#shorts On 2/27/2023, a reporter asked NSC Spox John Kirby, “And was the President briefed on this?

MR. KIRBY: The President has stayed informed throughout this entire process of a whole-of-government effort to try to get at the at the roots and the origins of COVID.
Reporter: But was he briefed on the DOE —

MR. KIRBY: The President has been kept informed and kept apprised. And he’s been — and he’s — you know, he’s actively wanted to know what we know every step along the way.
Reporter: Okay, so not quite sure there. So going —
MR. KIRBY: I didn’t say that. I said the President has kept informed.
Reporter: Well, I don’t know from your answer whether or not he was briefed on it.
MR. KIRBY: I ans- — I —
Reporter: Okay.
MR. KIRBY: I got it.

John Kirby fielded questions from reporters in the White House press briefing room. Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich asked National Security Council spokesman Adm. John Kirb about the Wall Street Journal’s latest report on the origins of Covid-19. The US Energy Department came out and claimed that Covid was released from a lab. But no American entity has yet to claim that the release was intentional. “The new report highlights how different parts of the intelligence community have arrived at disparate judgments about the pandemic’s origin. The Energy Department now joins the Federal Bureau of Investigation in saying the virus likely spread via a mishap at a Chinese laboratory. Four other agencies, along with a national intelligence panel, still judge that it was likely the result of a natural transmission, and two are undecided.” – the Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/ZvPQ8sTt7EI
Q: was Biden briefed on? not quite sure there. A: I didn’t say that. I said Biden has kept informed