FBI knew Hunter Biden laptop was real – House GOP
Testimony has shown that officials let social media companies censor the New York Post story in false belief it was “Russian disinformation” Read Full Article at RT.com
Republicans say the FBI interfered in the 2020 election by misleading the American public
The Federal Bureau of Investigation refused to disclose to US social media companies that the laptop allegedly belonging to President Joe Biden’s son was genuine, the US House Judiciary Committee revealed on Friday.
The New York Post had published a story about Hunter Biden’s laptop in October 2020, a month before the presidential election pitting his father against the incumbent President Donald Trump. All social media platforms censored the story – some blocking the outlet itself – with the tacit approval of the FBI and citing a prior Bureau warning about an impending “Russian” disinformation campaign.
It now transpires that the same people at the FBI warning Silicon Valley about a “Russian” operation knew that the laptop story was authentic, because the Bureau had it in custody since 2019.
The House Republicans revealed the news on Friday, citing the July 17 sworn testimony of Laura Dehmlow, the section chief of the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF) to the Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.