{"id":1933501,"date":"2023-05-18T14:55:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T18:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reps-jim-jordan-mike-turner-threaten-to-subpoena-cia-in-hunter-biden-laptop-investigation\/"},"modified":"2023-05-18T14:57:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T18:57:31","slug":"reps-jim-jordan-mike-turner-threaten-to-subpoena-cia-in-hunter-biden-laptop-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reps-jim-jordan-mike-turner-threaten-to-subpoena-cia-in-hunter-biden-laptop-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan and Turner may subpoena CIA in Hunter Biden laptop probe."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Freps-jim-jordan-mike-turner-threaten-to-subpoena-cia-in-hunter-biden-laptop-investigation%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=1933501&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--><h2>Republican Chairmen Threaten to Subpoena CIA Over Hunter Biden Laptop Claims<\/h2>\n<h3>House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) are taking action to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-media-satirical-play-man-in-headdress-claims-u-s-brought-retardation-to-natives\/\" title=\"Chinese Media 'Satirical Play': Man in Headdress Claims U.S. Brought 'Retardation' to Natives\">address claims<\/a> of CIA involvement in an intelligence community letter to discredit reports on Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop.<\/h3>\n<p>Last week, the two Republican-controlled House committees published a report alleging the CIA\u2019s Prepublication Classification Review Board (PCRB) reviewed and approved an October 2020 letter by 51 former U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-military-officials-unite-in-opposition-to-biden-admins-iran-deal\/\" title=\"Israeli Military Officials Unite in Opposition to Biden Admin\u2019s Iran Deal\">intelligence community officials<\/a>. The letter alleged reports about the contents of Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop had \u201call the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.\u201d The Republican report also alleged a PCRB employee may have recruited signatories for the letter discrediting the negative reporting about Hunter Biden and his father, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The laptop materials, which were first reported by the New York Post, indicated Joe Biden knew about his son\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-travel-lid-for-wednesday-an-hour-after-bobulinski-interview-airs\/\" title=\"Biden Calls Travel Lid for Wednesday an Hour After Bobulinski Interview Airs\">foreign business dealings<\/a> despite having denied such knowledge throughout the 2020 election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan and Turner sent a letter (pdf) to CIA Director William Burns on Wednesday, requesting that the agency turn over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reps-jim-jordan-mike-turner-threaten-to-subpoena-cia-in-hunter-biden-laptop-investigation\/\" title=\"Jordan and Turner may subpoena CIA in Hunter Biden laptop probe.\">additional documents relating<\/a> to its involvement in the October 2020 intelligence community letter. The Republican chairmen threatened to use their subpoena power to compel the intelligence agency to divulge its records.<\/p>\n<h3>PCRB\u2019s Role in Intel Community Letter<\/h3>\n<p>According to the May 10 Republican report (pdf), former CIA officials played an active role in recruiting signatories for the letter discrediting the Hunter Biden laptop reports.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The report alleges U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who was working for the Biden campaign at the time, reached out to former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell on Oct. 17, 2020, to discuss the intelligence community letter.<\/li>\n<li>Morell, an Obama-era CIA official, was quick to agree to the plan and actively recruited other signatories.<\/li>\n<li>On Oct. 19, 2020, two days after discussing the letter with Blinken, Morell sent a final draft of the letter to the PCRB for review.<\/li>\n<li>Morell told the CIA board \u201c[t]his is a rush job, as it need to get out as soon as possible.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>According to the Republican report, the signatories hoped to give then-candidate Joe Biden a \u201ctalking point\u201d to defend against the Hunter Biden laptop reporting during his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">final presidential debate<\/a> with Donald Trump.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Republican chairmen are determined to get to the bottom of the CIA\u2019s involvement in the intelligence community letter and are willing to use their subpoena power to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Jordan and Mike Turner, Republican chairmen of the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees, respectively, are considering subpoenaing the CIA to address allegations of its involvement in an intelligence community letter discrediting reports on Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop. 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