Top Trump officials pushed the Covid-19 lab-leak theory. Investigators had doubts.


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© Mary Altaffer, Pool/AP Photo A Northwell Health lab technician uses the Abbott ID NOW COVID-19 rapid tester on a participant before a news conference on April 14, 2021, in Elmont , N.Y. Senior Trump administration officials decided in the spring of 2020 to strongly imply that Covid-19 came from a Chinese lab, even though intelligence officials investigating the pandemic’s origins did not have conclusive evidence supporting that hypothesis. The messaging campaign began as a concerted effort to push back against China, which was attempting to blame the United States for the spread of the virus. In documents and cables...