Former CIA head Mike Morell testified that Biden campaign prompted letter from 51 intel chiefs calling Hunter Biden laptop story 'Russian disinformation': NY Post



A former CIA deputy director from the Obama administration admitted in congressional testimony that the Biden presidential campaign prompted the creation of a letter signed by 51 intelligence chiefs that claimed the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation.

The bombshell was made by New York Post writer Miranda Devine, who said sources from the House Judiciary Committee confirmed the development.

The letter was signed by dozens of intelligence officials who agreed that the information garnered from a laptop left by the president's son at a computer repair shop had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."

"If we are right," the letter continued, "this is Russia trying to influence how Americans vote in this election, and we believe strongly that Americans need to be aware of this."

One of the signatories of the letter has already admitted that those who signed the letter believed that much of the information from the laptop was accurate.

"The letter said it had the earmarks of Russian deceit and we should consider that as a possibility," said former senior CIA operations officer Douglas Wise. "It did not say Hunter Biden was a good guy, it didn’t say what he did was right and it wasn’t exculpatory, it was just a cautionary letter."

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida had made similar claims about the intelligence letter in an interview with Stephen Bannon on his podcast.

“We can prove that the entire purpose of this letter at the outset was to influence a presidential election with some of the most senior people who have ever been in our intelligence community ­using the imprimatur of their security clearances to pave the way for Joe Biden’s presidency,” said Gaetz.

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the chairman of the committee probing the weaponization of the federal government, had previously criticized Morell while seeking his testimony.

"At best, the public statement was a reckless attempt by you and your co-signatories to erroneously opine about purported election interference," Jordan said in the letter.

"At worse — and more likely — the public statement was a deliberate and coordinated effort to mislead the American people about information relevant to the 2020 presidential election by invoking your national security experience to falsely suggest that the allegations about Hunter Biden were not based in fact," he added.

Here's more about the Hunter Biden laptop story:

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Bill Barr says Joe Biden left him 'very disturbed' after he 'lied to the American people' about the Hunter Biden laptop scandal during the 2020 campaign



Former Attorney General Bill Barr explained Monday that Joe Biden "lied to the American people" about the Hunter Biden laptop scandal when he was a candidate for president.

The comments are especially eyebrow-raising because Barr was attorney general when the laptop scandal broke in October 2020, meaning he was privy to information that was not made public, including why the FBI seized the infamous laptop from the Delaware computer repair shop in December 2019.

What did Barr say?

During an interview on Fox News, anchor John Roberts asked Barr about the laptop scandal, observing that Biden's circle dismissed the story as "Russian disinformation."

Barr explained that he is "limited" in what he can say because of any "possible ongoing investigations," but said Biden left him "very disturbed" during one presidential debate when he "lied to the American people about the laptop."

"He’s squarely confronted with the laptop, and he suggested that it was Russian disinformation and pointed to the letter written by some intelligence people that was baseless, which he knew was a lie," Barr said. "And I was shocked by that."

"Fortunately, the [director of national intelligence] came out and said, 'No, it's not disinformation,'" Barr added, referring to a statement by then-DNI John Ratcliffe.

"The FBI said the same thing; media ignored it," Barr explained. "So when you're talking about interference in an election, I can't think of anything more than that kind."

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When asked if the laptop controversy exposes President Biden to "legal liability," Barr declined to "venture an opinion" on the issue.

However, he agreed the resurrection of the story last week will become a "problem" for the White House.

"From a political standpoint now that this is in people’s consciousness — it had been suppressed up until now — obviously they have a hot potato and just to see how they handle it will be interesting," Barr explained.

What is the background?

The Hunter Biden laptop scandal was thrust back into the national spotlight last week after the New York Times confirmed what the New York Post originally reported about the laptop in October 2020.

The so-called "newspaper of record" explained its reporters had "authenticated" the emails, thus dismantling the doubt the media cast over the story in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.

Computer repairman at center of 'Biden laptop' scandal takes new legal action against Twitter



The former Delaware computer repair shop owner who found himself at the center of controversy involving Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, last year has taken new legal action against Twitter.

What are the details?

John Paul Mac Isaac filed a new lawsuit in federal court on Thursday against Twitter, claiming the social media platform defamed him by declaring that a New York Post story reporting the existence of the laptop included "hacked" material.

According to Mac Isaac, the classification damaged his reputation, forcing him, in part, to shut down his Delaware business.

"Plaintiff is not a hacker and the information obtained from the computer does not constitute hacked materials because Plaintiff lawfully gained access to the computer, first with the permission of its owner, Biden, and then, after Biden failed to retrieve the recovered data despite Plaintiff's reuses, in accordance with the Mac Shop's abandoned property police," the lawsuit reads. "Plaintiff, as a direct result of Defendant Twitter's actions and statements, is now widely considered a hacker."

Mac Isaac released a video last year stating that being labeled a "hacker" is a "death sentence in my industry."

"For the record, I am not, nor have I ever been, a hacker," Mac Isaac declared.

When the Post's story broke last October — alleging the laptop proved Joe Biden knew about Hunter Biden's overseas business dealings — Twitter swiftly moved to stop the story from circulating on its platform by claiming the story contained hacked material, thereby violating Twitter's rules.

However, Mac Isaac has maintained that he did not hack anything. Instead, the Post obtained a copy of the laptop hard drive from Rudy Giuliani, who was given a copy by Mac Isaac. The computer repairman made copies of the hard drive when Biden never returned for the hardware.

Hunter Biden has never denied the laptop belonged to him, the Washington Examiner noted.

Anything else?

This is the second lawsuit that Mac Isaac has filed against Twitter.

The first lawsuit was thrown out by a judge last December over a lack of jurisdiction. That suit, also for defamation, demanded $500 million in damages.

The new lawsuit attempts to resolve the jurisdictional concerns by stating Twitter operates in Florida and that Twitter damaged Mac Isaac while he was conducting business in the Sunshine State.

The new lawsuit claims Twitter's defamation caused damages of at least $75,000.

"Twitter's actions and statements had the specific intent to communicate to its users, including its Florida resident users, that Plaintiff is a hacker and/or hacked the published materials," the lawsuit states.

Mac Isaac also demands that Twitter "make a public retraction of all false statements and to issue a public apology."

Computer repairman at center of 'Biden laptop' scandal closes shop, disappears amid purported death threats



John Paul Mac Isaac, the computer repairman at the center of a reported Biden family scandal, has closed his Wilmington, Delaware, computer repair shop amid purported death threats.

Mac Isaac previously claimed he had a laptop computer and hard drive containing information about former Vice President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, and his international business dealings with Ukraine.

For his part, the elder Biden said the allegations were a "desperate campaign to smear me and my family," but did not confirm whether the laptop belonged to his son.

What are the details?

According to the Delaware News Journal, a "closed" sign now appears in the window of Mac Isaac's shop.

His attorney, Brian Della Rocca, told the outlet that his client closed up shop after he received several death threats. He has not elaborated on Mac Isaac's whereabouts at the time of this reporting, though a neighbor told the outlet that Mac Isaac left town.

In October, Mac Isaac said that he retained a copy of the hard drive's contents because he "feared he would be killed by people who 'work for [Joe] Biden' and having it was 'protection.'"

Della Rocca told the outlet that he did not believe his client would be involved in any potential lawsuits or investigations related to the laptop.

The outlet noted that Della Rocca "said his office has spoken in recent weeks with Wilmington FBI agents and with Delaware's Assistant United States Attorney Leslie Wolf" but that he "declined to describe the nature of the conversations."

"I've been in touch with federal law enforcement, yes," he told the outlet.

Neither the U.S. Attorney's Office in Delaware nor the Federal Bureau of Investigation commented when approached by the outlet for remarks on the allegations.

In October, the New York Post reported that Mac Isaac was asked to repair a computer that reportedly contained a variety of nefarious and possibly incriminating emails and photos appearing to confirm that a secret meeting between the former vice president and a top Burisma executive had taken place.

He later told Fox News, "I just don't know what to say, or what I'm allowed to say. I know that I saw, I saw stuff — and I was concerned. I was concerned that somebody might want to come looking for this stuff eventually — and I wanted it out of my shop."

You can read more background on the reports here and here.