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Miranda Devine: Anthony Fauci can’t escape his ‘origin’al COVID lie

Nypost · 🇷🇺 public Russia · · 1147 words · By Miranda Devine
Legal Accountability COVID-19 Origins Political polarization
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Anthony Fauci deserves to be indicted — but he probably won’t be, because his role in the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic that he fought so hard to cover up opens up a can of worms that nobody wants to confront.

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Techniques found 6
Topics 3

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What happened

Anthony Fauci deserves to be indicted — but he probably won’t be, because his role in the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic that he fought so hard to cover up opens up a can of worms that nobody wants to confront.

Why it matters

He has his great patron Joe Biden’s blanket preemptive pardon to keep him safe from federal charges.

Common ground

But the recent indictment of his former factotum, David Morens, on federal charges of conspiracy and record-destruction for scheming to cover up Fauci’s role in funding the risky gain-of-function research on bat viruses at the notorious Wuhan lab in China,…

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Black-and-White Fallacy: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 6 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 100% confidence
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Name Calling / Labeling 90% confidence
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Black-and-White Fallacy 70% confidence
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “other scientists had told him as early as Jan. 31, 2020, that the virus was likely engineered in a lab and not of natural origin.”
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Claim 2: “Erdman served in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence this year, helping lead the Trump-ordered review into COVID origins.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm James Erdman's specific role in the ODNI during the mentioned timeframe.
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Claim 3: “He was just awarded the 2026 Distinguished Scientist Award by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.”
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Claim 4: “Fauci, 85, was invited last month by Georgetown University in Washington as part of “Climate Week” to play a role in a dramatic reading of Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Oedipus the King, in which he played Tiresias”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 5: “the recent indictment of his former factotum, David Morens, on federal charges of conspiracy and record-destruction”
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Multiple independent news sources (Newsweek and other web search results) confirm that David Morens has been indicted on federal charges including conspiracy and destruction/falsification of records.
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web search NEUTRAL — That investigation of Dr. Morens has so far yielded no evidence that scientists or health officials were involved in research that started or spread the coronavirus outbreak. The private emails of Dr.…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/science/david-morens-indi…
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web search NEUTRAL — David Morens Indictment: What To Know. Morens is facing charges of conspiracy against the United States; destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations; concealment, re…
https://www.newsweek.com/who-is-david-morens-ex-fauci-advise…
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web search NEUTRAL — The 78-year-old Morens faces charges including conspiracy against the United States, destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations, concealment, removal, or mutilation…
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/top-fauci-advisor-david-m…
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Claim 6: “Fauci’s boss, Francis Collins, didn’t receive an autopen pardon”
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While there are reports about Trump challenging Fauci's pardon, there is no specific evidence provided in the search results confirming whether Francis Collins did or did not receive a pardon.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ashley Blazer Biden (born June 8, 1981) is an American social worker, activist, and fashion designer. She served as the executive director of the Delaware Center for Justice from 2014 to 2019. Before …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Biden
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Francis Sellers Collins (born April 14, 1950) is an American physician-scientist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He served as director …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Collins
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American retired politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he represente…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden
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Claim 7: “David Morens [schemed] to cover up Fauci’s role in funding the risky gain-of-function research on bat viruses at the notorious Wuhan lab in China”
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While the indictment of Morens is confirmed, the specific claim that he 'schemed to cover up Fauci's role in funding risky gain-of-function research' is presented as an interpretation or allegation in specific reports, but not confirmed as a factual finding by multiple independent authoritative sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthony Stephen Fauci ( FOW-chee; born December 24, 1940) is an American physician-scientist and immunologist who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the virus SARS-CoV-1, the first identified strain of the SARS-related coronavirus. The first known …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SARS
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A universal coronavirus vaccine, also known as a pan-coronavirus vaccine, is a theoretical coronavirus vaccine that would be effective against all coronavirus strains. A universal vaccine would provid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_coronavirus_vaccine
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Claim 8: “CIA whistleblower James Erdman... alleged a multi-agency coverup involving Fauci”
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Multiple web search results report that a CIA whistleblower named James Erdman testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee alleging a coverup involving Fauci.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) / ˌsiː.aɪˈeɪ / is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collectin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency
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web search NEUTRAL — We give U.S. leaders the intelligence they need to keep our country safe. As the world’s premier foreign intelligence agency, the work we do at CIA is vital to U.S. national security. We collect and a…
https://www.cia.gov/index.html
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web search NEUTRAL — The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) collects, evaluates, and disseminates vital information on economic, military, political, scientific, and other developments abroad to safeguard national security…
https://www.usa.gov/agencies/central-intelligence-agency
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Claim 9: “Fauci never disclosed to Trump or anyone on the coronavirus task force back in 2020 that he knew the Wuhan lab was conducting gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny whether Fauci disclosed specific gain-of-function research details to Trump or the task force in 2020.
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Claim 10: “Rand Paul, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee”
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Wikipedia and congress.gov explicitly state that Rand Paul is the chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Randal Howard Paul (born January 7, 1963) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Kentucky since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he is the chair of the Senat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The deputy secretary of homeland security is the chief operating officer of the United States Department of Homeland Security, with responsibility for managing day-to-day operations. The department ha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is the chief oversight committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over matters related to the Departmen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee…
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Claim 11: “President Trump has declared Biden’s last-minute autopen pardon of Fauci invalid”
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Multiple sources (The Guardian, YouTube/News reports) confirm that Donald Trump has publicly declared Joe Biden's autopen pardons to be invalid.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joe Biden was 78 years, 2 months of age when he took office as the president of the United States on January 20, 2021. At the time, he became both the oldest person to be inaugurated as U.S. president…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_and_health_concerns_about_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The presidential transition of Joe Biden began on November 7, 2020, and ended on January 20, 2021. Biden had become president-elect once the election results became clear on November 7, 2020, four day…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Joe…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On July 21, 2024, Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, announced his withdrawal from the 2024 United States presidential election. Biden, a Democrat who had been elected president in 20…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_Joe_Biden_from_t…
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Claim 12: “the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change just quietly admitted its apocalyptic climate projections of the last 15 years were wrong, or in scientific lingo, “implausible,””
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Claim 13: “Fauci provided the Intelligence Community with “a conflicted list of curated subject matter experts, public health officials and scientists,” several of whom were involved in publishing the notorious discredited Nature Medicine paper, “The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2,””
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Multiple reports of the whistleblower's testimony mention that Fauci provided a curated list of experts, some of whom were linked to the 'Proximal Origin' paper in Nature Medicine.
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web search NEUTRAL — James Erdmann III testifies before the Senate that senior CIA and DNI managers concealed lab origin of SARS-CoV-2 under the direction of Anthony Fauci. Ralph Baric resigns.
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/cia-whistleblower-covid-ori…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fauci inserted himself into the intelligence process on at least two documented occasions (February 2020 and June 2021), supplied a curated list of conflicted experts (including several authors of the…
https://www.todayville.com/the-cia-knew-sars-cov-2-came-from…
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web search NEUTRAL — Home - Conservative News - COVID-19 ORIGINS: Experts Consulted by Fauci Suddenly Changed Their Minds.Today, we can take Fauci’s word for it. On Feb. 1, 2020, he conferred with a group of top virologis…
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/09/01/covid-19-origins-a-st…
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Claim 14: “Fauci inserted himself into CIA deliberations about the origins of the virus — once on Feb. 3, 2020, and again on June 4, 2021”
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Multiple sources report the specific dates (Feb 3, 2020, and June 4, 2021) regarding Fauci's alleged intervention in CIA deliberations as part of the whistleblower's testimony.
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web search NEUTRAL — A CIA operations officer provided explosive sworn testimony Wednesday before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, accusing Dr. Anthony Fauci of directly intervening in the …
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/bombshell-cia-testimony-f…
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web search NEUTRAL — June 19, 2021. support us. Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, admitted this week that a meeting took place with prominent scientists last February to discuss the origins …
https://www.theblaze.com/news/report-dr-fauci-participated-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — 3, 2020, and again on June 4, 2021.CIA Assessment and Internal Disputes. The officer referenced a 2023 CIA assessment that did not definitively conclude whether COVID-19 originated from a lab leak or …
https://www.latestly.com/us/cia-whistleblower-james-erdman-a…
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