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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), pp.55-56 · baric_ti:utt:00433

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

They may not be aware they had the DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com documents at the time. But if I gave the impression that they didn't have the documents, that's probably not correct.

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

-- notify NIH, and then yes, have a discussion about what to do, including destruction of viruses. I don't know if they implemented that as a policy or not. They might well have, because one of my documents would have been one of the first ones that they reviewed. Against, that's a decision that NIH has to come up with, not me.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

And I think they did. But, you know, I think -- and that's a question that we have is, is it appropriate or not. It sounds like NIH didn't even keep documents of those interactions.
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

I think that's probably a misstatement on your part.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

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

They may not be aware they had the DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com documents at the time. But if I gave the impression that they didn't have the documents, that's probably not correct.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

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

There seemed to be the upper administration didn't know where the documents were.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Okay. Have they tried to find them?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

How would I know? I would hope they would.

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