NEW REVELATIONS ABOUT THE SPIES WHO LIE
In the weeks before the 2020 election, 51 former intel officials coordinated with the Biden campaign to publish a statement to discredit @NYPost reporting about Hunter Biden’s laptop and the Biden family’s influence peddling.
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In the weeks before the 2020 election, 51 former intel officials coordinated with the Biden campaign to publish a statement to discredit @NYPost reporting about Hunter Biden’s laptop and the Biden family’s influence peddling.
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The statement was a blatant political operation from the start.
It originated with a 2020 Biden campaign official, now-Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
In May 2023, the Committees revealed that w/o Blinken reaching out, the Hunter Biden statement would not have been written.
It originated with a 2020 Biden campaign official, now-Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
In May 2023, the Committees revealed that w/o Blinken reaching out, the Hunter Biden statement would not have been written.
In an explosive new report, the Committees have uncovered the extent to which the intelligence community was involved in the Hunter Biden statement.
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Key Finding #1
High-ranking CIA officials, up to and including then-CIA Director Gina Haspel, were made aware of the Hunter Biden statement prior its approval and publication.
High-ranking CIA officials, up to and including then-CIA Director Gina Haspel, were made aware of the Hunter Biden statement prior its approval and publication.
Because fmr. senior intelligence officials signed the statement, the CIA’s Prepublication Classification Review Board [PCRB] sent the draft statement to then-CIA COO Andrew Makridis.
He said he subsequently informed then-Director Gina Haspel or then-Deputy Director Bishop.
He said he subsequently informed then-Director Gina Haspel or then-Deputy Director Bishop.
Key Finding #2
Some of the 51, including Morell, were on CIA contract at the time of the statement’s publication—and CIA staff knew that.
They were likely earning a taxpayer-supported income, while politicizing intelligence to boost the Biden campaign.
Some of the 51, including Morell, were on CIA contract at the time of the statement’s publication—and CIA staff knew that.
They were likely earning a taxpayer-supported income, while politicizing intelligence to boost the Biden campaign.
That’s despite the fact that Morell himself believed it was “inappropriate for a currently serving staff officer or contractor to be involved in the political process.”
Key Finding #3
After publication of the Hunter Biden statement, CIA employees internally expressed frustration about the politicized statement’s content, acknowledging it was not “helpful to the Agency in the long run.”
After publication of the Hunter Biden statement, CIA employees internally expressed frustration about the politicized statement’s content, acknowledging it was not “helpful to the Agency in the long run.”
CIA officials knew the statement was political—yet no one stopped it.
Morell, the chief architect, explicitly told other statement signers: “we think Trump will attack Biden on the issue at this week’s debate and we want to give the VP a talking point to use … ”
Morell, the chief architect, explicitly told other statement signers: “we think Trump will attack Biden on the issue at this week’s debate and we want to give the VP a talking point to use … ”
Former CIA COO Andrew Makridis expressed his own frustrations with the Hunter Biden statement in a transcribed interview before the Committees.
Full report with all the Committees’ findings available here: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subs…
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