Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told Newsmax on Monday he’s very happy with the White House making it clear and unambiguous about the origins of COVID-19.

Redfield joined “Finnerty” to talk about the White House’s release last week that identified the Wuhan, China, lab leak as the official origin of the pandemic that killed more than 7 million people globally.

“I’m glad that they’ve come out clearly, not ambiguously, said that it came from the lab. I think we’re going to see the rest of the intelligence agencies redo their analysis between now and July, and they’ll all conclude unanimously that it came from the lab. Get this behind us,” Redfield told host Rob Finnerty. “This virus was created by gain-of-function research. And it was funded, unfortunately, by the United States government.”

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