The National Institutes of Health has stolen tax money for years and given it to people all over the world.
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The Charlie Kirk ShowAug 5, 2026
None of the provided sources address the claim that NIH stole tax money and gave it to people worldwide. The sources cover NIH funding disputes, court injunctions, and grant oversight, but none examine or dismiss an allegation of theft or foreign diversion, so the claim cannot be graded in either direction.
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… What the it's what's been 25 years? It hadn't been that long ago. What are you talking about? Oh, and I got my degree because of NIH. Who do you think paid for your degree? Capitalists in this country paid money, uh, tax money, and NIH has stolen it for years and given it to people all over the world. Uh, it is, we've got a broken system. The federal government's broken. President Trump's trying to put it back together, but unfortunately, he's been fought from both sides, from Republicans and Democrats. …
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Context. Sources on NIH funding (court rulings, the DoD interagency agreement, and the Vought grant-oversight clash) describe policy fights over how money is allocated, not theft or diversion of tax funds to foreign recipients.[1][2][5][7][8]
Context. No fact-checker or authoritative body examined the 'stolen' allegation, so there is no dismissal of it. The claim is an allegation of a specific act, and the sources simply do not address it.[3][4][6]
Sources
8 sources: 4 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Trump administration cannot slash NIH research funding, court rulesreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Federal judge blocks drastic funding cuts to medical researchapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3FactChecking RFK Jr.'s Other Health Claims During HHS ...factcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4Casten partly right about federal contribution to new drugspolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 5Lawmakers criticize deal that would send NIH funds to Department ...cidrap.umn.edu · primary source · cited for: context
- 6E&C Republicans to NIH: Is Agency Recovering All Misused ...republicans-energycommerce.house.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 7White House budget chief pushes for scrutiny of NIH grants in Oval Office clashwashingtonpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 8White House budget chief pushes for scrutiny of NIH grants in Oval Office clashseattletimes.com · not rated · cited for: context
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