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Trump Admin Declares China 'Lab Leak' the True Origins of COVID-19

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The Trump administration has doubled down on the lab-leak theory of COVID-19's origins, publishing an in-depth statement Friday accusing public health officials and intelligence agencies of suppressing the theory for political purposes.

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