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FBI Director Christopher Wray has said that the Covid pandemic was probably the result of a laboratory leak in China.

"The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic were most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,” Wray said in an interview.

“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,” Wray added.

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning, said that China has “always been open and transparent” about Covid.

“The main reason to understand where this pandemic came from is so that we can prevent a future pandemic from happening. It’s not to play gotcha,” said Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., who chairs a House select committee on China. “But [China] needs to be held accountable for their cover-up.”

Recently, The U.S. Energy Department has concluded that the Covid-19 pandemic was most likely caused by a laboratory leak, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The Energy Department, which oversees many U.S. laboratories, came to its conclusion based on new intelligence, but deemed its level of confidence in its judgment as “low,”

The FBI also determined in 2021 with “moderate confidence” the virus came from a lab leak.

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said there is “not a definitive answer."

Per Forbes: Four agencies have reportedly determined with “low confidence” the virus was transmitted naturally through animals, and two others, including the CIA, remain undecided between the two origin theories.

Former White House medical advisor Anthony Fauci has said he has an “open mind” about the virus’ origins.

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