“Kudos to John Ratcliffe for revealing that truth and that fact to the American people, many years too late,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday, praising the newly-confirmed CIA director after his agency reassessed the origin of COVID-19.
.@PressSec on the CIA assessment (which the Biden admin tried to bury) that the China Virus originated from a Wuhan lab: President Trump was RIGHT — again. pic.twitter.com/znky5bUmbM
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 31, 2025
“The Biden Administration had a chance to let the American people know the truth about that and, for some reason, they chose not to,” Leavitt said, commenting on how, based on a new review of evidence the previous administration possessed, the CIA now concludes that the most likely explanation is that COVID originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.
During his first term, Trump suggested that COVID very well may have come from a lab in Wuhan, China – and was mocked by media – Leavitt noted:
“And, many members in this very room mocked him for that, said he was spewing conspiracy theories. He was not. We now know that to be the confirmable truth.”
“It took many years for it to come out – but, the president was right in this instance, again,” the White House press secretary said.