His response was that this was either a false flag operation to discredit Project Veritas or that someone at DARPA was trying to "throw Doctor Fauci under the bus".
He went on to say that he felt confident that the documents were being reviewed by the appropriate party and that he had confidence that the truth about these documents would come out, but that the veracity was not yet unequivocal.
(Keep in mind that if it was established that the legitimacy of these documents was as solid as you suggest, there would have been a very public reaction to this.)
The interview with Dr. Malone can be found here; the subject of the Project Veritas documents is covered in the first 10 minutes and 40 seconds of the video: www.rumble.com
Not if 90% of the population knows nothing about it. The MSM and big tech are in full lockdown mode. If they could have debunked these documents they would have done so immediately but they can't.
Right now they are working overtime on how to spin their way out of it.