{"id":1876070,"date":"2023-03-13T21:27:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T01:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-and-state-department-miss-congressional-deadline-for-comments-on-covid-19-origin\/"},"modified":"2023-03-13T21:28:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T01:28:05","slug":"fbi-and-state-department-miss-congressional-deadline-for-comments-on-covid-19-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-and-state-department-miss-congressional-deadline-for-comments-on-covid-19-origin\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI and State Department miss congressional deadline for comments on COVID-19 origin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-and-state-department-miss-congressional-deadline-for-comments-on-covid-19-origin%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1876070&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78748563\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16;height:9\">                                                                                                         <\/div>\n<p> var ______bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ &#8220;div&#8221;: &#8220;Brid_78748563&#8221;, &#8220;obj&#8221;: {&#8220;id&#8221;:&#8221;27789&#8243;,&#8221;width&#8221;:&#8221;16&#8243;,&#8221;height&#8221;:&#8221;9&#8243;,&#8221;video&#8221;:&#8221;1261959&#8243;} });                              <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">S<\/span>ecretary to State <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antony-blinken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antony Blinken<\/a> FBI Director <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christopher-wray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Wray<\/a> Missed the House deadline to answer questions and provide documents <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/wuhan-lab-leak-debate-what-we-know-what-we-dont\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Origins of COVID-19<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Chairman of House Oversight and Accountability Committee <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-comer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Comer<\/a>\u00a0(R-KY), and Rep. Brad Wenstrup\u00a0(R-OH), the chairman of the select subcommittee on the COVID-19 pandemic, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.27-BRW-CJC-Letter-to-State-Re.-Origins-1.pdf\">sent a letter<\/a> In February, Blinken and Wray sought answers from the Chinese Communist Party regarding the alleged cover-up about the virus&#8217;s origins. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/who-chief-dubs-hunt-covid-19s-origins-imperative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHO CHIEF SAID HUNT FOR COVID-19 AN SCIENTIFIC and MORAL IMPERATIVE<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>They gave agencies the deadline of March 13th to answer questions or present requested documents. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The origins of the disease that has taken the lives of more than six million people is still unknown,&#8221; Comer and Wenstrup wrote the letter. &#8220;Uncovering the truth about the origins of COVID-19 is vital to U.S. national security, critical to the prevention of future pandemics, and will bring some semblance of closure to the families of those who lost loved ones during the pandemic<b>.<\/b> Your documents and testimony are essential to informing the Committee about what the U.S. government knew regarding the origins of COVID-19 and when the government knew it.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\"> Rep. James Comer                 <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\">                 (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)                 <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A spokesperson from the subcommittee confirmed to the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i> They had not received the documents by the time they were published. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have not received documents at this time but we are in communication with the agencies about the Chairmen&#8217;s request and expect compliance,&#8221; The spokesperson stated. <\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson from the State Department <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submitted<\/a> <i>Punchbowl News<\/i> That the administration is making use of its resources &#8220;find out what happened&#8221; Please share your findings with others. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Biden has directed every element of our intelligence community to put the effort and resources behind getting to the bottom of the origins of COVID-19,&#8221; the\u00a0spokesperson said. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Wray stated that the FBI believed the virus, although the FBI has not commented.<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/christopher-wray-says-fbi-believes-covid-originated-lab-leak-wuhan-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Most likely<\/a>&#8221; came from a laboratory leak in Wuhan China. The Department of Energy agrees that the leak was a lab one. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/coronavirus-most-likely-originated-lab\">It is likely that the virus caused it<\/a> However, he claimed it was for reasons different from the FBI. The CIA has yet to release its conclusions. <\/p>\n<p><i>Sarah Westwood contributed to this piece.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/state-department-fbi-miss-covid-document-deadline\">FBI and State Department miss Congress deadline for comments about COVID-19 origin<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>var ______bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ &#8220;div&#8221;: &#8220;Brid_78748563&#8221;, &#8220;obj&#8221;: {&#8220;id&#8221;:&#8221;27789&#8243;,&#8221;width&#8221;:&#8221;16&#8243;,&#8221;height&#8221;:&#8221;9&#8243;,&#8221;video&#8221;:&#8221;1261959&#8243;} }); Secretary to State Antony Blinken FBI Director Christopher Wray Missed the House deadline to answer questions and provide documents Origins of COVID-19. Chairman of House Oversight and Accountability Committee James Comer\u00a0(R-KY), and Rep. Brad Wenstrup\u00a0(R-OH), the chairman of the select subcommittee on the COVID-19 pandemic, sent a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1897108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3801,4490,3774,15402,4724,5591,17984],"class_list":["post-1876070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-comments","tag-congressional","tag-covid-19","tag-deadline","tag-department","tag-fbi","tag-origin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1876070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1897108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1876070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1876070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1876070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}