- A group of Republicans penned a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding answers about what actions he has taken against China amid reports the COVID-19 pandemic originated from a lab leak in Wuhan.
- The group of six senators, led by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), sent the letter on Wednesday, outlining a list of questions regarding what actions Garland has taken or plans to take after the Department of Energy concluded with “low confidence” that COVID-19 emerged from a lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.
- Those findings were detailed in a report from the DOE earlier this month, prompting an uproar from conservatives who voiced similar theories early on in the pandemic.
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GOP Senators Demand COVID-19 Lab Leak Answers From Garland
FILE - Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice, June 13, 2022 in Washington. Garland told reporters Wednesday, July 19, that “we do not do our investigations in public,” and in explaining his silence on the question, called the Jan. 6 probe “the most important investigation that the Justice Department has ever entered into.” (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
