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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), pp.48-49 · baric_ti:utt:00374

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

And you asked her, "Was work performed under these grants?" So did she not answer? Because it looks like the initial email was from Peter Daszak that same day and it says, "Urgent. Please acknowledge USAID DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com PREDICT and our NIAID grant in the paper with Ralph Baric." And she does ask you to do that.

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2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

And that was in 2015. So that's what I must have recalled.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Okay. But it wasn't added. Was there any reason why you would not have added it at that time?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Not that I know of.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Okay. So here's the email. Your response is dated November 7, 2015, and it's back to Dr. Shi. [Exhibit No. 1 shown.]
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar

And you asked her, "Was work performed under these grants?" So did she not answer? Because it looks like the initial email was from Peter Daszak that same day and it says, "Urgent. Please acknowledge USAID DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com PREDICT and our NIAID grant in the paper with Ralph Baric." And she does ask you to do that.
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Well, if she asked me to do it, then I would've done that, yes.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

So is there a reason why that correction wasn't issued until 2020?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Not that I know of.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Okay. Was it an attempt conceal the USAID funding?

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