Top Trump administration officials have pushed intelligence agencies to link coronavirus to Chinese labs, the New York Times reports
Washington A number of top officials in the Trump administration have pushed US intelligence agencies looking into the origin of the novel coronavirus to"hunt for evidence" linking the virus to a Chinese laboratory, The New York Times reported Thursday.
The Times, which noted that"intelligence agencies remain skeptical that conclusive evidence of a link to a lab can be found," reported that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, deputy national security adviser Matthew Pottinger and Anthony Ruggiero, an official with the National Security Council, are among those pushing for the agencies to find a link.
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