MARIA: ALL RIGHT, CHERYLING
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NO SURPRISES HERE, A REPORT FROM
A U.S. GOVERNMENT LAB WHICH WAS
ORIGINALLY PREPARED BACK IN MAY
OF 2020 FINDS IT, QUOTE,
PLAUSIBLE THAT THE CORONAVIRUS
LEAKED FROM THE VIROLOGY LAB IN
WUHAN, CHINA, SOMETHING WE’VE
HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN ON
THIS PROGRAM OVER THE LAST YEAR.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL IS
REPORTING TODAY THAT THAT REPORT
WAS PREPARED AND USED BY THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S STATE
DEPARTMENT, IT PROBED THE VIRUS’
ORIGIN AS WE HEARD YESTERDAY
FROM FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE
MIKE POMPEO.
JOINING ME RIGHT NOW IS FOX NEWS
SENIOR STRATEGIC ANALYST,
GENERAL JACK KEANE.
GENERAL, GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS
MORNING.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
INCREASINGLY WE KNOW THAT THIS
WAS LIKELY COMING OUT OF THIS
LAB.
I GUESS FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS
WILL YIELD WHAT IN YOUR VIEW?
BECAUSE THE NEXT QUESTION HAS TO
BE WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS
INTENTIONAL.
I MEAN, IF IT WAS DEVELOPED IN A
LAB, LEAKED FROM THE LAB, WHAT’S
YOUR TAKE ON WHAT WE MAY LEARN
HERE?
>> WELL, THE EVIDENCE THAT’S
CERTAINLY GATHERING INDICATES
THAT IT LIKELY DID COME FROM
THIS LAB.
AND THIS PARTICULAR LAB, IT’S
HIGHLY REEXPECTED RESPECTED IN T
WHEN THIS REPORT HIT THE STATE
DEPARTMENT IN MAY AND IT’S STILL
A CLASSIFIED REPORT TODAY SO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVEN’T SEEN IT,
BUT WHEN IT DID, AT THAT TIME,
MARIA, MOST PEOPLE WERE POINTING
THE FINGER -- I MEAN, OUR
SCIENTISTS AND THE WORLD
SCIENTISTS THAT THE ORIGINS OF
THE WUHAN VIRUS WAS NATURAL
CAUSE AS OPPOSED TO A
LABORATORY.
SO THIS WAS VERY DIFFERENT AND
THAT COMBINED WITH OUR
INTELLIGENCE SERVICES FURTHER
INVESTIGATION THROUGHOUT 2020,
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BY THE
CLOSING MONTHS OF 2020 CONCLUDED
THAT THE LIKELIHOOD IS WHAT
WE’RE DEALING WITH TODAY, THAT
IT DID COME OUT OF THAT LAB SO
THIS WAS A PIVOTAL REPORT.
IN MY OWN MIND, I’M NOT A
SCIENTIST BUT UNLESS WE’RE
ACTUALLY -- WE HAVE SCIENTISTS
ABLE TO LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL
DATA DEALING WITH THIS, I
SUSPECT WE’LL NEVER BE ABLE TO
CONCLUDE WITH ABSOLUTE
CERTAINITY THAT IT DID COME OUT
OF THE LAB, ALTHOUGH ALL THE
EVIDENCE IS POINTING TO IT.
LISTEN, CHINA IS NOT GOING TO
GIVE THAT INFORMATION UP.
I MEAN, PRESIDENT XI AND HIS
REGIME’S BEHAVIOR IN COVERING
THIS UP IS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
THEY’RE PROTECTING THAT.
THEY DON’T WANT TO WEAKEN THIS
REGIME OR ACTUALLY PUSH IT OVER
THE BRINK WHERE THE PUBLIC
DECIDES THEY HAVE TO PUT
SOMEBODY ELSE IN POWER HERE
BECAUSE PRESIDENT XI HAS BECOME
SUCH AN INTERNATIONAL PA PARRIIA
THEY’RE GOING TO PULL ALL THE
STOPS TO KEEP US AWAY FROM THE
ORIGINAL DATA.
IT’S UNLIKELY WE’LL EVER SEE IT.
MARIA: BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE
OF THE WAY THE CCP TRIED TO
DOWNPLAY THIS AND LIE ABOUT WHAT
TOOK PLACE HERE AND CORNER THE
MARKET FOR PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT,
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CCP AND
WONDER WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS
INTENTIONAL.
I MEAN, LOOK AT THE 2020 THAT
THE CCP HAS HAD.
IN ADDITION TO ALLOWING THIS
VIRUS TO ESCAPE ITS BORDERS, IT
INVADED INDIA, KILLING 20 INDIAN
SOLDIERS, IT WENT INTO HONG KONG
AND STARTED LAYING THE LAW DOWN,
ARRESTING PEOPLE WHO WERE
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM AND WANTING
AUTONOMY AND SEIZED THEIR
ASSETS.
LOOK AT OUR FRIEND, JIMMY LAI.
HE’S BEEN A FRIEND ON THIS
PROGRAM.
HE’S SITTING IN A JAIL RIGHT
NOW.
HE HAD ALL OF THIS ASSETS SEIZED
AFTER BEING ARRESTED.
I MEAN, THIS WAS 2020.
THEN WE GET A THREAT FROM THE
GLOBAL TIMES WHICH IS A
MOUTHPIECE FOR THE CCP,
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CCP INVADE
AUSTRALIA BECAUSE AUSTRALIA
WANTS ANSWERS FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS’ ORIGIN.
WE’VE GOT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHING TRADE
AND INVESTMENT TALKS WITH
TAIWAN, A MOVE LIKELY TO UPSET
CHINA AS WELL.
THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO SAYS IT
IS GOING TO TARGET CHINA WITH A
NEW STRIKE FORCE TO COMBAT
UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES.
SO GENERAL, I MEAN, LOOK AT WHAT
THE CCP HAS DONE JUST IN THE
LAST YEAR WITH ABSOLUTELY NO
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WHAT’S NEXT?
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT WE
SHOULD BE HAVING AN
INVESTIGATION ABOUT THE SPREAD.
I MEAN, THE ORIGIN OF THIS IS
CERTAINLY CRITICAL BECAUSE AS
ALL THE SCIENTISTS HAVE
INDICATED, IF WE CAN GET AND
EXAMINE THE ORIGIN OF IT, WE CAN
HELP PREVENT THIS IN THE FUTURE,
SO THAT’S VITAL.
BUT THE OTHER THING IS, IS THE
CONSCIOUS STEPS THAT PRESIDENT
XI TOOK ONCE HE KNEW HE HAD
HUMAN TO HUMAN TRANSFER AND
THOSE WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE STEPS
TO SHUT DOWN WUHAN CITY, TO DENY
ANY FLIGHTS COMING OUT OF WUHAN
CITY TO ANY PLACE IN CHINA.
HE WAS TRYING TO PROTECT TWO
MAJOR THINGS, HIS POLITICAL
POWER SOURCE IN BEIJING AND HIS
FINANCIAL POWER SOURCE IN
SHANGHAI.
THAT’S WHAT THAT WAS ALL ABOUT.
BUT HE PERMITTED ALL OF THE
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS TO
CONTINUE TO GO ACROSS THE
PLANET.
WHY DID THAT HAPPEN?
AND THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE
SPREAD OF THE PANDEMIC.
IT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN HELD
TO A REGIONAL AND LOCAL EPIDEMIC
THAT WE’VE SEEN IN THE PAST AS
OPPOSED TO A PANDEMIC.
THAT IS AN INVESTIGATION THAT
MUST BE HELD AND THE CHINESE
MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT
AND I’M SURPRISED WE HAVEN’T
DROPPED THAT SHOE BY THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION AT THIS POINT,
GIVEN ALL WHAT WE KNOW NOW ABOUT
THE DECEPTION CONCERNING THE
ORIGIN OF THE DISEASE.
THERE’S THE SAME AMOUNT OF
DECEPTION CONCERNING THE SPREAD
OF THE DISEASE.
MARIA: YEAH.
I MEAN, LOOK, YOU’RE RIGHT.
THEY CLOSED INCOMING FLIGHTS TO
WUHAN.
THEY LEFT INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS
WIDE OPEN SO PEOPLE FROM WUHAN
COULD GO TRAVEL TO ITALY, TO THE
U.S., AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT
THEY DID.
YOU MENTIONED AN INVESTIGATION.
I KNOW THAT PETER NAVARRO WHEN
HE WAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE
PREPARED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP TO PUT CHINA AND
THE CCP IN FRONT OF A
PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION.
WHAT KIND OF INVESTIGATION
SHOULD WE SEE?
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A 9/11 TYPE
COMMISSION TO GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF THIS?
>> YEAH, I THINK IT’S THE ONLY
WAY WE’RE GOING TO REALLY GET AT
IT.
AND THE GOOD NEWS HERE IS IS
THAT IN THIS VERY DIVIDED
POLITICAL SITUATION WE HAVE IN
AMERICA, THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW
ISSUES WHERE THERE’S SIGNIFICANT
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN TERMS OF
CHINA’S BEHAVIOR AND ALSO, AS
YOU MENTIONED, SUPPORT FOR
TAIWAN WHICH BEGAN UNDER THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS PICKED
THAT UP.
THERE WERE THREE SENATORS IN
TAIWAN THIS WEEK.
THAT IN ITSELF IS NEWS, TWO OF
THEM DEMOCRATS, ONE REPUBLICAN.
THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM VACCINES,
THEY LANDED AN AIR FORCE
AIRCRAFT.
AND NOW THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
IS OPENING UP TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
WITH TAIWAN.
SOMETHING THAT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION DID NOT DO.
I THINK THEY WANTED TO DO IT BUT
THEY DIDN’T WANT TO CORRUPT THE
DEAL THEY WERE MAKING WITH CHINA
ON TRADE IS WHAT I’VE BEEN TOLD.
BUT THIS IS ANOTHER POSITIVE
STEP THAT WE HAVE.
AND BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR
PUSHING BACK ON CHINA AND