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Trump Pushed Intel Agencies to Prove Coronavirus Was Made in a Lab in China – His DNI, a Top Loyalist, Just Refused
President Donald Trump has been eager to prove a right wing conspiracy theory supported by some of the top Republicans in D.C., that the novel coronavirus responsible now for more than 61,000 American deaths was literally “made in China,” a government laboratory in Wuhan.
Trump’s goal: a “political weapon” and another target to take the blame for his mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump’s acting Director of National Intelligence, Ambassador Richard Grenell, a top Trump loyalist some say was installed into the position for that reason, just said no.
“The Intelligence Community also concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not manmade or genetically modified,” an official statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reads.
“The IC will continue to rigorously examine emerging information and intelligence to determine whether the outbreak began through contact with infected animals or if it was the result of an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan.”
This statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence states clearly that #COVID19 “originated in China.”
It goes on: “The Intelligence Community also concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not manmade or genetically modified.” pic.twitter.com/qQqvCKV1ch
— David Priess (@DavidPriess) April 30, 2020
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