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On Friday, a report claimed that the White House has not responded positively to testimony and evidence gathered by a pair of committees in the Republican-controlled House regarding probes that center around allegations of influence-peddling involving the first family.
The Western Journal reported that the two House committees have uncovered evidence suggesting that the 2020 Biden campaign and current Secretary of State Antony Blinken were involved in efforts to downplay the significance of the contents found on Hunter Biden’s laptop.
The information on the laptop was labeled as Russian disinformation in the days leading up to the election; at the time, Blinken served as an adviser to Joe Biden’s campaign.
The release of emails from and to Hunter Biden ahead of the election “cast doubt on President Biden’s previous denials of speaking to his son about his international business dealings,” the House Judiciary Committee said in a Thursday news release.
On October 19, 2020, a group of 51 current and former intelligence officials signed an open letter expressing their concern that the leaked emails from Hunter Biden, which seemed to suggest corruption within the Biden family, were potentially part of a Russian disinformation campaign.
“If we are right, this is Russia trying to influence how Americans vote in this election, and we believe strongly that Americans need to be aware of this,” they wrote, though since then, the contents of the laptop — first reported by the New York Post –have been verified as authentic.
“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 Michael Morell, a former deputy director of the CIA, who said that a phone call from Blinken convinced Morell to prepare 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
“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.
“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.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) April 21, 2023
During a February interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier, FBI Director Christopher Wray did not directly answer questions pertaining to information discovered on Hunter’s laptop.
Fox News reported:
Wray was then asked about the length of time it has taken to probe Hunter Biden’s laptop – which some critics say has evidence suggesting President Biden was privy or party to his son’s foreign business dealings. The director pointed out the crux of the investigation is originating from Delaware, not D.C., under U.S. Attorney David Weiss – a Trump appointee held over by Biden purportedly to reassure fairness in the ongoing investigation.
The FBI is “actively working” with Weiss, Wray said, while dismissing claims by FBI whistleblowers there was an internal effort to shut down the investigation into Hunter and Joe Biden.
