"Johnson called for CIA Director John Ratcliffe and others at the agency to apologize for condemning the hearing. “This is not political theater. I have years and years and years of built-up frustration of agencies like the CIA, Department of Justice committee, FBI, HHS, snubbing our oversight,” Johnson vented. “Giving us the big middle finger.”"
"Lyons said the Committee acted in bad faith by subpoenaing an Agency officer for testimony today without notifying CIA, despite having already obtained closed-door testimony from the individual previously. “The witness testifying today is not appearing as a whistleblower in pursuit of the truth, but instead in response to the subpoena issued by Chairman Paul,” Lyons said."
"Lyons added the CIA has already assessed, COVID-19 most likely originated from a lab leak, and efforts to undermine that conclusion are disingenuous. “The CIA’s response to the hearing was driven by the testimony of James Erdman III,” the report said, describing his accusations about Fauci’s role in the origins investigation."
"Erdman accused Fauci of injecting himself into the intelligence community’s investigation on the origins of COVID-19; he also said Fauci’s interference may have played a role in the agency scrapping a plan in 2021 to announce the virus was leaked from a Chinese lab. Public health policy would have been very different had the American public been made aware that"
A Senate Homeland Security Committee subpoenaed a CIA agent after the CIA complained about the subpoena. The CIA publicly criticized the hearing as dishonest political theater. Sen. Ron Johnson demanded CIA Director John Ratcliffe and other CIA officials apologize for condemning the hearing. CIA Director of Public Affairs Liz Lyons said the committee acted in bad faith by subpoenaing an agency officer without notifying the CIA, despite already obtaining closed-door testimony from the same individual. Lyons said the witness was not acting as a whistleblower but responding to the subpoena. Lyons stated the CIA assessed COVID-19 most likely originated from a lab leak and that efforts to undermine that conclusion are disingenuous. James Erdman III accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of interfering with the investigation and said Fauci’s interference may have contributed to the CIA scrapping a 2021 plan to announce a lab leak origin.
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