagnolli here: https://t.co/hrZtlCv2dC
Read the letter to @USNatArchives here: https://t.co/r15dpiFn53
— Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (@COVIDSelect) May 28, 2024
The Subcommittee also released a letter to Monica Bertagnolli, the current head of the NIH, demanding an explanation.
The letter says:
This evidence taken together suggests a conspiracy at the highest levels of NIH and NIAID to avoid public transparency regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. A pandemic that took the lives of more than one million Americans. If what appears in these documents is true, this is an apparent attack on public trust and must be met with swift enforcement and consequences for those involved.
We write to you to request a staff level briefing no later than June 4, 2024, regarding NIH’s document retention, transparency, FOIA, and personal e-mail policies. NIH serves the American taxpayer. The Select Subcommittee takes these allegations seriously and expects you do to (sic). Further, the Select subcommittee reserves the right to request transcribed interviews with NIH employees regarding the issues outlined in this letter.
House Select Subcommittee letter, 05/28/24:
“[E]vidence suggests a conspiracy at the highest levels of NIH…to avoid public tranpsarency…[T]his is an…attack on public trust that must be met with… swift enforcement and consequences for those involved.”https://t.co/VlH3YE1Xtj pic.twitter.com/aj6S3xFydV
— Richard H. Ebright (@R_H_Ebright) May 28, 2024
Could this be why everyone resigned when Republicans took charge of the House?
