regarding the grant termination. does that violate policy? it was inappropriate for him to go doing that for a grantee as a conflict of interest, among other things. on march 29, 2021, dr. morens edited a letter that dr. das yak was sending to nih. does that violate policy? yes. he provided him with advice regarding how to mislead nih on eco health s late progress report. does that violate policy? it was wrong and inappropriate and violated policy. on december 7th, 2021, dr. morens wrote to the chair of eco health s board of directors to quote put in a word, end quote, for the doctor. does that violate policy? should not have done that. that was wrong. it violates policy. i m not sure of a specific policy. i imagine it does. he should not have been doing that. in addition to all those actions dr. morens wrote to the doctor peter from tony s recent comments to me they are trying to protect you, end quote. did you ever talk to dr. morens about dr. daczak and e
funded research on the surveillance of and the possibility of emerging infections. i would not characterize it as dangerous gain-of-function research. i have already testified to that effect a couple of times. you are saying no, correct? in his may 16th i m saying no because i ve said that multiple times including the transcribed interview. in the may 16, the nih director said i can tell you that the failure of the wuhan institute of virology to provide us with the data that we requested and the lab notebooks that we requested certainly impeded our ability to understand what was really going on with the experiments that we ve been discussing this morning. my question to you, dr. fauci, if the nih didn t inspect the wuhan institute of virology and nih didn t receive the lab books