White House press secretary Jen Psaki said a review on the origins of COVID-19 sought by US President Joe Biden is expected to be complete by Tuesday’s deadline but it will take a “few days” to put together an unclassified version for the public.
“I would say that it typically takes a couple of days, if not longer, to put together an unclassified version to present publicly, and obviously the president would be briefed first on any findings. So I don’t have an exact date for you but I would expect it will be several days a couple to several days after tomorrow,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.
Biden in May gave aides a 90-day deadline to find answers to the origin of the coronavirus as US intelligence agencies pursued various theories.
Psaki was asked if the report would be released in full or whether it would include redacted material.
“I would expect that there would be an unclassified version, and sometimes that means declassification. I can’t assess that at this point in time because tomorrow was 90 days, not last week,” she responded.
“And then we certainly would make you all aware of what the outcome is. I don’t know what format that will take at this point in time yet,” Psaki added.
Source: Agencies
