House lawmakers released their final comprehensive report on COVID on Monday detailing how government officials misled the public about the origins of the pandemic.
The 520-page report from the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic covered everything from school closures to gain-of-function research to Anthony Fauci’s leadership of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The release of the report comes after the committee spent two years conducting over 30 transcribed interviews and depositions, holding 25 hearings and meetings, and going over over one million pages of documents.
“The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted a distrust in leadership. Trust is earned,” Chair Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) wrote in a letter accompanying the report. “Accountability, transparency, honesty, and integrity will regain this trust. A future pandemic requires a whole of…
