{"id":1431120,"date":"2022-04-11T13:15:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T17:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431120"},"modified":"2022-04-11T13:15:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T17:15:46","slug":"theyre-political-whores-william-barr-eviscerates-51-intel-officials-who-signed-letter-calling-hunter-biden-laptop-story-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theyre-political-whores-william-barr-eviscerates-51-intel-officials-who-signed-letter-calling-hunter-biden-laptop-story-disinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They\u2019re Political Whores\u2019 William Barr Eviscerates 51 Intel Officials Who Signed Letter Calling Hunter Biden Laptop Story \u2018Disinformation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftheyre-political-whores-william-barr-eviscerates-51-intel-officials-who-signed-letter-calling-hunter-biden-laptop-story-disinformation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431120&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2020\/10\/GettyImages-1228732112.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Former Attorney General William Barr, asked by Fox News\u2019 Brian Kilmeade why 51 intelligence officials published a letter just weeks before the 2020 election claiming that the New York Post story about Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop \u201chas the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation,\u201d answered bluntly, \u201cBecause they\u2019re political whores.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a powerful interview on his <a href=\"https:\/\/radio.foxnews.com\/fox-news-talk\/brian-kilmeade\/\">radio show<\/a>, Kilmeade played a clip of a young college student from the University of Chicago asking the editor of The Atlantic, asked Barr, \u201cDo you think the media acted inappropriately when they dismissed Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop as Russian disinformation?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy problem with Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop is I think it\u2019s totally irrelevant,\u201d The Atlantic editor answered. \u201cI didn\u2019t think Hunter Biden\u2019s business relationships have anything to do with who should be president of the United States, so I don\u2019t find it to be interesting. I mean, that would be my problem with that as a major news story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kilmeade asked Barr, \u201cCan you believe an editor would say that, \u2018What does that have to do with Joe Biden being the next president?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah,\u201d Barr replied. \u201cAnd the irony is, all the handwringing about so-called Russian interference. Yes, they released emails showing there was \u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2016,\u201d Kilmeade interjected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight, in 2016, showing there was a fight between between Hillary and Bernie,\u201d Barr continued. \u201cBig news. That was the interference in the election, right, embarrassing Hillary that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was far more consequential than that,\u201d Barr declared. \u201cAll the media platforms and the mainstream media essentially agreeing to keep this out of the news and keep the American people ignorant of business deals. \u00a0Putting aside the issue of whether there was criminality \u2014 I\u2019m not addressing that, but propriety, ethics, cashing in on the office. Potentially giving grounds for blackmail and so forth, of course the American people were entitled to know about that before the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd they said, \u2018Well, it\u2019s just disinformation,\u2019\u201d Kilmeade remarked. \u201cWhat about the 51 intel experts, from Michael Hayden, who served in a Republican administration, to Leon Panetta, some guy that comes off as somewhat balanced, former Republican, former CIA director, to Mike Morell, all saying this is classic Russian disinformation. You never believed that. And why would 51 people, many very respected, put their name on a letter like that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause they\u2019re political whores,\u201d Barr said bluntly. \u201cAnd it was wrong for them even to put out a letter because they didn\u2019t know the facts. They had zero information; they did it as a political ploy to help Biden win the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barr later stated, \u201cOne of the funniest things about this whole thing is the media saying, \u2018We\u2019re finally now able to authenticate it.\u2019 That could have been authenticated within one or two hours. As you say, there are emails there, you call up people,\u00a0even people who are tangential, and say, \u2018Did you send this email?\u2019 And they\u2019d say yes, and then it would start verifying that this was authentic. And that could have been done quickly. Less than 24 hours they could have had a good idea whether it was authentic or not. How long did it take them?<\/p>\n<p>Kilmeade: \u201cA year and a half.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2013 Why did these 51 intelligence people put their name on this letter?<br \/>Bill Barr. &#8220;- Because they\u2019re political whores \u2026&#8221;\ud83d\ude0e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QEJVtY52GZ\">pic.twitter.com\/QEJVtY52GZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sandris Sneibe (@Adsvel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Adsvel\/status\/1513103203491266566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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