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New CIA boss Ratcliffe says Biden-era report backing lab-leak theory released to ‘restore’ trust

Newly-confirmed CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News the decision to release a Biden-era analysis favoring the COVID-19 lab leak theory is a step toward transparency.

TheCIA’sdecisiontoreleaseaBiden-eraassessmentfavoringtheoncewidely-dismissedCOVID-19lab-leakoriginstorymarksasteptowardtransparencywiththeAmericanpeople,newly-confirmedCIADirectorJohnRatcliffetoldFoxNewsonSunday. Speakinginhisfirstinterviewsincebeingconfirmedastheagency’sdirectorlastThursday,RatcliffespelledouttheinsightshemadepublicshortlyaftertakingoverthepostandaffirmedtheimportanceofrestoringtrustinAmericaninstitutions. “IhadtheopportunityonmyfirstdaytomakepublicanassessmentthatactuallytookplaceintheBidenadministration,soitcan’tbeaccusedofbeingpolitical,andtheCIAhasassessedthatthemostlikelycauseofthispandemicthathaswroughtsomuchdevastationaroundtheworldwasbecauseofalab-relatedincidentinWuhan,sowe’llcontinuetoinvestigatethatmovingforward,”hetold“SundayMorningFutures”hostMariaBartiromo.