Future Retirement Success
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Investing
  • Stocks
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Investing
  • Stocks

Future Retirement Success

Politics

FBI director says COVID pandemic ‘most likely’ originated from Chinese lab

by March 1, 2023
March 1, 2023
FBI director says COVID pandemic ‘most likely’ originated from Chinese lab

FBI Director Christopher Wray said the COVID-19 pandemic was likely caused by a lab leak in Wuhan, China.

‘The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,’ Wray told Fox News in an interview that aired Tuesday. ‘Here you are talking about a potential leak from a Chinese government-controlled lab.’ 

‘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,’ he added.

Wray said the FBI has specialists who focus on ‘the dangers of biological threats, which include things like novel viruses like COVID, and the concerns that they [are] in the wrong hands [of] some bad guys, a hostile nation state, a terrorist, a criminal.’

He also said that the Chinese government has been trying to block investigative work into the origins of the coronavirus.

Wray’s comments come after the Department of Energy has also recently assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic was likely caused by an accidental lab leak in China.

The development was included in an update to a 2021 document made by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines’s office.

The National Intelligence Council as well as four other government agencies assess at ‘low confidence’ that COVID-19 originated as a result of natural transmission from an infected animal, but the CIA and other government agencies remain undecided.

According to the report, there’s a consensus between intelligence agencies that the pandemic wasn’t the result of a bioweapons program by China.

Adam Sabes is a writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Adam.Sabes@fox.com and on Twitter @asabes10.

This post appeared first on FOX NEWS
0
FacebookTwitterGoogle +Pinterest
previous post
Biden takes aim at MAGA Republicans in Virginia Beach health care speech: ‘Different breed of cat’
next post
Chaos breaks out after anti-war protestors booted from House China Committee hearing

You may also like

Multiple Power Grid Facilities Receive Threatening Letters Following...

December 17, 2022

Bob Menendez and Hunter Biden are facing similar...

March 13, 2024

Benjamin Netanyahu comes to defense of Elon Musk:...

January 23, 2025

Speaker Johnson surprised by Musk’s criticism of ‘big,...

June 4, 2025

AI is reshaping business. This is how we...

December 24, 2024

Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Move to Ban TikTok...

December 14, 2022

Trump reinforces ‘all hell will break out’ if...

January 7, 2025

Investigator reveals China tried to smuggle drones to...

September 27, 2024

Fox News Power Rankings: The outsiders of the...

August 18, 2023

Blinken’s condemnation of Russian prosecutors sparks conservative backlash:...

August 7, 2023

    Get free access to all of the retirement secrets and income strategies from our experts! or Join The Exclusive Subscription Today And Get the Premium Articles Acess for Free

    By opting in you agree to receive emails from us and our affiliates. Your information is secure and your privacy is protected.

    Recent Posts

    • Good Riddance to the Penny

      June 5, 2025
    • Oracle Fusion Testing: The UK Leader’s Playbook for Automation

      June 5, 2025
    • Blue state Republicans threaten rebellion if Senate changes key provision in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

      June 5, 2025
    • Ricketts, Fetterman team up for crackdown on China’s attempts to purchase US farmland

      June 5, 2025
    • Hamas working to ‘sabotage’ Trump-backed aid group with ‘fake news’: Israeli official

      June 5, 2025
    • Longtime Trump loyalist flips on GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

      June 5, 2025

    Categories

    • Business (8,148)
    • Investing (2,009)
    • Politics (15,529)
    • Stocks (3,128)
    • About us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions

    Disclaimer: futureretirementsuccess.com, its managers, its employees, and assigns (collectively “The Company”) do not make any guarantee or warranty about what is advertised above. Information provided by this website is for research purposes only and should not be considered as personalized financial advice. The Company is not affiliated with, nor does it receive compensation from, any specific security. The Company is not registered or licensed by any governing body in any jurisdiction to give investing advice or provide investment recommendation. Any investments recommended here should be taken into consideration only after consulting with your investment advisor and after reviewing the prospectus or financial statements of the company.

    Copyright © 2025 futureretirementsuccess.com | All Rights Reserved