Newly released government records reveal the FBI investigated a decision by the National Institutes of Health to issue a grant that was tied to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
NIH emails show the bureau was investigating possible gain-of-function research at the lab and possible failures to comply with reporting rules. The Chinese government lab has been suspected as the source of COVID-19.
The Washington Examiner reached out to the FBI and NIH about the apparent investigation. The FBI declined to comment. The NIH did not respond. NIH Deputy Director Michael Lauer revealed last year and again this year that NIH had violated the terms of its grant awards, which Republicans claim shows EcoHealth was engaging in risky gain-of-function research in China.
EcoHealth sent a letter to Lauer in April 2021 stating that “immediately following NIH's letter on 4/19/2020 that the WIV was being 'investigated', we suspended all plans for contractual work with WIV.” The group argued: “This termination of a funded relationship with the institute makes it extraordinarily difficult and more likely impossible to provide the information requested about an autonomous foreign organization.
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