John Ratcliffe: “The Department of Energy has been involved, like other their…”

“And I think over time, Dana, what you're going to find is that the entire intelligence community will reach that assessment because our intelligence very clearly supports that assessment. But if the Department of Energy is saying this, would they not know? The Department of Energy has been involved, like other their intelligence components have been involved with this from the beginning. And, you know, not to get too technical on this, Bill, but from the beginning, it has been clear that scientists have not been able to explain why there's something called a furin cleavage site within the genetic makeup of the COVID 19 virus.” (02:02–02:08)

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