It was released to keep Trump from winning election. Lock downs, economy tanks, handling of Covid, hospitals, vaccine, etc.
The GoF research was originally being done in the US, with Ralph Baric at UNC. When Trump banned the research, they moved to Wuhan. I suspect there are some who would twist that into "the leak wouldn't have happened if the research was kept in the USA", but that's a stretch. It certainly isn't Trump's fault the NIH subverted his order by going to China.