Outgoing DNI Gabbard Claims US Funded Bioweapons Labs in Ukraine, Drawing Fact-Check Scrutiny
NOTUS—Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard ended her tenure by publicly claiming that the United States funded bioweapons laboratories in Ukraine, resurrecting a long-debunked conspiracy theory that originated in Russian state media. The claim drew immediate pushback from journalists and fact-checkers, while conservative outlets framed Gabbard's assertions as a disclosure of suppressed truth.