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30 Oct, 5 tweets, 3 min read
“How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge” via @BrandyZadrozny / @oneunderscore__ / @NBCNews

We’re not surprised.

Read this thread to find out why… 1/

nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1…
When the Committee received the @StateDept records that were meant to smear the Bidens, we discovered, of course, they were a nothingburger, but we did find something interesting. 2/ foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-releases…
We were able to pinpoint where and when the Hunter Biden-Burisma conspiracy theory started. It was in December 2015 in a Russia-controlled Crimean city (it’s on page 3). 3/ foreignaffairs.house.gov/_cache/files/9…
Everything since then—Trump’s shakedown of Ukraine that led to impeachment, the sham Senate investigation, the laptop, this fake dossier—all had its origins nearly five years ago at the hands of Russian trolls aiming to smear the former Vice President. 4/
So whoever is pushing this nonsense in the remaining days before the election, just remember: it’s Russian propaganda, and anyone who repeats it is helping Putin undermine American democracy. 5/5

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