Despite admitting that he couldn't be certain, Pompeo didn't deviate from his lab claim, which doesn't coincide with the theory suggested by international analysts and intelligence experts that the virus got in contact with human at a wet market.

Moreover, assessments doing the rounds among American intelligence-sharing allies have debunked speculations suggesting the novel coronavirus was created in a lab. The US intelligence community refuses to write off either of these possibilities.

During an interview on Fox Business on Apr. 6, Pompeo claimed that he had seen evidence that the virus likely originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, adding that he would glad to see shreds of evidence that proves this to be wrong. The top US diplomat continues to maintain an aggressive attitude towards China's handling of the virus as the Trump administration attempts to deflect blame for how it initially mishandled the disease, which has claimed over 71,000 lives across the nation and hindered the economy just ahead of the presidential election.

Pompeo said his position didn't contradict comments by other top US officials who have given no credence to his theory. During a press conference that took place at the State Department on Wednesday, Pompeo admitted that they didn't have certainty, but also stated that there is significant evidence that suggests the virus originated from the lab.

Pompeo insisted those statements can both be true, adding that even administration officials have also made them and they are all true. He denied reports about separation in the contrasting answers from himself, Five Eyes officials, top US military officials, and the intelligence community, which is still trying to figure out where the virus originally came from, CNN Politics reported.

Admitting that they are still trying to find the right answer, Pompeo said they all want to get to clarity and there aren't separate levels of certainty determined at different places. People base their level of certainty about the virus' origin on data sets, however, when they look at it, they see the reality, which Pompeo says is that it came from Wuhan.

In an interview on ABC's "This Week," on Sunday, Pompeo insisted that they have a considerable amount of evidence that suggests the virus came from a lab in Wuhan. On Apr. 6, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said Pompeo failed to show evidence simply because he did not have any. Hua noted that the matter needs to be handled by scientists rather than politicians who are more focused on their own domestic political needs.