FBI Director Wray: Pandemic Originated In A Chinese Lab, ‘Classified’ Info Supports Assessment
FBI Director Christopher Wray In an interview Tuesday, he stated that the FBI has determined that a Wuhan laboratory, China, was responsible for the COVID pandemic outbreak and that classified material supports this assessment.
Wray’s comments come as The Wall Street Journal reports that the Department of Energy has also recently determined that the pandemic was caused by a Chinese lab leak.
Bret Baier asked Wray about his assessment of the FBI’s assessment. Wray answered, “the FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan.”
“The FBI has folks, agents, professionals, analysts, virologists, microbiologists, etc., who focus specifically on the dangers of biological threats, which include things like novel viruses, like COVID, and the concerns that in the wrong hands, some bad guys, a hostile nation-state, a terrorist, a criminal,” Wray continued. “The threats that those could pose.”
“So here you’re talking about a potential leak from a Chinese government-controlled lab that killed millions of Americans. And that’s precisely what that capability was designed for,” Wray was also mentioned. “I should add that our work related to this continues, and there are not a whole lot of details I can share that aren’t classified. I will just make the observation that the Chinese government, it seems to me, has been doing its best to try to thwart and obfuscate the work here. The work that we’re doing, the work that our U.S. government and close foreign partners are doing. And that’s unfortunate for everybody.”
WATCH:
Christopher Wray, FBI Director, says COVID-19 was likely created in a laboratory in communist China.
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TRANSCRIPT:
BRET BAIER What’s the FBI’s determination?
CHRISTOPHER WARRY: As you know, Bret, the FBI has long believed that the source of the pandemic was a possible lab accident in Wuhan. Let me take a moment to explain. The FBI employs professionals, agents, analysts, virologists and microbiologists who specialize in biological threats. This includes novel viruses like COVID. So here you’re talking about a potential leak from a Chinese government-controlled lab that killed millions of Americans. That’s exactly what this capability was created for. It is still being worked on, and I don’t have much information that I can share that isn’t classified. Just to make the observation that I feel the Chinese government has tried to hinder and obscure the work being done here, Our work is similar to the work of our U.S. and close foreign partners. That’s unfortunate for everyone.
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