New Emails Reveal Evidence of Government Efforts to Suppress Free Speech

'There needs to be a quick and devastating published takedown'

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, appears before a Senate hearing to discuss vaccines in Washington on Sept. 9, 2020. Michael Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images

Commentary

A previously unseen October 2020 email from Dr. Francis Collins, the outgoing head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to colleague Dr. Anthony Fauci is raising concerns about government-sponsored suppression of free speech—a direct violation of the First Amendment.