The FBI and U.S. Department of State didn't provide documents by the deadline in response to a congressional request for information on the origin of the COVID-19 virus, but the agencies are expected to comply, according to the House panel seeking the information.
A spokesperson for the State Department told The Epoch Times: "President Biden has directed every element of our intelligence community to put the effort and resources behind getting to the bottom of the origins of COVID-19. We will continue to use every tool to figure out what happened here. And if we gain further insight, the President has directed the Administration to share that with Congress and the American people."
The select subcommittee is investigating "The origins of COVID-19 and the CCP's efforts to cover it up," according to Feb. 27 letters sent to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
The subcommittee held an initial hearing on the origin of the virus on March 8, during which witnesses offered mixed opinions on whether the origin of the virus can be definitively traced to a leak from a research laboratory in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the global pandemic.
Wenstrup pledged "To leave no stone unturned to try to find the truth" about the origin of the virus in his opening statement to the subcommittee.
Dr. Paul G. Auwaerter, clinical director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, told the subcommittee the low-confidence conclusion reached by the Department of Energy means the finding was based on scant or questionable information so that no firm conclusions could be drawn from it.
The State Department didn't respond by press time to a request from The Epoch Times for comment.
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