House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is investigating whether any of the 51 “lying spies” who signed a statement in October 2020 claiming that Hunter Biden’s laptop was likely a Russian disinformation operation was on the CIA payroll at the time.
“[W]We understand that former intelligence officials often return to the intelligence community under private contract for their former agencies,” Jordan wrote in a Dec. 4 letter to CIA Director William Burns, obtained by The Post.
“It is vital for the Committees’ oversight to understand whether any of the signers of the public statement were actively employed by the CIA as a contractor or consultant at the time they signed the public statement.”
Jordan gave Burns until December 15 to reveal any of the 51 signatories who have been on an active contract or have been consultants for the CIA at any time since January 1, 2020, and in what capacity, especially if their work was related to the Biden family. .
Jordan also said the CIA has not complied with records requests his panel submitted in May, citing “fundamental concerns about the CIA’s role in helping to falsely discredit allegations about the Biden family in the weeks leading up to the presidential election.” of 2020”.
“[W]We understand that former intelligence officials often return to the intelligence community under private contract for their former agencies,” Jordan wrote in a letter to CIA Director William Burns. Getty Images House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is investigating whether the CIA paid any of the 51 former intelligence officials who claimed Hunter Biden’s laptop was likely Russian disinformation. AP
The head of the Judiciary said that previous production of documents indicated that initially unclassified records had been marked as classified before reaching the committee’s hands, and that the records related “directly” to “the CIA’s knowledge of the public statement before publication.
“After careful review of the classified production of documents that were originally unclassified and retained their previous unclassified markings, it is evident that the classification of these documents was not intended to protect American national security, but rather to protect the CIA of possible embarrassment,” Jordan wrote.
The records could address “fundamental concerns about the CIA’s role in helping to falsely discredit allegations about the Biden family in the weeks leading up to the 2020 presidential election.” The Washington Post via Getty Images
“It therefore appears that the CIA’s decision to classify these baseless documents frustrates and impedes the Committees’ ability to fulfill our constitutional oversight obligations.”
Jordan had threatened to subpoena the CIA in May if he refused to hand over the information.
The Oct. 18 open letter sought to debunk the Post’s explosive report that the first son had involved his father, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden, in his lucrative overseas business dealings, according to emails found on his abandoned laptop.
The 51 officials said the leaked emails had “all the classic hallmarks of a Russian information operation,” which big tech platforms used to suppress their reach.
The 51 officials said the leaked emails possessed “all the classic hallmarks of a Russian information operation,” a claim that big tech platforms like Facebook and Twitter used to suppress the reach of the story, saying the Post report violated their policies regarding pirated material.
Social media companies censored the Post even after being informed by the FBI that the laptop’s contents were authentic.
The Post revealed many of the signatories on its March 19, 2022, front page, one of whom was later discovered to be a former CIA agent working at Twitter on Election Day 2020.
Former acting CIA director Mike Morell had organized the signatories who joined the effort after speaking with then-Biden campaign adviser Antony Blinken, now secretary of state. AP
Former acting CIA director Mike Morell recruited the signatories after speaking with then-Biden campaign adviser Antony Blinken, now secretary of state.
Then-candidate Joe Biden referenced the letter during the second and final presidential debate against former President Donald Trump on October 22, 2020, falsely claiming that the laptop was a “Russian plant.”
David Cariens, a former CIA analyst, revealed that Morell had asked for the analyst’s signature on the infamous letter when Cariens was speaking to the agency’s Prepublished Classification Review Board about his upcoming memoir.
Then-candidate Joe Biden referenced the letter during the second and final presidential debate against former President Donald Trump, falsely claiming that the contents of the laptop were a “Russian plant.” AFP via Getty Images
That exchange and others about the CIA’s knowledge of the letter were revealed by the House Judiciary Committee in a May staff report.
When questioned by reporters, several former intelligence officials who signed the letter chose to defend the statement, with Obama-era CIA Director Leon Panetta telling Fox News in October: “No, I don’t regret it.” nothing”.
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