Rand Paul Issues Call After Report Concludes COVID-19 Most Likely Originated From Lab Leak

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) took to Twitter to react to a report published by The Wall Street Journal about the origin of COVID-19.

The report is titled, “Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, Energy Department Now Says.”

In response, Paul tweeted, “Classified documents leaked (they should be declassified!) showing scientists at DOE believe COVID leaked from Wuhan Lab.”

The Journal reported the “shift” by the Energy Department has been pointed out in an updated version of a 2021 document by the office of Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines.

“The new report highlights how different parts of the intelligence community have arrived at disparate judgments about the pandemic’s origin. The Energy Department now joins the Federal Bureau of Investigation in saying the virus likely spread via a mishap at a Chinese laboratory,” the Journal reported.

It continues, “Four other agencies, along with a national intelligence panel, still judge that it was likely the result of a natural transmission, and two are undecided.”

Individuals who have reviewed the classified report told the outlet the Energy Department made its judgment with “low confidence.”

U.S. national-security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday, “President Biden specifically requested that the national labs, which are part of the Energy Department, be brought into this assessment because he wants to put every tool at use to be able to figure out what happened here.”

He explained there are a “variety of views in the intelligence community.”