Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Rand Paul releases docs that reveal FBI halted border inspection of virus researcher over Wuhan lab links
Fox News ^ | 07/20/2026 | Louis Casiano

Posted on 07/21/2026 3:56:36 AM PDT by DFG

Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) were preparing to question a British zoologist and disease ecology expert upon his return to the United States from the World Health Organization’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19, before the FBI intervened and asked agents to stand down, according to files released Monday by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.

"They told the public a COVID lab leak 'wasn’t plausible,'" Rand wrote on X. "Their own private messages say otherwise. Today I’m launching The Reading Room where the public can review records related to my ongoing investigation – not just conclusions but the actual documents."

The documents show CBP’s National Targeting Center flagged Peter Daszak as "a high person of interest" ahead of his Feb. 5, 2021, arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Daszak, the former president of EcoHealth Alliance, was flagged because of more than 15 years of collaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) and his longstanding relationship with its lead researcher, Zhengli Shi, as well as his role as principal investigator on National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants funding bat coronavirus research in China.

Much of the funding Daszak received was put toward gain-of-function research, the documents state.

The documents highlight that the NIH had asked Daszak to retrieve the original type-specimen used by WIV for genetic analysis and return it to the U.S., as well as to explain several aspects of his collaboration with the lab, including providing related cell phone data.

CBP officials planned to question Daszak on his activities in China, his contacts at the WIV, and whether he illegally collected or carried biological samples.

Internal communications highlighted concerns regarding Daszak’s involvement in gain-of-function research and potential conflicts of interest involving federal grants.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: 202102; 20210205; bats; batvirus; cbp; coronavirus; couptruth; covid; covid19; covidtruth; daszak; ecohealthalliance; gainoffunction; labels; lableak; lancet; nhs; personofinterest; peterdaszak; randpaul; scientists; wiv; wuhan; zhenglishi; zoonoticdiseases

Click here: to donate by Credit Card

Or here: to donate by PayPal

Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794

Thank you very much and God bless you.


1 posted on 07/21/2026 3:56:36 AM PDT by DFG
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: DFG

Finding that took some due diligence...Rand is good at research.


2 posted on 07/21/2026 4:04:39 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sacajaweau

“Rand is good at research”

And being an insufferable contrarian......other than that however...


3 posted on 07/21/2026 4:18:45 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: DFG

It wasn’t a “lab leak,” it was a deliberate, multi location release and infection as a bioweapon. Why are Fauxi and Brit still breathing air?


4 posted on 07/21/2026 4:25:28 AM PDT by Shady (#EnoughIsEnough, and we have HAD ENOUGH!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DFG

Do not forget that Daszak wrote an a letter he didn’t sign but was signed by a bunch of big virologists and scientists stating Wuhan lab WAS NOT the source of the Covid virus. Fauci was in on the letter. Lancet published the letter. Lancet found out Daszak had written the letter and published a disclaimer because Daszak had a conflict of interest. People in Daszak circle risk the careers and reputation to try to cover up what Wuhan lab was doing.


5 posted on 07/21/2026 4:26:52 AM PDT by carcraft (Pray for our Country)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DFG
Shocker. /s


6 posted on 07/21/2026 4:36:06 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 "/!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DFG
"... the FBI intervened and asked agents to stand down"

Who in the FBI? Name names!

7 posted on 07/21/2026 4:59:11 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DFG

It’s time to indict Chris Wray as an accomplice in the murder of over 20 million people.


8 posted on 07/21/2026 5:05:58 AM PDT by Homer1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Carl Vehse
IMG-7227


From the Top


9 posted on 07/21/2026 5:07:05 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (She hails from the Slave Masters - A family of Sugar Plantation Oligarchs)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: DFG

Daszak, Fauci, Wray and so many others killed 20 million because of TDS


10 posted on 07/21/2026 5:07:27 AM PDT by Homer1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DFG

Useless Rand finally does something useful. The last two years Rand has been in orbit.


11 posted on 07/21/2026 5:09:35 AM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity. |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DFG
IMG-3750
12 posted on 07/21/2026 5:13:57 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (She hails from the Slave Masters - A family of Sugar Plantation Oligarchs)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DFG

Peter Daszak is criminal #2 right behind criminal #1 Fauci.

In a just world, they both would hang in public after confessing their murders of millions of people. Maybe if they showed some contrition, they could be shot before being hung, as a courtesy. But I doubt they would; they’re arrogant to their last evil breath.


13 posted on 07/21/2026 5:31:13 AM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Shady
Why are Fauxi and Brit still breathing air?

Because we have a Congress that protects each other. NO MATTER WHAT.

14 posted on 07/21/2026 5:34:59 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: unixfox

“Because we have a Congress that protects each other. NO MATTER WHAT.”

One of the many reasons we need at least one contrarian like Rand Paul.


15 posted on 07/21/2026 5:50:54 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys. P. J. O'Rourk)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: AnthonySoprano
"The FBA Agents Association (FBIAA), representing more than 14,000 active and retired FBI special agents..."

That contains a lot of names of people giving Anthony Fauci the FBIAA Distinguished Service Award.

16 posted on 07/21/2026 6:10:02 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Shady

👍
What he said


17 posted on 07/21/2026 6:51:15 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (עומד לצד ישראל. The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: unixfox

And why is that? I’ll tell you why…
“They” OWN the “law,” investigation, prosecution, appeal, and incarceration apparatus. No one of “Their” clique will ever pay, because the entire system exists for “Their” protection, not yours or mine. Isn’t that plain to see now?


18 posted on 07/21/2026 6:57:35 AM PDT by Shady (#EnoughIsEnough, and we have HAD ENOUGH!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: Sacajaweau

Five years is no indicator of “good”. He is a hack.


19 posted on 07/21/2026 8:18:45 AM PDT by bobbo666
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson