A report published on Friday asserts that the Biden White House has not responded positively to testimony and evidence gathered by two Republican-controlled House committees as members continue to investigate allegations of influence-peddling involving the first family.
The Western Journal reported that two House committees have uncovered evidence that the 2020 Biden campaign and now-Secretary of State Antony Blinken attempted to downplay the significance of the contents found on Hunter Biden’s laptop computer, which were labeled as Russian disinformation in the days leading up to the election.
Blinken was advising Biden’s campaign at the time.
The release of emails from and to Hunter Biden prior to the election “cast doubt on President Biden’s previous denials of speaking to his son about his international business dealings,” the House Judiciary Committee stated in a press release issued on Thursday.
On October 19, 2020, 51 current and former intelligence officials signed an open letter warning that the emails of Hunter Biden that appeared to indicate malfeasance within the Biden family were likely the result of a Russian disinformation campaign.
“If we are right, this is Russia trying to influence how Americans vote in this election, and we strongly believe that Americans need to be aware of this,” they wrote, although the contents of the laptop — first reported by the New York Post — have since been confirmed to be genuine.
“The White House is in full panic mode over tonight’s Blinken story,” said a post from the House Judiciary GOP Twitter account said Thursday. “They got caught.”
The White House is in full panic mode over tonight’s Blinken story.
They got caught. https://t.co/cytb8i2U7G
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) April 21, 2023
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner, both of Ohio, wrote a letter to Blinken requesting a response to the recent revelation, citing testimony from former CIA deputy director Michael Morell, who stated that a phone call from Blinken persuaded him to write the open letter.
“In his transcribed interview, Morell testified that on or around October 17, 2020, you reached out to him to discuss the Hunter Biden laptop story,” Jordan and Turner wrote to Blinken.
“That same day, October 17, you also emailed Morell an article published in USA Today alleging that the FBI was examining whether the Hunter Biden laptop was part of a ‘disinformation campaign,’” the GOP leaders said.
“The very bottom of the email you sent to Morell included the signature block of Andrew Bates, then-director of rapid response for the Biden campaign,” they wrote.
#BREAKING: Testimony Reveals Secretary Blinken and the Biden Campaign Were Behind the Infamous Public Statement from Former Intel Officials on the Hunter Biden Laptop @Jim_Jordan and @RepMikeTurner reveal HUGE news here: pic.twitter.com/bX3fpqJKPo
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) April 21, 2023
Jordan and Turner stated in their letter that Morell had informed lawmakers that Biden campaign members were significantly involved in the release of the open letter. The letter elaborated on Morell’s statement that the open letter regarding Hunter Biden’s laptop was intended in part to aid Joe Biden in the election.
“Based on Morell’s testimony, it is apparent that the Biden campaign played an active role in the origins of the public statement, which had the effect of helping to suppress the Hunter Biden story and preventing American citizens from making a fully informed decision during the 2020 presidential election,” the Republicans wrote.
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“This concerted effort to minimize and suppress public dissemination of the serious allegations about the Biden family was a grave disservice to all American citizens’ informed participation in our democracy,” they added, going on to request that Blinken provide any information he has regarding the open letter from the intel officials. CONTINUE READING…
