Thread on “Russian disinformation.”
Recently @DNI_Ratcliffe asserted that Hunter Biden’s laptop is not part of a Russian disinformation campaign. But Radcliffe misses the point. It is part of Russia’s efforts to interfere in the election.
Let me explain.
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Recently @DNI_Ratcliffe asserted that Hunter Biden’s laptop is not part of a Russian disinformation campaign. But Radcliffe misses the point. It is part of Russia’s efforts to interfere in the election.
Let me explain.
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This is what we know as fact:
1) Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help Trump.
2) Russia never stopped trying to undermine our democracy and to support Trump.
3) Russia is trying to interfere in the 2020 election to support Trump. Radcliffe’s own agency said so.
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1) Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help Trump.
2) Russia never stopped trying to undermine our democracy and to support Trump.
3) Russia is trying to interfere in the 2020 election to support Trump. Radcliffe’s own agency said so.
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4) Russia, at war with Ukraine, has been promoting a disinformation campaign to smear Joe and Hunter Biden with bogus allegations related to Ukraine.
5) Giuliani and Trump latched onto this sham allegation and tried to extort Ukraine to announce an investig into the Bidens.
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5) Giuliani and Trump latched onto this sham allegation and tried to extort Ukraine to announce an investig into the Bidens.
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6) Trump was impeached over this abuse of power, and the impeachment definitively determined that Biden acted appropriately at all times.
7) Yet Giuliani continued to promote this disinformation campaign, and coordinated his efforts with a known Russian agent.
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7) Yet Giuliani continued to promote this disinformation campaign, and coordinated his efforts with a known Russian agent.
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8) Trump was informed of Russia’s efforts to use Giuliani to promote disinformation to interfere in the election and he did nothing, welcoming the assistance.
9) Giuliani is the source of the Hunter Biden laptop.
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9) Giuliani is the source of the Hunter Biden laptop.
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10) Giuliani and Trump allies point to the contents of the laptop to support the bogus allegations against the Bidens promoted by Russia and its agent working with Giuliani.
11) The laptop does not support those allegations, which are still — and will always be — false.
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11) The laptop does not support those allegations, which are still — and will always be — false.
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12) The laptop is therefore part and parcel of Russia’s disinformation campaign designed to illegally interfere in the 2020 election in support of Trump.
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