Tulsi Gabbard formally departed the Trump administration, closing out her service as director of national intelligence with a pointed mix of gratitude toward President Donald Trump and sharp criticism of the governments COVID establishment.
As reported by Western Journal, Gabbard had first announced her intention to resign in May, after revealing that her husband had been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer. Her exit from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) was marked by a public farewell on X, where she reflected on her time overseeing Americas sprawling intelligence apparatus.
I just walked out of @ODNIgov HQ for the last time, she wrote, underscoring the finality of her departure from a role that placed her at the center of national security decision-making. Thank you President Trump I remain grateful for the profound honor of serving the American people and our nation as the Director of National Intelligence.
She ended her message with a characteristically terse signoff: @DNIGabbard, out. Yet Gabbard did not simply walk away quietly; in her final hours in office, she moved to shine a light on what many conservatives have long suspected about the governments handling of the pandemic narrative.
Hours before leaving ODNI, Gabbard released a tranche of documents she said implicated Dr. Anthony Fauci in efforts to obscure the lab origins of COVID-19. Gabbard stated: Today, on my final day as Director of National Intelligence, Im releasing never-before-seen communications and documents exposing how Dr. Fauci provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab, worked with politicized elements within the Intelligence Community to suppress the truth about his actions and hide the virus lab-leak origins, and lied to Congress while under oath in 2024.
She added, Its time you know the truth. In a press release, Gabbard asserted that Fauci not only knew of the virus likely origins but also helped silence those who dared to challenge his preferred narrative.
Gabbards office said, Testimony from multiple whistleblowers reveals intelligence analysts who challenged Faucis COVID-origin conclusions faced threat of retaliation, were marginalized, and often suffered career setbacks. This silenced dissent and fostered a culture where truth was sacrificed to conformity and credible evidence was buried.
According to Gabbard, Fauci was in communication with U.S. intelligence agencies about viral research, despite telling lawmakers under oath that he had no knowledge of any such research. Her departure thus doubles as an indictment of a politicized public health and intelligence establishment, raising serious questions about accountability, transparency, and the misuse of taxpayer dollars that conservatives have been demanding for years.
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