Pompeo on 'America's Newsroom': Risk of something else leaking from Wuhan lab 'very real'

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Risk of something else leaking from Wuhan lab ‘very real’: Mike Pompeo

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Republican lawmakers urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to hold hearings on coronavirus’ origin.

After GOP lawmakers held their own hearing on the origins of COVID-19, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that the risk of "something else leaking from the lab is very real." Pompeo also said he believes more whistleblowers from China will start to emerge in the coming years. 

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MIKE POMPEO: "I know the Chinese Communist Party has enormous control but we've seen this before. There will be folks there who it was morally troubling to. They watched the cover-up. They watched doctors die under strange circumstances. They saw journalists disappear. They saw the things that will bother them deeply. 

I think the Chinese Communist Party won't be able to contain this cover-up forever. It may take months, it could take years. I think we’ll get those answers, but, we have to be asking for them. We have to be actively working for it. 

We need every American citizen to understand what happened and we need both parties on Capitol Hill working to get this information for the American people and for the world. This lab is still open. This lab is still operational. I've seen no indications they increased safety procedures. The risk for something like this to happen is very real and we need to know if it came from this laboratory.

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