Devin Nunes seeks intelligence on coronavirus origins and Wuhan lab escape theory

Published January 10, 2021 8:53pm ET



The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee called on the Trump administration’s spy chief to provide details about the origins of the coronavirus in China, including intelligence community information related to whether COVID-19 may have escaped from a lab in Wuhan.

Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, sent a two-page letter to Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on Friday, which was obtained by the Washington Examiner, saying the Republicans on his panel “have conducted a long-standing investigation into the rise of China as our foremost national security threat,” and “as part of that probe, we are investigating the outbreak of the coronavirus.”

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