In May, President Trump said he had seen evidence that gave him a “high degree of confidence” that the coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab. The Post sued in April after the State Department failed to produce the records in the time period required by the law. ADThe full cable does not strengthen the claim that an accident at the lab caused the virus to escape, nor does it exclude the possibility. ADThis spring, after Trump’s remarks about the lab, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said there is “enormous” evidence” to support the theory that the coronavirus originated in the Wuhan lab. “I’m very much hoping that Chinese public health officials will soon share the results of their scientific and epidemiologic investigations into the origin of [covid-19].”

Source: Washington Post July 17, 2020 23:02 UTC