Top secret Wuhan lab leak intel may finally be released if Trump wins election & give world answers, ex-CDC chief says

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CLASSIFIED quality connected the origins of Covid whitethorn yet beryllium released if Donald Trump wins the US election, America's apical virologist has said.

Dr Robert Redfield, 73, the erstwhile main of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has agelong believed Covid leaked from a laboratory successful Wuhan, China during risky research.

Donald Trump, centre, pictured with erstwhile  CDC main  Dr Robert Redfield (right) and Anthony Fauci (left)

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Donald Trump, centre, pictured with erstwhile CDC main Dr Robert Redfield (right) and Anthony Fauci (left)Credit: AP

Security unit   extracurricular  the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a sojourn  by the World Health Organisation successful  2021

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Security unit extracurricular the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a sojourn by the World Health Organisation successful 2021Credit: AP

Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli astatine  the Wuhan Institute of Virology successful  Wuhan

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Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli astatine the Wuhan Institute of Virology successful WuhanCredit: AFP

Nearly 5 years aft the archetypal Covid cases emerged and with much than 20 cardinal dead, the satellite inactive has nary answers astir the origins of the pandemic.

As US voters caput to the polls, Dr Redfield, who led the CDC erstwhile the outbreak began successful 2020, believes a Trump triumph volition "absolutely" crook the tide.

He hopes the erstwhile US president volition declassify cardinal quality connected the origins, and propulsion for a afloat investigation - with China's cooperation.

Speaking to The Sun astatine his Maryland home, Dr Redfield said: "We tin really person a existent probe with subpoena power.

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"I deliberation we'll beryllium person to the answer.

"And I deliberation China volition yet beryllium a spouse successful that decision."

In the aboriginal days of 2020, Dr Redfield was successful the White House's Oval Room with Trump.

The brace begged Chinese president Xi Jinping to fto the US bring successful a squad to analyse the enigma microorganism that we present cognize arsenic Covid-19.

But China refused, and Dr Redfield believes this determination instantly enactment the US connected the back-foot successful presumption of uncovering the origins - and halting the dispersed of the virus.

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Last year, US President Joe Biden signed a measure asking for quality connected the origins of Covid and the Wuhan Institute of Virology to beryllium declassified.

Months later, a specified 10-page study was released - revealing that US quality agencies are divided connected the origins and bash not cognize however the pandemic started.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence said each agencies of "continue to measure that some a earthy and laboratory-associated root stay plausible hypotheses to explicate the archetypal quality infection".

The study shed small airy connected the origins - and immoderate Republicans accused the Biden medication is wrongly withholding classified information.

Other erstwhile Trump medication officials judge helium volition propulsion for a fuller probe to uncover clues connected the origins.

Rep Brad Wenstrup, president of the House Select Subcommittee connected the Coronavirus Pandemic, told The Sun: "I deliberation whoever gets successful the achromatic House travel January, it'll marque a difference.

"I deliberation the Trump medication would look into this further.

"I haven't seen truly overmuch involvement from the existent medication - particularly erstwhile you did a 90-day committee that had virtually nary answers and wasn't done precise scientifically."

We tin really person a existent probe with subpoena power. I deliberation we'll beryllium person to the answer

Dr Robert RedfieldFormer caput of CDC

The Select Subcommittee's last study volition beryllium released successful November - expected to "reveal grounds uncovered during galore investigations", including connected the origins of the virus.

Rep Wenstrup said: "Although this study volition travel retired aft voting has occurred, the effect of the predetermination volition not alteration the findings of the report.

"We person worked tirelessly implicit the past 2 years to travel the facts wherever they mightiness pb us.

"I spot that our probe into the origins of Covid-19 - with our discovered facts and forensics - volition pb to continued questioning and demanding of Chinese accountability."

FUNDING SUSPENSION

Earlier this year, the US authorities suspended backing to a steadfast astatine the centre of the tempest implicit the origins of Covid.

EcoHealth Alliance, a New York-based non-profit, has been nether occurrence since the aboriginal days of the pandemic over its bat coronavirus research astatine the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

The radical has faced scrutiny implicit whether Covid whitethorn person emerged from the probe astatine the laboratory that was funded by the US government.

And successful May, the US Department of Health and Human Services told EcoHealth Alliance that it was suspended from receiving authorities funds.

Grants from US agencies, including National Institutes of Heath, marque up astir of EcoHealth Alliance's fund - which was astir $14million successful 2022.

But past year, a government investigation found the organisation had "mismanaged" grants successful Wuhan.

It revealed a nonaccomplishment to show a risky coronavirus experiment, nonaccomplishment to get laboratory notebooks from the Wuhan laboratory and a delayed study describing probe successful the months earlier the pandemic.

The backing suspension came aft The Sun revealed the US authorities had dished retired immoderate $60million of nationalist wealth to the organisation since the commencement of the pandemic - contempt questions inactive raging implicit its enactment astatine the Wuhan lab.

And they person continued to cod and trial hundreds of samples of bat coronaviruses since 2020 with US authorities funding.

The suspension of backing was welcomed by lawmakers investigating the origins of Covid.

It marked a important improvement successful the probe that The Sun has been covering for the past 4 years.

How bash the US statesmanlike elections work?

BY Ellie Doughty, Foreign News Reporter

The Democratic and Republican parties nominate their candidates with a bid of votes - called authorities primaries and caucuses - successful the tally up to the predetermination successful November, held each 4 years.

This gives members the accidental to take who they privation to pb the enactment into an predetermination - this year, Donald Trump and pursuing Biden's resignation, Kamala Harris.

There are besides immoderate autarkic candidates moving for president - arguably the astir well-known was Robert F Kennedy Jr who pulled retired successful August and endorsed Trump.

In US elections the victor is not the campaigner who gets the astir votes crossed the country.

Instead Trump and Harris volition vie to triumph smaller contests held successful each of the 50 states.

Many of the states often ballot the aforesaid mode - but 7 of them - Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada and Arizona - thin to spell successful either direction.

Each authorities has a fig of electoral assemblage votes - partially based connected colonisation sizes - with a full of 538 crossed the state up for grabs.

The victor is the campaigner that gets 270 oregon more, marking a bulk successful the electoral college.

All but 2 of the US' 50 states - Maine and Nebraska - person a winner-takes-all rule.

Meaning whichever campaigner gets the highest fig of votes wins each of the state's electoral assemblage votes.

In 2016 Hillary Clinton won much votes nationally than Donald Trump - but she inactive mislaid the predetermination due to the fact that of electoral assemblage votes.

The campaigner who volition triumph this predetermination is the 1 who secures 270 oregon much assemblage ballots.

Usually the victor is declared connected the night, but it tin instrumentality days to finalise the result.

In 2020 Joe Biden wasn't officially announced arsenic the president-elect until November 7.

The caller president volition beryllium sworn into bureau successful January connected the steps of the Capitol gathering successful Washington DC.

Dr Robert Redfield - who was caput  of CDC during the pandemic - believes Covid leaked from a laboratory  successful  China

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Dr Robert Redfield - who was caput of CDC during the pandemic - believes Covid leaked from a laboratory successful ChinaCredit: AP

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