CIA whistleblower James Erdman III testified to the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee about details into an alleged cover up over the federal assessment of the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. Erdman alleged intelligence officials and Biden administration officials, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, altered report conclusions that assessed the virus originated in a Chinese laboratory. No Democratic senators appeared to question Erdman, instead Republicans pressed him for more details and criticized the previous administration's handling of the pandemic.