lab was directly involved with. Funds were still be given even as the State Department raised concerns of safety practices within that particular lab.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-admin-pulls-nih-grant-coronavirus-research-ties/story?id=70418101
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/494182-state-department-officials-warned-us-of-existential-threat-to-america
This does not mean Fauci is responsible for COVID-19, but it goes more towards wasteful spending