Biden Walks Away From Question About Holding China Accountable for COVID Origin

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Days after FBI Director Christopher Wray said the origin of the COVID pandemic is โ€œmost likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,โ€ President Joe Biden abruptly walked away from the White House press corps when asked about whether he intends to hold China accountable.

On March 3, the president approached the waiting press corps on his way from the White House residence to Marine One.

As he came within earshot, a reporter asked him, โ€œOn COVID origin, will you hold China accountable?โ€

At the question, Biden โ€œput both hands up in a shrug, seeming annoyed, and then turned and walked away toward Marine One,โ€ according to a White House pool report.

The presidentโ€™s apparent reluctance to speak about the issue came after the recent revelation that the Department of Energy, which oversees 17 U.S. laboratories, believes as early as 2021 that COVID-19 most likely emerged from a lab leak.

The conclusion, reached with โ€œlow confidence,โ€ was made in an updated classified intelligence report to the White House and key congressional members in 2021, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The FBI had previously arrived at the same conclusion earlier in 2021 with โ€œmoderate confidence.โ€

Wray confirmed in a Fox News appearance earlier this week that his agency still holds that view.

โ€œThe FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,โ€ Wray said.

โ€œLetโ€™s step back for a second. You know, the FBI has folks, agents, professionals, analysts, virologists, microbiologists, etc, who focus specifically on the dangers of biological threats, which include things like novel viruses like COVID and the concerns that theyโ€™re in the wrong hands,โ€ he said, โ€œsome bad guys, a hostile nation state, a terrorist a criminal, the threats that those could pose.

โ€œHere youโ€™re talking about a potential leak from a Chinese government-controlled lab that killed millions of Americans.โ€

Byย Eva Fu

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