The fact that a broken clock is right once a day doesn’t change the fact that it’s still a broken clock, and after being identified as such doesn’t get to claim oppression after rightfully being relegated to the garbage bin.
The same people who asserted things about the origins of covid were the same as those peddling quack “cures” to church groups and reposting Q anon memes.
With respect to your follow up, as much as I would like to see the former president punished for his lies, misleading statements, and general scientific incompetence, I don’t think that’s in the spirit of the First Amendment.