The 2020 letter signed by 51 former intelligence officials discrediting the Hunter Biden laptop story was fueled by a phone call from then-Biden campaign advisor Antony Blinken to former Deputy CIA Director Michael Morrell, according to a House investigation.
President Joe Biden talks with his son Hunter Biden as he arrives Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Del., Tuesday, June 11, 2024.
The laptop story, published by the New York Post on Oct. 14, 2020, was poised to upend the 2020 election. Its tawdry contents revealed not only the drug-addled exploits of Mr. Biden’s troubled son Hunter, but also messages and documents connecting his business dealings with his powerful father. In his 2023 House deposition, Mr. Morrell said he had no idea if the laptop was Russian disinformation but he suspected Russians could be involved, based on his knowledge of their tactics.
But his warning about the speculative nature of the letter was hidden from the public because he provided those statements “off the record” to certain media outlets, including the Associated Press, Politico and The Washington Post.
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