Mike Pompeo Says ‘Not A Thing’ Has Changed His View That Coronavirus Came From A Chinese Lab

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that he still believes the novel coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab despite the World Health Organization (WHO) saying that theory is unlikely.

Pompeo appeared on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” and watched as host Bill Hemmer played clips from a May 2020 interview, where he stated that “there is a significant amount of evidence” that the virus came from a lab in the Wuhan province of China.

“How do we look at that now, sir?” asked Hemmer after playing the clips.

“Well Bill, I’ve seen that headline and I must say the reason we left the World Health Organization was because we came to believe that it was corrupt. It had been politicized. It was bending a knee to General Secretary Xi Jinping in China,” Pompeo responded. “I hope that’s not the case here with what they have announced today. I’ll look forward to seeing their reports and analysis.”

The WHO began an international mission to China in January to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus. They released their findings on Tuesday and reported that it was “extremely unlikely” the virus leaked from a lab. They added that the lab hypothesis would no longer be “suggested” in “future study.”