The FBI is conducting a multi-pronged investigation into potential criminal coverups related to the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the origins of the virus, the alleged destruction of federal records, and the approval process for COVID-19 vaccines, according to officials familiar with the inquiry.

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Agents in at least three cities—Cleveland, New York, and Baltimore—are involved in the ongoing probe.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino confirmed the investigation publicly last week via a statement on his social media account.

“As we read and process reports of a new COVID strain emerging, I want you to know that we are actively investigating, in multiple field offices, the cover-up of the origin of the COVID virus, along with associated matters requiring our attention,” Bongino posted on X.

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“You deserve answers.”

As we read and process reports of a new COVID strain emerging, I want you to know that we are actively investigating, in multiple field offices, the cover-up of the origin of the COVID virus, along with associated matters requiring our attention. You deserve answers.

— Dan Bongino (@FBIDDBongino) May 28, 2025

The investigation follows mounting evidence and several congressional discoveries indicating that some U.S. officials may have attempted to conceal key information from the public during the early stages of the pandemic.

In Baltimore, FBI agents are reviewing internal communications in which federal scientists allegedly discussed avoiding public record requirements by using private email accounts.

Investigators are examining whether such actions violated federal law by obstructing public access to official records.

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Meanwhile, agents in Cleveland are pursuing leads on whether American officials or scientists intentionally downplayed or hid evidence about the virus’s origins.

The focus is primarily on potential attempts to cover up concerns that COVID-19 may have emerged from research activities at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.

Court documents introduced by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey earlier this year revealed new evidence suggesting the virus may have been circulating in China months before it was officially acknowledged.

Bailey successfully secured a $24 billion judgment against China in U.S. District Court.

The ruling included references to open-source intelligence and statements from Chinese researchers that COVID-19 may have been present as early as September 2019.

U.S. District Judge Steven N. Limbaugh Jr., in his ruling, wrote, “China’s pattern of actions strongly suggests that it had knowledge of the existence and human-to-human transmission of the COVID-19 virus as early as September 2019.”

The judge cited testimony from a Chinese biostatistics professor who claimed to have seen a national database showing a possible COVID-19 death in September 2019.

He also referenced U.S. State Department information indicating that several researchers at the Wuhan Institute became sick in fall 2019 with symptoms consistent with COVID-19.

The FBI is now working to determine what U.S. officials may have known about these developments at the time and whether any information was intentionally suppressed.

Congress previously uncovered a December 28, 2019 email from a U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientist responding to a Chinese researcher who had submitted data suggesting human-to-human transmission.

The NIH email stated, “As per our previous correspondence, we have deleted the following sequence submission(s) from our processing queue.”

That correspondence is now part of the Cleveland-based probe into whether there was a deliberate effort to mislead the public or withhold evidence.

A third component of the FBI’s investigation is taking place in New York, where agents are examining whether political influence played a role in the COVID-19 vaccine approval process and whether data on early side effects was intentionally downplayed.

That portion of the investigation includes allegations that side effects—specifically heart inflammation in young adults—may have been known early on but not adequately disclosed.

Officials say this segment of the probe was spurred by congressional findings and whistleblower claims from within the vaccine development industry.

Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, has led extensive inquiries into the vaccine development timeline and the management of early safety data.

Information from those hearings is expected to play a role in the FBI’s New York-based review.

The FBI has not provided a formal timeline for the conclusion of the investigation. Officials say that agents continue to review records, conduct interviews, and coordinate with congressional investigators as new information emerges.

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