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Rand Paul releases docs that reveal FBI halted border inspection of virus researcher over Wuhan lab links

First publishedJul 21, 00:07 UTC
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Rand Paul releases docs that reveal FBI halted border inspection of virus researcher over Wuhan lab links
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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) were preparing to question a British zoologist and disease ecology expert upon his return to the United States from the World Health Organization’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19, before the FBI intervened and asked agents to stand down, according to files released Monday by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky."They told the public a COVID lab leak 'wasn’t plausible,'" Rand wrote on X.

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) were preparing to question a British zoologist and disease ecology expert upon his return to the United States from the World Health Organization’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19, before the FBI intervened and asked agents to stand down, according to files released Monday by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky."They told the public a COVID lab leak 'wasn’t plausible,'" Rand wrote on X. "Their own private messages say otherwise. Today I’m launching The Reading Room where the public can review records related to my ongoing investigation – not just conclusions but the actual documents."The documents show CBP’s National Targeting Center flagged Peter Daszak as "a high person of interest" ahead of his Feb.

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) were preparing to question a British zoologist and disease ecology expert upon his return to the United States from the World Health Organization’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19, before the FBI intervened and asked agents to stand down, according to files released Monday by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky."They told the public a COVID lab leak 'wasn’t plausible,'" Rand wrote on X.
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