Psaki calls Fauci ‘undeniable asset’ after Chinese lab leak emails

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday called Dr. Anthony Fauci “an undeniable asset” despite emails that have exposed his knowledge of and efforts to tamp down the Wuhan “lab leak” theory to explain the COVID-19 pandemic’s origin.

President Biden still has confidence in Fauci, who is his chief medical adviser and the government’s top infectious disease expert, Psaki said. “He’s been an undeniable asset in our country’s pandemic response,” Psaki said at her daily press briefing.