The United States government reportedly made duplicate payments to fund projects at the Wuhan, China, laboratory — the proposed origin of the coronavirus pandemic.
Through the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Agency for International Development , the Wuhan lab in communist-controlled China allegedly received double the funds from research grants, according to aDiane Cutler, a federal investigator who has investigated white-collar crimes for over 20 years, called the double billing a “potential theft of government funds.”
Sen. Roger Marshall hired Cutler to investigate U.S. government grants going to high-risk research in China prior to the coronavirus pandemic. Her findings were then shared with the internal watchdog at USAID. Tens of millions of dollars could have potentially been stolen and sources close to the situation did not refute the report. Per the CBS News:
Sources told CBS News the investigation of possible double-billing could take at least six months to conclude. “I am demanding transparency and accountability for the misuse of taxpayer funds. This probe is a step in the right direction. We must follow the moneyWhile the exact origins of the coronavirus pandemic have not been determined, intelligence officials now say that the lab leak theory does have merit and should not be dismissed.
FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a virtual news conference at the Department of Justice on October 28, 2020, in Washington, DC.
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