The president said he had 'evidence' of a coronavirus-related conspiracy theory, then dissed his own acting intelligence director for casting doubt on it.
The statement did say an investigation would determine if the coronavirus outbreak began as a “lab accident” — or through human contact with infected animals at a wet market, as most scientists believe. There was no mention of any evidence to support the lab theory.
Grenell’s office issued the statement a day after The New York Times reported that the Trump administration was pushing the intelligence community toTrump asked Roberts who had written the intelligence community statement, but before the journalist could answer, the president added dismissively: “Oh, he would know that, huh?”
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