Blinken says Trump administration had concerns about COVID-19 probe

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken cast doubt on Tuesday on a probe into the origins of COVID-19 launched at the State Department under the Trump administration and said the previous administration had had real concerns about its methodology.

Republican Senator Mike Braun asked Blinken at a Senate committee hearing about what he said was a Wall Street Journal report that the department had shut down the probe in January.

“I saw the report. I think it’s on a number of levels, incorrect,” Blinken replied, although it was not clear which report he and Braun were referring to.

Blinken said …