Kerby Anderson

Former member of Congress Mike Gallagher argues that it is “Time for Accountability on the Covid Lab-Leak Coverup.” He reminds us that after millions have died and the world suffered billions in economic value lost, “the West can claim zero lessons learned.” He also says that Anthony Fauci (director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) “should have come clean about the pandemic’s laboratory origin [and admit] the Wuhan lab’s risky gain-of-function research.”

Of course, none of that happened. Instead, he reminds us of how the Chinese Communist Party was allowed to bleach the crime scene, while Dr. Fauci and others were able to whitewash history. They all insisted for years that the origin of the virus was natural. Dr. Fauci continued to make this claim in a paper published last November.

Mike Gallagher proposes several action steps. First, he proposes that President Trump should declassify all intelligence on Covid’s origin. Congress did vote to require President Biden to declassify relevant intelligence but all he did was publish a semi-redacted ten-page report.

Second, President Trump should empower agency heads to drive a push for accountability. CIA Agency Director John Ratcliffe has begun this, but a full-scale investigation must take place. Attorney General Pam Bondi should issue subpoenas for relevant communications.

Finally, President Trump “should establish a multination tribunal, akin to the International Criminal Court but with actual teeth, to investigate the origins of the virus, examining evidence of negligence or intentional misconduct and determining the culpability of key people and institutions.”

So many questions remain for a pandemic that changed our world in many ways. We deserve answers and a full investigation.