The CIA may have been involved in getting signatures for the letter from 51 intelligence agencies discrediting Hunter Biden’s laptop as disinformation, according to a bombshell Republican report set to be released Wednesday.
The House Judiciary Committee will unveil a report entitled, The Hunter Biden Statement: How Senior Intelligence Community Officials and the Biden Campaign Worked to Mislead American Voters.
It alleges that a CIA operative “may have helped get signatures for the statement,” and accuses former CIA Deputy Director and Acting CIA Director Mike Morell and the Biden campaign of conspiring to get the letter approved quickly.
A signatory to the statement, former CIA analyst David Cariens, “disclosed to the committees that a CIA employee associated with the agency’s Prepublication Classification Review Board (PCRB) informed him of the existence of the statement. and asked him to sign it. Notes in the house survey report.
The CIA employee is said to have ‘asked’ Cariens if he wanted to sign the statement, to which he agreed.
“The committees have requested additional material from the CIA, which has so far ignored the request,” the report continues.
On October 19, 2020, Morell reportedly sent the final draft of the letter to the CIA for review, calling it a “rush job” so it could be approved.
The new report, due to be released Wednesday in conjunction with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, also reveals that former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has provided editorial advice to “steer the verbiage strengthen’. ‘
The CIA may have been involved in getting signatures for the letter from 51 intelligence agencies discrediting Hunter Biden’s laptop as disinformation, according to a bombshell Republican report set to be released Wednesday
Biden and his campaign at the time cited the letter to discredit Hunter Biden’s laptop as a ‘Russian disinformation campaign’
On Oct. 18, emails in the report show Clapper emailing Morrell his intention to sign the letter.
He also offered a key sentence to include, writing: “I have one editorial suggestion for the letter: I think it would reinforce the verbiage if you say this has all the classic hallmarks of a Soviet/Russian intelligence operation rather than the ‘feeling’. of a Russian operation.
Morrell responded that Clapper’s suggestion was accepted and “It was a good one.”
Morrell recently testified before the House Judiciary Committee that an Oct. 17 phone call with Biden’s current Secretary of State Antony Blinken “definitely” piqued his interest in coordinating the letter.
However, Blinken insisted last week that he was not behind the infamous letter, emphasizing that he does not “do politics.”
“One of the great advantages of this job is that I don’t do politics, I don’t deal with it,” said the state secretary. “But regarding that letter — it wasn’t my idea, I didn’t ask for it, I didn’t ask for it,” Blinken said on Fox News.
At the time, he was reportedly behind the letter. Blinken was not a secretary of state but a Biden campaign adviser.
Asked by Fox News if he accepted the laptop’s legitimacy after most major news organizations verified it, Blinken said he would not discuss politics.
The House Judiciary Committee headed by Jim Jordan will unveil a report entitled: The Hunter Biden Statement: How Senior Intelligence Community Officials and the Biden Campaign Worked to Mislead American Voters
‘I don’t do politics. I have a lot on my agenda. Some of the things we just talked about are trying to help Russian aggression against dealing with our allies, partners around the world and dealing with some of China’s challenges. We now have a situation in Sudan, which has completely taken up my time.’
Biden and his campaign at the time cited the letter to discredit Hunter Biden’s laptop as a “Russian disinformation campaign.”
The then-presidential candidate cited it during a debate with Trump just days after its publication on October 22, 2020, to deflect the investigation of his son’s alleged foreign-influenced trade plans.
Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary, and Mike Turner, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, sent a letter to Blinken last week telling him they were investigating the letter.
“As part of our oversight, we learned that you played a role in the formation of this statement while serving as Biden campaign adviser, and so we are asking for your assistance with our oversight.”