A new report from a Senate probe into January 6 has found that the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) "downplayed" warnings before the protest.
Citing "mounting connections between Dr. Hotez, Dr. Fauci, Dr. Jiang, Dr. Du, and Dr. Yusen with Chinese military scientists, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and the suspicious furin cleavage site."
"The implications are impossible to ignore: Beijing hid the truth," Rubio asserted. "This report reinforces the need to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable.”
Despite reaching out to Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe through a special crisis line, the Chinese official declined the call, leaving Austin's efforts unanswered.
The US House of Representatives is expected to pass a resolution blaming China for a "brazen violation of United States sovereignty" and accusing it of trying to "deceive the international community through false claims about its intelligence collection campaigns."