FBI and State Department miss congressional deadline for documents on COVID-19 origins

Secretary to State Antony Blinken FBI Director Christopher Wray You missed the deadline for the House to submit documents and answer questions regarding the Origins of COVID-19.

Chairperson of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee James Comer (R-KY), and Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), the chairman of the select subcommittee on the COVID-19 pandemic, sent a letter Wray and Blinken reached out to Wray in February for information about the alleged coverup by the Chinese Communist Party concerning the virus’s origins.

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Agents were given a March 13 deadline by the representatives to answer questions and provide requested documents.

“The origins of the disease that has taken the lives of more than six million people is still unknown,” The letter contained statements by Comer and Wenstrup. “Uncovering the truth about the origins of COVID-19 is vital to U.S. national security, critical to the prevention of future pandemics, and will bring some semblance of closure to the families of those who lost loved ones during the pandemic. Your documents and testimony are essential to informing the Committee about what the U.S. government knew regarding the origins of COVID-19 and when the government knew it.”

A spokesperson for the subcommittee confirmed that they had received the Washington Examiner They hadn’t received the documents at publication.

“We have not received documents at this time but we are in communication with the agencies about the Chairmen’s request and expect compliance,” According to the spokesperson.

A spokesperson from the State Department Telled Punchbowl News The administration uses its resources. “find out what happened” Share your findings with the public.

“President Biden has directed every element of our intelligence community to put the effort and resources behind getting to the bottom of the origins of COVID-19,” the spokesperson said.

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Wray stated that the FBI believed the virus, although the FBI has not commented.Most likely” was a result of a leak at a Wuhan lab in China. The Department of Energy agreed to the laboratory leak It is likely that the virus caused it But he claimed that it was for other reasons than the FBI. The CIA has yet to release its conclusions.

Sarah Westwood contributed to the article.