ANDREW McCARTHY: FBI’s role in Hunter Biden laptop scandal is worse than you know
On October 14, 2024, Andrew McCarthy published an opinion piece on Fox News, detailing the FBI’s involvement in the Hunter Biden laptop scandal. The article highlights that the FBI took possession of the laptop in December 2019 and authenticated it, yet they did not disclose this information to the public before the 2020 election. Instead, the FBI collaborated with Democrats to frame the laptop’s contents as part of a Russian disinformation campaign, which led to social media companies suppressing the reporting. This politicization of national security credentials was used by President Biden to discredit then-President Trump’s mentions of the laptop during the final presidential debate.
The article also mentions that 51 national security officials, including former Obama-Biden CIA and ODNI officials, generated a letter to deceive voters into dismissing the Post’s reporting as Russian disinformation. This letter was instigated by Antony Blinken, now the Secretary of State, and suggested by James Clapper, the former Director of National Intelligence. The FBI’s actions and the subsequent politicization of intelligence have raised concerns about the capture of the intelligence community by the party of government.
