Reported claim

“Tulsi Gabbard stated in a recorded statement on June 20, 2026 that the Wuhan research funded by Fauci represents one of the most circulated hypotheses to explain an unintended laboratory leak that caused the global COVID-19 pandemic.”

Strengthened after Al Jazeera Arabic reported it.

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