Posted on 05/10/2021 4:38:32 AM PDT by RandFan
House Republicans are stepping up efforts to investigate the "lab-leak" origin theory of the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic, demanding answers and documents from multiple high-ranking government officials regarding the possibility that the virus originally escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China.
Multiple GOP leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken this week asking for the State Department to "release unclassified documents and declassify other documents" related to controversial department claims that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was involved in dangerous coronavirus research prior to the pandemic.
"The WIV has been a major focus for the U.S. government and the World Health Organization (WHO) in examining the origins of COVID-19 and the possibility of a laboratory leak," the representatives said in the letter, asking Blinken for a response by May 20.
Focus on the lab has been growing in recent weeks, driven in part by official dissatisfaction with the World Health Organization's probe into the origins of COVID-19. The WHO team concluded that the lab-leak theory was "extremely unlikely," but the Biden State Department has strongly implied that it is skeptical of that assessment.
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, meanwhile, indicated that the U.S. intelligence community considered the lab-leak theory a viable hypothesis, with officials "continuing to work on this issue and collect information," as she claimed.
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I wonder how many committees the House (R)s chair these days?
Might as well whistle Dixie. Probably get thrown out for doint so.
If we actually had a legitimate US media, these questions would have been asked by them, over and over again - until answered. Unfortunately, we don't.
“Might as well whistle Dixie. Probably get thrown out for doint so.”
Might be a better idea to start putting important information on billboards. Get people at least thinking while they’re driving.
Instead, Trump did nothing.
Incomprehensible.
I like your idea.
So will it be an actual investigation by people who have power to make arrests? Or will it be another grueling “hearing” for the purpose of show-boating pols, where there would be no action or consequences?
The video clips of Paul, Jordan, etc., questioning Fauci always are amusing, yet there he is, still running our lives.
bkmk
Dr. Fraud SHOULD BE IN PRISON!
“...Republicans...investigate Wuhan coronavirus lab-leak theory...”
N O W ?????? Where the h*ll were these guys when it mattered??
So if it indeed discovered that this whole pandemic was the result of bio-weapon research released either unintentionally or intentionally, will the world sanction the hell outta communist China?
Uh...bet not.
being hauled in front of the House or Senate accomplished almost nothing. Look at how many times big tech leaders have been hauled in front of them and noting happens. They lie with impunity. What needs to happen is a true investigation, like those that the Dems did against Trump that has supoena power and powers of a prosecutor. Alas, we have no organization in this country any more that is capable of an honest, indepth and open investigation. But going before Congress is a waste of time and accomplished nothing — oh wait, it does accomplish one thing. It does give the Congress critters a platform to pontificate about things they know nothing about.
“It does give the Congress critters a platform to pontificate about things they know nothing about.”
That’s pretty much anything they pontificate about.
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