White House won’t say if China will be punished if lab leak theory is proven

The White House said it hasn’t ruled any theories out yet on COVID-19’s origin, but refused to say whether there would be retribution if the tracks led back to a Chinese lab.

President Biden said earlier Wednesday in a statement that the intelligence community is torn between "two likely scenarios." He said ‘two elements’ of the Intelligence Community leaned toward the theory that the virus emerged from human contact with an infected animal and one element leaning toward the accidental lab leak theory. "The majority of elements do not believe there is sufficient information to assess one to be more likely than the other," Biden said, adding that each theory had been assessed with "low to moderate confidence."  "Would the president seek to punish China?" Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked Jean-Pierre, if the lab leak theory were proven.