Rubio: 'Outrageous' That 'Unelected Bureaucrats' Would Hinder Investigation Into Wuhan Lab

Rebecca Downs / Townhall Tipsheet

 

An increasing amount of outlets are diving deep into examining the increasingly likely theory that the Wuhan virus originated from a leak at the Wuhan lab. Vanity Fair is one of the latest in a June 3 article by Katherine Eban, "The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19’s Origins." 

The thoroughly researched piece, which is over 11,000 words, is cited by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) in a Friday press release reacting to claims that bureaucrats in the State Department hindered an investigation into the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

A recent article in Vanity Fair reported that American officials seeking greater transparency about COVID-19’s origins were explicitly told not to investigate the Wuhan Institute Virology’s gain-of-function research, as doing so would cast unwelcome light on U.S. government funding of it, and that the more general investigation was hindered “at every step.”

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