Fox News is reporting Wednesday that multiple sources are confirming that COVID-19 originated in a Wuhan laboratory and was transmitted from a bat to “patient zero.”

BREAKING: Fox News Reports U.S. Officials Have ‘High Confidence’ Coronavirus Leaked From Lab https://t.co/KdmHj9I2lJ — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 15, 2020

Yes, this is huge. A must-read on how this virus debacle likely descended on us, confirming the degree to which China must pay for what they’ve done to us and the world. https://t.co/ywABowNoLJ — Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) April 15, 2020

This story, from ⁦@BretBaier⁩, was the basis of ⁦@johnrobertsFox⁩’s question to POTUS at the WH briefing tonight. https://t.co/MPd63Lol0Q — Brit Hume (@brithume) April 15, 2020

Fox News’ John Roberts asked President Trump about the possible origin of the coronavirus outbreak at Wednesday’s press briefing:

JR: "Multiple sources are telling FNC today that the United States government now has high confidence that while the coronavirus is a naturally occurring virus, it emanated a virology lab in Wuhan" Trump on convo w/Xi: "I don’t want to discuss what I talked to him about the lab" pic.twitter.com/llcsPLNuF1 — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 15, 2020

BREAKING: China Blamed Wet Market To ‘Deflect Blame’ From Lab, DESTROYED Evidence https://t.co/yI1qdE9dAH — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 15, 2020

And @johnrobertsFox winds, he shoots, he scores the most revealing moment on the origin of this crisis. @realDonaldTrump essentially confirms story by not commenting on it or denying it, but saluting Roberts’ sources. — Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) April 15, 2020

Bret Baier writes:

COVID-19 originated in a Wuhan laboratory not as a bioweapon, but as part of China’s effort to demonstrate that its efforts to identify and combat viruses are equal to or greater than the capabilities of the United States, multiple sources who have been briefed on the details of early actions by China’s government and seen relevant materials tell Fox News. This may be the “costliest government coverup of all time,” one of the sources said. The sources believe the initial transmission of the virus was bat-to-human, and that “patient zero” worked at the laboratory, then went into the population in Wuhan. … Documents detail early efforts by doctors at the lab and early efforts at containment. The Wuhan wet market initially identified as a possible point of origin never sold bats, and the sources tell Fox News that blaming the wet market was an effort by China to deflect blame from the laboratory, along with the country’s propaganda efforts targeting the U.S. and Italy.

It seems even more people owe Sen. Tom Cotton an apology.

Huge.

Fox news's John Roberts:

"Multiple sources are telling FNC today that the US government now has high confidence that while the coronavirus is a naturally occurring virus, it emanated a virology lab in Wuhan" Listen to Trump's reply. pic.twitter.com/sIfcIlS735 — Rising serpent (@rising_serpent) April 15, 2020

ESPECIALLY the very last part.

It's inappropriate to discuss what I've discussed with Xi.

That says a lot. — Alexander Peresviet (@AlexPeresviet) April 15, 2020

There is no doubt that we know the truth. — David Keith Keene (@DavidKeithKeen1) April 15, 2020

We knew this 2 months ago. The ENTIRE PLANET knew that China lied — The new Reality (@_Theproletariat) April 15, 2020

Why is this breaking? it's been blatantly obvious since January that China created this thing — Paul Potapa (@PaulPotapa) April 15, 2020

To me this isn’t breaking news…we knew this months ago and yet MSM said we were all racist — Jodie Rossadillo (@JodieRossadillo) April 15, 2020

Dude, breaking? Breaking what? This has been out there for months — Rio Perez (@RealRioPerez) April 15, 2020

This is not "breaking" at all. — Luke Canning ن (@realLukeCanning) April 16, 2020

you think? Anybody who's objective knows that Communist China not only lied (knowingly) they dispersed their infected citizens into Italy – creating a surge of deaths. Continued to tell @WHO to lie that it's not contagious and when they couldn't lie anymore? Blamed US Soldiers — DefendUSA (@DrSNelson2) April 15, 2020

That would be my exact story if I deliberately released the virus, and I’d stick to it. — Skred The Rogue (@SkredTheRogue) April 15, 2020

Interesting they stress the virus is "naturally occurring". How are they so sure of this when they seem to be just finding out it came from the lab? This again does not pass the smell test. — 🇺🇸Tim🇺🇸 (@36WorkingMan36) April 15, 2020

I knew it all along..Now was this deliberate or an "accident' — DMS (@mynico1) April 15, 2020

CNN gonna have to work overtime to ignore this one.. — Liberty Has Coronavirus (@IndoorsBored) April 15, 2020

They have to … it’s a Fox News exclusive so of course they won’t touch it.

Nice of them to finally get the public talking about this. — PolDisc (@PolDisc) April 15, 2020

Well, well, well… so that WOULD make it the "China Virus" — Keeping America Great Radio🎙️ (@RealEricBruno) April 15, 2020

Sounds like, from most reports, that it wasn't released intentionally …but was covered up intentionally. Is that about right? — Peter Rosenberger (@Hope4Caregiver) April 15, 2020

Yes that's the story as it's being leaked to Fox. A female intern at the lab unwittingly caught it.. — Johnny Appleseed 🇺🇸 (@1l1IIl1II1l) April 15, 2020

Always made more sense than bat soup. Can MSM stop calling this a conspiracy theory and admit the truth now, or are the checks from Xi the Pooh that large? — The Sinistral Bassist (@SinistralBass) April 15, 2020

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