MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR HIRED BY
SENATOR ROGER MARSHALL FINDING
THAT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
HEALTH AND THE U.S. AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COULD
HAVE MADE DUPLICATE PAYMENTS TO
CHINA’S WUHAN LAB.
THEY DOUBLE BOOKED US.
THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN U.S. GRANTS HELPING PAY FOR
MEDICAL SUPPLIES, TRAVEL
EXPENSES, AND SALARIES.
THIS PROMPTING AN INTERNAL
INVESTIGATION.
JOINING ME NOW IS THE KANSAS
SENATOR HIMSELF, ROGER MARSHALL,
IS A MEMBER OF THE BUDGET,
AGRICULTURE AND HOMELAND
SECURITY COMMITTEES.
THIS IS QUITE DISTURBING.
I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON
EXACTLY WHAT WENT DOWN HERE.
SO YOU’RE TELLING ME THAT YOU
HIRED A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR AND
THAT INVESTIGATOR FOUND THAT THE
WUHAN LAB WAS DOUBLE CHARGING
THE UNITED STATES OR THEY DOUBLE
BOOKED US ON TOP OF ALLOWING THE
LEAK OF COVID-19 TO HE’S CAPE ES
THE LAB?
>> RIGHT.
SHE WAS WORKING FOR THE OFFICE
OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, HAD
BEEN FOLLOWING THIS SINCE DAY
ONE.
WE REVIEWED OVER 50,000
DOCUMENTS.
WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT ECHO
HEALTH WAS RECEIVED $122 MILLION
FROM TEN DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES OVER THE COURSE OF --
MARIA: CAN YOU PUT THE
MICROPHONE CLOSER TO YOUR MOUTH?
THERE’S SO MUCH BACKGROUND NOISE
AND I’M HAVING A HARD TIME
HEARING YOU.
TELL ME AGAIN WITH THE
MICROPHONE CLOSER TO YOU MOUTH
BECAUSE I DO NOT HEAR YOU WELL
ENOUGH AND A I THINK HAD THAT
OUR AUDIENCE PROBABLY WANTS TO
HEAR YOU BETTER AS WELL.
SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
WHILE YOU’RE TELLING US THIS
STORY, SENATOR.
>> ALL RIGHT, MARIA.
IS THAT BETTER NOW?
MARIA: YES, IT IS.
>> OKAY.
MARIA, SO WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT
ECHO HEALTH WAS FUNDING -- IT
WAS BEING FUNDED BY 10 DIFFERENT
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO THE TUNE
OF $122 MILLION OVER ABOUT 18
YEARS PRECEDING THE RELEASE OF
COVID AND FOR SURE WE FOUND
DUPLICATIONS, DOUBLE BILLING
FROM THE ECHO HEALTH SYSTEM, THE
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, THAT
THEY WERE GETTING FUNDS FROM
BOTH THE NIH AS WELL AS USAID TO
THE TUNES OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TO FUND THE SAME
SCIENTISTS DOING THE SAME
RESEARCH, SCIENTISTS THAT WERE
WORKING FOR THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY.
MARIA: I MEAN, THIS IS GETTING
WORSE BY THE MINUTE.
FIRST, WE FIND OUT THAT COVID-19
LIKELY EMERGED FROM THE WUHAN
LAB.
THEN WE FIND OUT A MASSIVE
COVERUP THAT THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY PUT IN PLACE SO
THAT WE COULD NOT INVESTIGATE
THE WUHAN LAB.
COULD NOT FIND OUT THE ORIGINS
OF COVID-19 WHICH KILLED
7 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE
WORLD AND NOW WE FIND OUT THAT
THE NIH WAS DOUBLE BILLED AND WE
WERE PAYING DOUBLE FOR THIS GAIN
OF FUNCTION RESEARCH?
>> THAT’S RIGHT, MARIA.
THAT’S WHY WE NEED TO STOP ALL
GAIN OF FUNCTION RESEARCH RIGHT
NOW, WE NEED TO STOP ALL FUNDING
TO ECO HEALTH RIGHT NOW.
WE’RE STILL FUNDING ECO HEALTH.
WHAT OUR RESEARCH HAS SHOWN,
THERE’S A HE PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE SHOWING THIS VIRUS
EVIDENCE SHOWING THIS VIRUS
ORIGINATED IN WOULD HAND CHINA W
CHINA.
CHINA’S HAD THREE YEARS TO FIND
SOME TYPE OF INTERMEDIATE
SPECIES WHICH WAS EASILY SHOWN
IN SIX MONTHS WITH SARS.
THERE’S A PERFECT PROTEIN SPIKE
ON THE VIRUS THAT’S NOT FOUND IN
NATURE.
THEY BURY ALL THE EVIDENCE.
THEY DESTROY ALL THE DNA WHICH
IS ADMISSION OF GUILT AS WELL.
IF WE COULD GET IN FRONT OF A
JURY I THINK WE COULD PROVE THAT
THERE’S A PREPONDERANCE OF
EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT THIS
VIRUS STARTED IN WUHAN, CHINA
AND IT WAS FUNDED VIA ECO HEALTH
WHICH WAS FUNDED VIA THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT.
A SAD DAY FOR AMERICA.
MARIA: A VERY SAD DAY.
THIS IS A JOKE ON AMERICA AND
THE CCP CONTINUES ITS DOMINANCE.
I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, WHY DID
YOU HIRE THE PRIVATE
INVESTIGATOR?
>> RIGHT.
SO CERTAINLY WE’VE BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS SINCE DAY ONE.
I WAS THE FIRST MEMBER IN
CONGRESS TO SPEAK ON THIS HAD IN
EARLY JANUARY 2020.
WHEN SHE WAS GETTING CLOSE TO
THE INVESTIGATION ON THE HOUSE
SIDE SHE WAS WORKING FOR THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL FOLLOWING THE
ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE,
FOLLOWING THE SITUATION REALLY
CLOSE.
>>> SHE WAS GETTING VERY CLOSE
TO THIS REAL STORY HERE AND THE
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL SAID
WE’RE GOING TO SEND YOU
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SHE SOUGHT ME OUT.
WE HAD A MEETING.
SHE IS FULL-TIME ON OUR STAFF
DOING A GREAT JOB.
WE HAVE MANY MORE STORIES WE’RE
GOING TO WITH BE BREAKING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
PROOF.
I WON’T SAY ANYTHING THAT I
CAN’T BACK UP FACTUALLY, THAT I
COULDN’T SHOW YOU IN A COURT OF
LAW, THEY THAT I COULDN’T SHOW
YOU REFERENCES.
MARIA: THIS IS INCREDIBLE WHAT
THIS ADMINISTRATION IS ALLOWING
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY TO
GET AWAY WITH.
BY THE WAY, THERE’S ALSO AN
ELEMENT TO THE SILICON VALLEY
BANK FAILURE THAT IS CHINESE.
THE SILICON VALLEY BANK’S 50/50
JOINT VENTURE WITH THE SHANGHAI
PUDONG DEVELOPMENT BANK, THAT’S
3 BILLION IN ASSETS.
SVB WAS A FAVORITE BANK OF A LOT
OF CHINESE HIGH TECH STARTUPS,
VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS,
PARTICULARLY BIOTECH COMPANIES.
IS THERE A DIRECTOR INDIRECT
GOVERNMENT TAXPAYER BAILOUT OF
CHINESE COMPANIES RIGHT NOW?
>> WELL, MARIA, THAT’S EXACTLY
THE QUESTION WE WERE ASKING
YESTERDAY, A GROUP OF SENATORS
ON A PHONE CALL WITH THE FDIC.
LOOK, WE DON’T THINK IT’S FAIR
THAT COMMUNITY BANKS IN KANSAS
OR ACROSS AMERICA ARE BAILING
OUT BILLIONAIRES FROM CALIFORNIA
FROM WALL STREET AND CERTAINLY
NOT BAILING OUT CHINESE
DEPOSITORS BANKING IN
CALIFORNIA.
THAT’S WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW.
THERE’S NOTHING FAIR ABOUT IT.
I THINK THERE’S GROSS
MISMANAGEMENT AT THE BANK.
S THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT.
WE DON’T NEED MORE REGULATIONS.
>>> YOU CAN’T FIX STUPID AND
AGGRESSIVE OUT-OF-CONTROL BOARD.
THAT’S WHAT THEY HAD.
THEY DIDN’T MANAGE THEIR RISK
PROPERLY.
MARIA: THE FDIC IS PUTTING
SILICONSILICON VALLEY BANK UP FO
AUCTION AGAIN.
THEY TRIED TO AUCTION IT OVER
THE WEEKEND P.
BEFORE THE MARKETS OPENED THEY
STEPPED IN AND SECURED ALL THE
DEPOSITS.
BANK REGULATORS HAD THESE
EMERGENCY MEASURES AS YOU KNOW.
SO YOUR THOUGHTS HERE IN TERMS
OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
DO YOU AGREE THIS WAS A BAILOUT?
>> IT IS ABSOLUTELY A BAILOUT.
LOOK, WE HAVE AGAIN, COMMUNITY
BANKS ACROSS THE NATION ARE
BAILING OUT DEPOSITORS IN
SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, NEW
YORK, MAYBE PERHAPS FROM CHINA.
SO THIS IS A BAILOUT.
THEY’RE GOING TO PASS THAT FEE
ONTO COMMUNITY BANKS.
EVERY BANK IN AMERICA.
AND THEN THAT WILL BE EVENTUALLY
PASSED ON TO THE DEPOSITOR AS
WELL.
BUT YOU RAISE A GOOD POINT.
WHY COULDN’T THEY SELL THIS BANK
P?
WHAT WAS THE HOLDUP OF DOING IT?
USUALLY YOU’VE BEEN ABLE TO DO
THAT IN PAST YEARS SO IS IT AN
ESG CONDITION?
IS IT THEING THE FACT THAT THIS
HOUSE DOESN’T LIKE MERGERS,
DOESN’T WANT DEPOSITS GOING IN A
BIGGERBACK RIGHT NOW.
JUST TELL US WHY NO BANK WANTS
TO BUY THESE ASSETS.
THERE ARE GOOD ASSETS THERE AT
THE RIGHT PRICE.
MARIA: I’M VERY SURPRISED THAT
THERE HASN’T BEEN A MORE
AGGRESSIVE MARKET REACTION TO
THE FACT THAT NOW THE FDIC’S
BACK AT IT, TRYING TO AUCTION
OFF THIS BANK.
THEY HAD TO STEP IN WITH
EMERGENCY MEASURES WHEN THEY
ACTUALLY COULDN’T SECURE THE
BUYER OVER THE WEEKEND.
THAT’S NOT GOOD.
SENATOR, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR WORK ON THIS, WE’LL BE
WATCHING.
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