Chris Wallace Challenges Pompeo: You ‘Had Almost a Year’ to Prove Lab Leak Theory

‘I DO’

Pompeo attempted to dismiss the question, claiming it was “all wrong” while insisting he was “very close to being able to make a laydown case.”

Senior Media Reporter

Published Jun. 13 2021 11:52AM EDT

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace confronted former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday over the lack of hard evidence provided by the Trump administration to prove that COVID-19 originated from a Chinese lab, telling Pompeo he had “almost a year” to prove the theory.

With circumstantial evidence indicating that it...

Justin Baragona

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Chris Wallace Challenges Pompeo: You ‘Had Almost a Year’ to Prove Lab Leak Theory

Pompeo attempted to dismiss the question, claiming it was “all wrong” while insisting he was “very close to being able to make a laydown case.”

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