U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has publicly feuded for years with former top infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The splashy new webpage from the White House is not based on any more evidence than the CIA’s more muted conclusion. The House Committee report on which it is based also concluded that the lab leak hypothesis was “likely”, but not definitive. This puts the framing of the question as “resolved” as unwarranted and ultimately irresponsible.

The White House has thrown its weight behind the lab leak theory, an idea that has divided intelligence agencies.