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
proximal origin pushed the natural origin theory. april 16, 2020, dr. collins emailed you expressing dismay that the nature medicine article which was based on proximal origin didn t suppress the lab leak theory and asked you for more public pressure to suppress the lab leak theory. the very next day in response to dr. collins request to do that you cited the nature medicine article that discounted the lab leak theory from the white house podium. my question to you, sir, did you cite this article at the white house because the nih director asked you to suppress the lab leak theory? i did not do that in response to anybody s suggestion to suppress anything. it was in response to a question that someone asked at the podium. and i did not edit any paper as