President Trump is hitting back at 51 former intelligence officials who signed the letter claiming that Hunter Biden’s “Laptop from Hell” leak was likely a Russian disinformation campaign.
The disgraced intelligence chiefs signed a document that stated the leak “has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”
Some intelligence officials who appended their signature to the letter include former CIA Director John Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
According to Fox News, Trump will suspend the security clearances of the former intelligence officials on his first day in office.
“Trump, on his first day, will also suspend the security clearances for the 51 national security officials who “lied” about Hunter Biden’s laptop ahead of the 2020 presidential election,” Fox News reported.
The letter they signed was critical in downplaying Hunter’s crimes and shielding his father from scrutiny during the hotly contested 2020 presidential election, which he contentiously won.
Many Americans were convinced that the Hunter laptop story was Republican propaganda aimed at discrediting the then-former vice president. Biden ran with the script by quoting the letter during the second presidential debate.
“Look, there are 50 former national intelligence folks who said that what he’s accusing me of is a Russian plan.”
The Leftist media also ate it and published sensational stories, which further solidified the claim that Hunter’s laptop story was Russian disinformation.
“Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say,” Politico wrote.
“Former U.S. spies warned in 2020 that the Hunter Biden scandal had Russian fingerprints. They feel vindicated now,” NBC News reported.
The letter also emboldened big tech to censor the Hunter laptop story since it gave credibility to the allegation that it was Russia’s attempt to interfere with the election.
Journalists who wanted to probe Biden further on his son’s laptop were quickly shut down since the then-former vice president had a simple answer. All they could do was seek his clarification, which he gladly offered without hesitation.
“Do you believe the recent leak of material allegedly from Hunter’s computer is part of a Russian disinformation campaign,” asked Norah O’Donnell.
“From what I’ve read and know, the intelligence community warned the president that Giuliani was being fed disinformation from the Russians,” Biden replied.
Some of the intelligence chiefs later tried to change the narrative by claiming that the letter’s message was misunderstood. Clapper accused Politico of deliberately distorting their message by stating that they were just “raising a yellow flag that this could be Russian disinformation.”
However, the letter’s publication was far from coincidental. Three days earlier, Rep. Adam Schiff set the stage for the Russian disinformation script.
“Well we know that this whole smear on Joe Biden comes from the Kremlin. That’s been clear for well over a year now that they’ve been pushing this false narrative about the Vice President and his son,” Schiff told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.
It was alleged that some senior CIA officials were also informed about a public statement on Hunter Biden’s laptop before the letter was published.
While NBC News believed the intel chiefs were vindicated, Hunter’s trial proved otherwise. Information recovered from the laptop was presented as evidence during his gun trial in which he was convicted before being pardoned by his president dad. It was used to prove that he had a drug addiction when he purchased the firearm, thus violating the Gun Control Act of 1968, which prohibits users or addicts of controlled substances from owning firearms.
Should include, President Obama, including any of his associates, and ditto to Hillary Clinton.
What about Blinken?
Quite a little club there. Too bad they’re not on our side.