Fact-check: “Trump said Fauci tried to protect China from being blamed for leaking Covid from Wuhan”
Verdict: Misleading (52% confidence)
The documented record shows Fauci took actions that had the effect of downplaying a lab-leak origin early in the pandemic — most notably by organizing and promoting a rapid scientific paper dismissing the lab-leak hypothesis in early 2020 while privately expressing concerns about it. Released emails and congressional testimony show Fauci was aware of scientists' concerns about potential engineered features of the virus but publicly pushed a natural-origin narrative. However, the claim that Fauc…
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