Republicans say Biden campaign exploited former intel officials to discredit Hunter Biden laptop allegations

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Republicans say Biden campaign exploited former intel officials to discredit Hunter Biden laptop allegations
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In the final weeks of the 2020 presidential campaign, 51 former top intelligence officials signed a letter saying that the alleged contents of Hunter Biden's laptop had 'all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.'

saying that the alleged contents of Hunter Biden's laptop had"all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."

According to the GOP report,"contemporaneous emails show the organizers' intent in drafting and releasing the statement: '[W]e think Trump will attack Biden on the issue at this week's debate and we want to offer perspectives on this from Russia watchers and other seasoned experts, and we want to give the [Vice President] a talking point to use in response.'"

They said that a former CIA analyst who had signed the letter told the committee that a CIA employee affiliated with the agency's Prepublication Classification Review Board had told him over the phone about the statement and asked if he would sign it. Democrats also suggested that the former CIA analyst who claimed to have spoken with the current CIA employee about the letter was mistaken, and they produced the email he received from one of the letter organizers, which was identical to the one sent to all the former national security officials.

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