{"id":1464142,"date":"2022-05-04T16:29:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T20:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1464142"},"modified":"2022-05-04T16:29:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T20:29:57","slug":"mayorkas-says-he-was-not-aware-of-jankowicz-discrediting-hunter-biden-laptop-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-says-he-was-not-aware-of-jankowicz-discrediting-hunter-biden-laptop-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayorkas Says He Was \u2018Not Aware\u2019 Of Jankowicz Discrediting Hunter Biden Laptop Story"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fmayorkas-says-he-was-not-aware-of-jankowicz-discrediting-hunter-biden-laptop-story%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=1464142&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><\/div>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said he was unaware that the appointed head of the Disinformation Governance Board, Nina Jankowicz, attempted to discredit the Hunter Biden laptop story.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy pressed Mayorkas on whether the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) knew that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/01\/dhs-biden-disinformation-misinformation-mayorkas-jankowicz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jankowicz<\/a> called the laptop reports \u201cRussian disinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was not aware of that,\u201d he said. \u201cWe do not discuss the internal hiring process, ultimately as the secretary, I\u2019m responsible for the decisions of the Department of Homeland Security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jankowicz attempted to pose the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/02\/doocy-psaki-biden-minister-truth-censorship-hunter-biden-dhs-disinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">laptop<\/a> report as Russian disinformation in an October 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wiczipedia\/status\/1319463138107031553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> stating that Biden cited \u201c50 former natsec officials and 5 former CIA heads that believe the laptop is a Russian influence op.\u201d She also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/27\/biden-official-nina-jankowicz-hunter-biden-laptop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> ABC News in 2020 that the report should be seen as a \u201cTrump campaign product.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/04\/alejandro-mayorkas-unaware-nina-jankowicz-tiktok-videos-misinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018I Was Not Aware\u2019: Mayorkas Says He Didn\u2019t Know About Truth Czar\u2019s Viral Videos)\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The senator then asked the secretary about Jankowicz\u2019s attempt to verify the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/02\/nina-jankowicz-peddled-disinformation-about-steele-dossier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steele dossier<\/a>, a document written by Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer, alleging collusion between former President Donald Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the department picked Ms. Jankowicz, did it know that she had vouched for the veracity of the Steele dossier?\u201d Kennedy asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was not aware of that fact,\u201d Mayorkas said. \u201cAs the Secretary of Homeland Security, I am responsible for the decisions of the department, and \u2026 it is my understanding that Ms. Jankowicz is a subject matter expert in the field in which she will be working on behalf of the department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite her new role of countering disinformation, Jankowicz peddled a since-debunked report promoted by Hillary Clinton\u2019s campaign that Carter Page, the former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, worked alongside the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump\u2019s Kremlin ties don\u2019t end at Manafort. This \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb is \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb serious \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb people \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L6t6FpRB86\">https:\/\/t.co\/L6t6FpRB86<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nina Jankowicz \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@wiczipedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wiczipedia\/status\/779632462754381824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Clinton campaign\u2019s statement said it was \u201cchilling to learn that U.S. intelligence officials are conducting a probe into suspected meetings between Trump\u2019s foreign policy adviser Carter Page and members of Putin\u2019s inner circle while in Moscow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also falsely <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wiczipedia\/status\/939157661022674948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claimed<\/a> in 2017 that the Republican Party funded the dossier, claiming bias coming from the FBI and Department of Justice went against Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/01\/mayorkas-disinformation-board-infringe-free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">assured<\/a> Fox News\u2019 Bret Baier in a Sunday interview that Jankowicz is a \u201csubject matter expert\u201d and has no concerns regarding her objectivity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Jankowicz is] highly regarded as a subject matter expert, and I don\u2019t question her objectivity,\u201d Mayorkas replied. \u201cThere are people in the department who have a diverse range of views, and they\u2019re incredibly dedicated to mission. We\u2019re not the opinion police. She has testified before Congress a number of times. She\u2019s recognized as a tremendous authority, and we\u2019re very fortunate to have her.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said he was unaware that the appointed head of the Disinformation Governance Board, Nina Jankowicz, attempted to discredit the Hunter Biden laptop story.Republican Louisiana Sen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":1481623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1464142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1464142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1481623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1464142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1464142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1464142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}