Biden Admin Says They ‘Haven’t Ruled Out’ Possibility Of Pandemic Being Deliberately Unleashed By China

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May 27, 2021

White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to say Wednesday whether or not the Biden administration would take any steps to punish China for the coronavirus if it turns out the illness originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, going on to say that they “haven’t ruled out” the possibility the release of this virus might have been deliberate.

Jean-Pierre then got bombarded over and over again by reporter after reporter on other matters that are related to the administration’s push for an investigation into how the pandemic got started in China.

via Daily Wire:

One of the most shocking moments of the press conference was when Jean-Pierre was asked if the administration had ruled out the possibility that the pandemic was deliberate.

“We haven’t ruled out anything yet,” she stated. “But, again, we’re going to go through this — you know, this redoubling down of another — of a 90-day review, and we’ll have more to share.”

The flurry of questions that Jean-Pierre answered came after President Joe Biden released a statement earlier in the day saying he directed “the Intelligence Community to redouble their efforts to collect and analyze information that could bring us closer to a definitive conclusion, and to report back to me in 90 days.”

“As part of that report, I have asked for areas of further inquiry that may be required, including specific questions for China,” the statement went on to say. “I have also asked that this effort include work by our National Labs and other agencies of our government to augment the Intelligence Community’s efforts. And I have asked the Intelligence Community to keep Congress fully apprised of its work.”

After answering several more questions about China the pandemic, Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked if Biden would seek to punish China if the pandemic originated from a Chinese lab.

“And then just last one: On COVID-19 origins, if it turns out that COVID-19 originated from some sort of a lab accident in China — which, the President now says, one element of the intel community thinks is possible — would the President seek to punish China?” Doocy asked.

” I — we’re not going to go there just yet. We have to go through the 90-day review. And once we have the 90-day review, we’ll be able to reassess,” Jean-Pierre replied.

“But just on a 30- — just to take a step back: Anything that kills 591,116 Americans, is that something — if another nation either was responsible or knew more than they were letting on — like you said, they weren’t letting the inspectors in and that hurt the overall investigation forever — what would the President do?  Would he do anything?” Doocy continued.

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I mean, he’s doing something right now. He’s been — he asked his team, back in March — right? — to do — to do this — to look into this — look into the origins of COVID-19.

This is incredibly important, like his statement says. We need to find out how — where the COVID-19 originated from. So the President has been very clear. He actually, you know, spoke out about this back in 2020. So, this is not the first time we’ve heard his voice, his concern about the origins of COVID-19. So, we’re just taking the next step. I’m just not going to prejudge. I’m not going to make a statement until, you know — until we know what happens after this 90-day review,” she said.

The deputy press secretary then refused to answer whether Biden had asked for Chinese President Xi Jinping to cooperate with the investigation, stating she would “not” go “into details of a private conversation that the president may have had with President Xi.”