House tees up COVID bill forcing Biden to declassify intel about virus’s origins

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The House is set to vote Friday on a bill that requires the Biden administration to declassify intelligence that shows a link between a virology lab in China and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

authored by Sen. Josh Hawley, Missouri Republican, says there is “reason to believe” the virus that causes COVID-19 originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

The lab-leak theory, which was initially discredited as disinformation by the political left, gained credence late in the Trump administration and was bolstered by evidence that some workers at theThe Department of Energy recently concluded with “low confidence” the coronavirus pandemic most likely resulted from a laboratory leak inEarlier, the FBI concluded with moderate confidence that a lab leak was responsible for the virus’ spread, while intelligence agencies have determined with low...

The bill says the director of national intelligence can make redactions but only to protect sources and methods.

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