The agency “has for quite some time now” found the lab leak theory the most plausible origin of the Covid-19 pandemic, Christopher Wray said.
FBI Director Christopher Wray told Fox News on Tuesday he believes the Covid-19 pandemic was likely the result
in Wuhan, China, backing up recent reports that two federal agencies—the FBI and the Department of Energy—now believe the once widely dismissed conclusion.... [+]Wray told Fox News’ Bret Baier the FBI “has for quite some time now” assessed that Covid was caused by a lab leak. Wray did not go into details about how the assessment was made, claiming, “there's not a whole lot of details I can share that aren't classified.”
The conclusion was reached without the cooperation of the Chinese government, which “has been doing its best to try to thwart and obfuscate the work here,” Wray said.“You're talking about a potential leak from a Chinese government-controlled lab that killed millions of Americans,” Wray told Fox News.
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