Overview
Dr. Anthony Fauci served as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from 1984 to 2022 — spanning both the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic. During this 38-year tenure, a substantial body of publicly available evidence has emerged through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, congressional subpoenas, whistleblower disclosures, and investigative journalism.
This site does not present editorial opinion. It compiles and organizes primary-source documents that are already in the public record. Every reference links to its original source — congressional hearing transcripts, FOIA-released emails, published scientific papers, court filings, and official government reports. Readers are encouraged to examine the primary sources directly and form their own conclusions.
The evidence spans several categories: the suppression of the lab-leak hypothesis in early 2020; NIAID funding of gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology through EcoHealth Alliance; systematic evasion of FOIA transparency requirements by senior NIH officials; contradictions between sworn congressional testimony and documentary evidence; the delayed response during the AIDS crisis; and undisclosed financial conflicts of interest with pharmaceutical companies.
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic concluded its two-year investigation in December 2024, producing a 520-page final report based on over one million pages of documents and dozens of witness interviews. The committee made criminal referrals based on its findings. As of 2025, additional investigations by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee continue to uncover new evidence.
Background Timeline
Fauci Becomes NIAID Director
Anthony Fauci is appointed Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the height of the emerging HIV/AIDS crisis.
AZT Approved After Abbreviated Trial
AZT (zidovudine) becomes the first FDA-approved HIV treatment after a clinical trial stopped at just 16 weeks. Initial dosing of 1,200mg/day causes severe side effects including bone marrow suppression. The dose is later reduced significantly.
ACT UP Storms FDA and NIH
AIDS activist group ACT UP protests the slow pace of drug approvals. Larry Kramer calls Fauci a “murderer” in a 1988 open letter. Activists demand faster clinical trials and parallel-track drug access for dying patients.
NIAID Funds EcoHealth Alliance Bat Coronavirus Research
EcoHealth Alliance receives a five-year, $3.7 million grant from NIAID to collect and study bat coronaviruses in China. Approximately $599,000 flows to the Wuhan Institute of Virology for research including chimeric coronavirus construction.
Scientists Privately Warn Fauci About Lab Features
Virologist Kristian Andersen emails Fauci that the SARS-CoV-2 genome “looks inconsistent with natural evolution.” Jeremy Farrar tells Fauci and Collins he is “honestly at 50” on a 0–100 scale of natural vs. lab origin. Robert Garry writes he “cannot understand how this could have emerged naturally.”
“Proximal Origin” Paper Drafted
Despite private doubts, the group pivots to write the “Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” paper declaring lab origin “implausible.” Congressional investigators later find the group’s stated purpose was “to disprove any type of lab theory.” Fauci’s role in prompting the paper is documented in FOIA-released emails.
Fauci Testifies NIH Never Funded Gain-of-Function
Under oath before Congress, Fauci states: “The NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.” Documents later obtained by The Intercept and congressional investigators contradict this claim.
Intercept Obtains 900+ Pages of FOIA Documents
The Intercept publishes documents showing EcoHealth Alliance used NIH funds to construct chimeric bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan lab that replicated faster than the parent virus — meeting functional definitions of gain-of-function research.
Morens FOIA Evasion Exposed
Congressional hearing reveals Dr. David Morens (Fauci’s senior advisor) wrote: “I learned from our FOIA lady here how to make emails disappear.” He used personal Gmail to evade FOIA and told contacts: “Tony doesn’t want his fingerprints on origin stories.”
Fauci Testifies Before Select Subcommittee
Dr. Fauci appears before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. He corrects previous testimony that his staff had no conflicts of interest. The committee documents contradictions between his sworn statements and available evidence.
Select Subcommittee Issues 520-Page Final Report
After reviewing over one million pages of documents, the committee concludes a lab-related incident is the most likely origin of COVID-19, that EcoHealth used taxpayer funds for gain-of-function research, and that Fauci prompted the “Proximal Origin” paper. Criminal referrals are made.
New Evidence of Record Deletion
Senator Rand Paul uncovers emails showing Fauci instructing Francis Collins to “Please delete this e-mail after you read it” — directly contradicting his sworn testimony. Paul formally calls Fauci to testify before the Senate HSGAC.
References
“I learned from our FOIA lady here how to make emails disappear after the fact. I think we are all safe.”
— Dr. David Morens, Senior Advisor to Dr. Fauci, in email obtained by congressional subpoena (2024)“The genome looks inconsistent with natural evolution.”
— Kristian Andersen, email to Dr. Fauci, January 31, 2020 (FOIA release)“Please delete this e-mail after you read it.”
— Dr. Anthony Fauci, email to Francis Collins, February 2020 (released September 2025)