美國特朗普政府近期妄稱有證據顯示新冠病毒來自中國的實驗室,民主黨方面的資深議員表示,政府應與國會分享所謂的“大量”證據,否則就應該停止炒作可疑信息。
Top Democratic lawmakers say the Trump administration should share with Congress the allegedly "enormous" evidence showing that the coronavirus sprang from a Chinese lab.
Otherwise, they warn, the administration should quit hyping questionable information.
據美國政治網站Politico 6日報道,康涅狄格州聯邦參議員克里斯·墨菲在疫情期間一直在審查相關的情報和信息,他表示並沒有看到任何顯示新冠病毒與實驗室有關的證據。
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), who has been reviewing intelligence on the pandemic throughout the crisis blasted the administration's messaging. "I've seen no evidence that connects the virus to the lab," he said.
包括軍事和情報部門的一些政府官員也表示,不相信新冠病毒是人為製造的。同時,看過情報的人指出,還沒有證據支持病毒系實驗室泄露的説法。
Others in the administration, including military and intelligence officials …… they've said they do not believe the virus was man-made. And while that leaves open the possibility that the virus accidentally escaped the lab, people who have seen the intelligence say there is still no evidence to support that theory.
Politico援引一位消息人士的話稱,眾議院外交委員會主席、民主黨眾議員艾略特·恩格爾和副主席、民主黨眾議員華金·卡斯特羅已致信美國務院,要求提供所有與武漢病毒研究所有關的信息。
該消息人士還表示,特朗普政府正在極力推卸責任,但就連衞生和情報部門的官員都對總統和國務卿的説法表示懷疑,如果他們掌握證據,國會和公眾應該看到所有的證據。
"But the administration is working overtime to shift the blame away from themselves, and even our own health and intelligence officials have cast doubt on the Wuhan lab theory that the President and Secretary Pompeo are pushing," the aide said. "If Secretary Pompeo has evidence, Congress and the public should see all of it…"