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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.45 · baric_ti:utt:00323

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Date
2026-04-10 09:00 (day precision)
Type
transcript segment · interview
recipient
Ralph S. Baric, Harry Kazenoff, David T. Lambeth III, William Henderson, Clark Ervin, Jake Greenberg
speaker
Christina Salazar
With the Chinese?

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  1. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    And I think, you know, I think part of the problem is that a lot of these things are funded with taxpayer dollars, so people get upset when they find out that that's, right, some of the development of the model is DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com funded with taxpayer funds, U.S. taxpayer funds?
  2. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    Well, that would have been a decade earlier, but yeah, sure.
  3. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Yes. And then --
  4. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    Those mice were also shared with other U.S. investigators, as well, so it's not like this is -- it's not a fair assessment to say that because you gave it to the Chinese you didn't appropriately use U.S. taxpayer funds. In reality, the regulatory framework of the United States government is that I'm required to share.
  5. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar
    With the Chinese?
  6. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    With people who request it. Now, if you don't want that to happen then you all should write regulations that prevent that.
  7. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    We have a bill called the Risky Research Act, but I don't know if that addresses that directly. Can I have the --
  8. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    I don't think it does.
  9. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    If you have suggestions, I mean, we would love suggestions on the bill and also what kind of --

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