#shorts On 2/27/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Reporter: And then, to just go back to the DOE assessment, since I didn’t get a swing at Kirby. Without asking specifically about that, but just more of the tempo and rhythm of things, I think the surprise was that it just kind of popped in the last 48 hours. This has been an all-of-government effort. It’s been across agencies. Can you give us a sense of how this is actually working in terms of, you know, what the timelines are? What kind of effort is going in on a day-to-day, week-to-week, month-to-month basis as to why this would happen now, why there would be an update now?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, I can’t speak to — again, and Kirby was — the Admiral was trying to be very clear here; he didn’t want to confirm the story or speak to the story … again, there’s not a consensus her … again, we’ve taken this very seriously. The President has. We need to get to the bottom of what occurred.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/PsRpZXb6A14
Why lab leak report just popped in the last 48 hours? A: there’s not a consensus take very seriously