{"id":540931,"date":"2021-05-25T23:20:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T03:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=540931"},"modified":"2021-05-25T23:20:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T03:20:29","slug":"report-biden-administration-shut-down-trump-era-probe-into-coronavirus-lab-leak-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-biden-administration-shut-down-trump-era-probe-into-coronavirus-lab-leak-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Biden Administration Shut Down Trump-Era Probe Into Coronavirus Lab Leak Theory"},"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%2Freport-biden-administration-shut-down-trump-era-probe-into-coronavirus-lab-leak-theory%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=540931&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--><p>President Joe Biden\u2019s administration shut down a State Department inquiry into whether the coronavirus could have spread out of a lab where the Chinese government was studying coronaviruses, CNN reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly started the inquiry in late fall of 2020, seeking to establish whether the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had been using a lab in Wuhan to research COVID-19 and diseases like it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/25\/politics\/biden-shut-down-trump-effort-coronavirus-chinese-lab\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN reported<\/a>. Biden\u2019s administration reportedly cut off the inquiry this spring after questioning the legitimacy of the research and ultimately concluding it was a poor use of resources, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Critics within the state department argued those conducting the inquiry were suspect due to their emphasis on secrecy, according to several unnamed sources cited by CNN.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation comes amid mounting evidence pointing toward a lab leak being the true origin of COVID-19. The previous theory put forward by China and the World Health Organization (WHO), asserted that the virus spread naturally from animals to humans.<\/p>\n<p>Critics say that theory has virtually no support, while circumstantial evidence continues to point toward the Wuhan lab.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7196294\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"38\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7196294\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7196294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-643961442-e1621526594576.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli is seen inside the P4 laboratory in Wuhan, capital of China&#039;s Hubei province, on February 23, 2017. - The P4 epidemiological laboratory was built in co-operation with French bio-industrial firm Institut Merieux and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. (Photo by Johannes EISELE \/ AFP) (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE\/AFP via Getty Images)\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7196294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli is seen inside the P4 laboratory in Wuhan, capital of China\u2019s Hubei province, on February 23, 2017. \u2013 The P4 epidemiological laboratory was built in co-operation with French bio-industrial firm Institut Merieux and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. (JOHANNES EISELE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The lab leak theory gained renewed vigor following&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/intelligence-on-sick-staff-at-wuhan-lab-fuels-debate-on-covid-19-origin-11621796228\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the revelation<\/a> that three workers in the Wuhan lab were sick enough to get hospitalized in November 2019, according to The Wall Street Journal. The reason for their hospitalization has not yet been confirmed as COVID-19, however.<\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/25\/who-coronavirus-origins-china-biden-investigation-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fielded several questions<\/a> from reporters in Tuesday\u2019s briefing regarding the origins of COVID-19 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/09\/lab-leak-theory-evidence-criticism-world-health-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">increasing possibility<\/a> of the lab leak theory. She asserted to reporters that an international investigation is the proper route for finding the truth, not a US-led effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat role does the Biden administration think U.S. scientists or CDC scientists should play in that investigation?\u201d a reporter asked of potential further investigations in China.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/20\/house-republicans-intelligence-committee-wuhan-lab-leak-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: House Republicans: \u2018Significant Circumstantial Evidence\u2019 COVID-19 Originated From Wuhan Lab Leak)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WHO would be the body that would be overseeing a transparent, independent phase 2 investigation. That\u2019s something we have strongly supported,\u201d Psaki said. \u201cThat would require China finally stepping up and allowing access needed to determine the origins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course the United States would be supportive of that second stage of the investigation, but it would be led by an international body,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the U.S. wouldn\u2019t take a leading role essentially?\u201d the reporter responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WHO, which we rejoined when the president took office, is the body that we have been pressing and is the appropriate body for moving this investigation forward,\u201d Psaki finished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s administration shut down a State Department inquiry into whether the coronavirus could have spread out of a lab where the Chinese government was studying coronaviruses, CNN reported &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313068,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-643961442-e1621526594576.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"REPORT: Biden Administration Shut Down Trump-Era Probe Into Coronavirus Lab Leak Theory","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-540931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-643961442-e1621526594576.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"REPORT: Biden Administration Shut Down Trump-Era Probe Into Coronavirus Lab Leak Theory","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540931","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=540931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}