Some in the Trump administration suspect that China is covering up a lab accident involved in the spread of coronavirus. Democrats want the administration to either present the intelligence or stop touting the theory.
The House and Senate Intelligence Committees have been continuing their regular oversight of the intelligence community, which has been providing updated intelligence to the panels on the coronavirus and its origins, according to people with direct knowledge of the oversight. As of this week, however, they said there is still no intelligence to back up Trump and Pompeo’s claims that the virus appears to have spread from the Wuhan lab.
"It is our expectation that on a subject this important the [intelligence community] and the administration will absolutely share everything with the SSCI, and to the extent possible, the rest of Congress and the public,” he said. “And we continue to discuss their collection and what they're seeing pretty much on a daily basis.”
“Did it come out of the virology lab in Wuhan? Did it occur in a wet market there in Wuhan? Did it occur somewhere else? And the answer to that is: ‘We don’t know.’” the Army general told reporters, adding that the U.S. will keep investigating. “The White House is in regular touch with our office, and Senator Paul regularly speaks with President Trump,” said Sergio Gor, Paul’s deputy chief of staff. “We have been kept informed and provide input when asked. While we don’t discuss private conversations with the administration or the president, we have been kept fully informed.”
“But that means it was in the wild to begin with,” he said. “That’s why I don't get what they're talking about [and] why I don't spend a lot of time going in on this circular argument.”
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