FBI Director Christopher Wray Says The Agency Believes The COVID-19 Pandemic 'Likely' Started As Wuhan Lab Leak

 

US News and World Report: FBI Director Says COVID-19 Origin Is ‘Most Likely’ a Lab Incident in China 

The comments from FBI Director Christopher Wray come after a new DOE report thrust the lab leak theory back into the spotlight. 

 FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday publicly acknowledged the agency’s stance that the COVID-19 pandemic likely resulted from an accidental laboratory leak in China.

“The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,” Wray told Fox News.  

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WNU Editor: Beijing has responded .... China scoffs at FBI claim that Wuhan lab leak likely caused COVID pandemic (Reuters). More here .... China dismisses FBI statement on COVID-19 lab leak theory (AP). 

FBI Director Christopher Wray Says The Agency Believes The COVID-19 Pandemic 'Likely' Started As Wuhan Lab Leak 

FBI chief says agency feels COVID pandemic likely started with Chinese lab leak -- CBS/AP  

FBI Director: COVID-19 pandemic 'likely' started as Wuhan lab leak -- UPI  

FBI chief Christopher Wray says China lab leak most likely -- BBC  

COVID pandemic 'likely' caused by Wuhan lab accident: FBI -- DW  

China lab leak 'most likely' caused COVID outbreak, FBI director says -- SKY News

New York Times Says The Biden Administration Will Keep Christopher Wray As FBI Director

The Hill: Biden plans to keep on Wray as FBI director: report 

President-elect Joseph Biden reportedly plans to keep Christopher Wray as his FBI chief if Wray is still in the top post by the time the Biden administration begins. 

A senior Biden official told The New York Times that Biden’s team was “not removing the F.B.I. director unless Trump fired him.” 

Such a decision by Biden would be a return to the norm practiced by previous administrations. Generally, FBI directors, who are Senate-confirmed, are able to serve their full 10-year terms. Security experts have argued that doing so helps to create a sense of stability in the intelligence community. 

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Update #1: Biden plans to keep Christopher Wray on as FBI director if Trump doesn't fire him (Business Insider) 

Update #2: Biden plans to keep Wray as FBI director: New York Times (Reuters) 

WNU Editor: He should be fired by President Trump and have Biden try to re-confirm him he can. This is why .... 

.... FBI Director Wray sat on evidence from Hunter Biden's laptop indicating that Joe Biden was indeed involved in Hunter's Ukraine dealings - while Democrats impeached Trump for asking Ukraine to investigate Biden corruption. FBI Director Wray also withheld exonerating evidence in the case of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, which was only pried loose by attorney Sidney Powell (Zero Hedge).