Dr. Fauci blasted over new revelations about COVID lab leak: 'We need to crack this egg open'

New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R) said connected 'Fox & Friends First' Monday nan American group want nan truth astir the origins of COVID aft proceeding repeated lies and "misinformation" from Dr. Anthony Fauci and officials. Van Drew, a erstwhile Democrat, said American payer money was utilized to fund nan research astatine a China laboratory wherever nan microorganism is suspected to person leaked.

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JEFF VAN DREW: We're going to excavation successful nan House of Representatives.The House really wants to cognize existent answers. These are immoderate of nan things we talked astir moreover during nan campaign. It's enough. People are tired. They want a authorities that tells them nan truth. They want a authorities that useful for them. We don't activity for nan government. I dislike to opportunity it this way, but this is sick stuff. 

Anthony Fauci, head of nan National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, admitted Wednesday that nan COVID-19 lockdowns were "draconian" but necessary. He said he wants to usage his acquisition to animate a younger procreation od scientists.  (Getty Images)

[…] It's been dishonesty aft lie, misinformation aft misinformation. And it's astir clip we ace this ovum unfastened and really find what's really going on. What's astir hurtful, not only did nan Chinese and we and we cognize nan existent truth, poison nan world and nan United States, I mean, let's conscionable show nan truth. Hopefully it was an accident. But not only did they do this, but they lied astir it. And we person an management that doesn't person nan courage to spell guardant and get nan truth retired of them. And we paid for that portion of it all. We paid for nan damn lab. 

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National information advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday that he couldn't "confirm aliases deny" nan Wall Street Journal's reporting connected nan U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) caller conclusion that nan COVID-19 pandemic apt originated from an accidental laboratory leak successful China and added location was "no definitive answer."

The WSJ first reported that nan DOE concluded that coronavirus apt dispersed owed to an accidental leak astatine a Chinese laboratory. The outlet cited a classified intelligence study precocious provided to nan White House and cardinal members of Congress. 

People who publication nan classified study told nan WSJ that nan DOE classed its conclusion astatine "low confidence," while nan FBI classed its aforesaid conclusion successful 2021 that nan COVID-19 pandemic was nan consequence of an accidental laboratory leak astatine "moderate confidence."