{"id":2392771,"date":"2025-01-20T15:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T20:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-take-immediate-action-against-all-51-intel-officials-who-called-hunter-bidens-laptop-russian-disinformation\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T15:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T20:56:46","slug":"trump-to-take-immediate-action-against-all-51-intel-officials-who-called-hunter-bidens-laptop-russian-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-take-immediate-action-against-all-51-intel-officials-who-called-hunter-bidens-laptop-russian-disinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to Take Immediate Action Against All 51 Intel Officials Who Called Hunter Biden&#8217;s Laptop Russian Disinformation"},"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\">34<\/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%2Ftrump-to-take-immediate-action-against-all-51-intel-officials-who-called-hunter-bidens-laptop-russian-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=2392771&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--><p>A recent report suggests that former \u2062President Donald Trump plans \u200cto revoke teh security clearances of 51 \u2062national \u2062security officials who signed a 2020 letter asserting\u2064 that the information from hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop was part of a Russian disinformation campaign. \u200bProminent signatories included former intelligence leaders like James Clapper and John Brennan. A 2023 investigation by House committees revealed \u2064that the Biden campaign,specifically antony Blinken,played \u200da role in shaping the content of the letter,which aimed to downplay the\u2063 laptop&#8217;s revelations during \u2062the\u2064 presidential election. <\/p>\n<p>Public testimony \u200cindicated that the Biden campaign&#8217;s involvement sought to\u200c suppress the laptop story, impacting voters&#8217; decisions.\u200b Critics labeled the\u200c signatories &#8220;Spies\u200d Who Lie,&#8221;\u200d noting that some were active CIA contractors at the time. The \u2062letter&#8217;s implications highlighted concerns regarding politicization within the intelligence community and emphasized the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">signatories&#8217; special security credentials<\/a>, which \u200dlent credibility to their statements.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A new report said payback could be coming for 51 national security officials who said in a crucial pre-election letter in 2020 that the contents of Hunter Biden&rsquo;s laptop being released in the media were Russian disinformation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/trump-suspend-security-clearances-national-security-officials-behind-hunter-laptop-letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> is reporting that President Donald Trump will revoke the security clearances of the signatories to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/npr-editor-reveals-station-ignored-hunter-biden-laptop-story-laptop-newsworthy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public letter<\/a>, which claimed the revelations from the laptop had &ldquo;all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Those signing the letter included former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who later appeared as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-taliban-takeovers-paints-gloom-in-afghanistan-biden-vows-to-stay-out-of-it\/\" title=\"As Taliban Takeovers Paints Gloom In Afghanistan, Biden Vows To Stay Out Of It\">national security analyst<\/a> with CNN, and former CIA Director John Brennan, who has appeared on MSNBC as a security analyst.<\/p>\n<p>A 2023 investigation by two House committees found that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-biden-laptop-strikes-photos-appear-show-committing-2-crimes-camera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden campaign<\/a> and former Secretary of State Antony Blinken were both linked to the efforts to downplay the contents of the laptop in the days before the 2020 presidential election. Blinken was an adviser to the campaign at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyt-admits-conservatives-known-year-hunter-biden-laptop-real\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contents of the laptop<\/a> have been verified as authentic.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/2023-04-20-jdj-mt-to-blinken-re-public-statement-on-hunter-biden-s_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to Blinken asking for a response to the revelation of his role in the creation of the letter, House Judiciary Committee&nbsp;Chairman Jim Jordan and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner quoted testimony from Michael Morell, a former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, that a phone call from Blinken was the impetus for him to draft the letter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That same day, October 17, you also ed Morell an article published in USA Today alleging that the FBI was examining whether the Hunter Biden laptop was part of a &lsquo;disinformation campaign.&rsquo; The very bottom of the  you sent to Morell included the signature block of Andrew Bates, then-director of rapid response for the Biden campaign,&rdquo; the letter said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-must-pull-security-clearances-of-officials-with-sympathy-for-iran-pompeo-and-other-ex-trump-officials-say\/\" title=\"Pompeo and ex-Trump officials urge Biden to revoke security clearances of Iran-sympathetic officials.\">revoke security clearances<\/a> of 51 former intelligence officials <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z2IzjjXmcQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/z2IzjjXmcQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Axios (@axios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1881307507450143220?\">January 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Morell told lawmakers that members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/intel-officials-signed-letter-discredit-hunter-biden-laptop-story-hit-two-word-demand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden campaign<\/a> were deeply involved in the release of the statement, according to the letter.<\/p>\n<p>The letter noted that Morell said the letter was intended, in part, to help former President Joe Biden win the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Based on Morell&rsquo;s testimony, it is apparent that the Biden campaign played an active role in the origins of the public statement, which had the effect of helping to suppress the Hunter Biden story and preventing American citizens from making a fully informed decision during the 2020 presidential election,&rdquo; the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This concerted effort to minimize and suppress public dissemination of the serious allegations about the Biden family was a grave disservice to all American citizens&rsquo; informed participation in our democracy,&rdquo; the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/new-testimony-reveals-secretary-blinken-and-biden-campaign-behind-infamous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> from the House Judiciary Committee noted, &ldquo;Although the statement&rsquo;s signatories have an unquestioned right to free speech and free association &mdash; which we do not dispute &mdash; their reference to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-accuse-gop-of-cherry-picking-evidence-in-hunter-biden-laptop-case\/\" title=\"Democrats charge the GOP with&quot; cherry-picking&quot; the proof in the Hunter Biden laptop case.\">national security credentials lent weight<\/a> to the story and suggested access to specialized information unavailable to other Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Calling them &ldquo;Spies Who Lie,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/25\/us-news\/cia-admits-some-spies-who-lie-were-active-contractors-as-records-show-internal-fear-of-long-run-harm-of-letter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported last year that some of the 51 signatories were active CIA contractors at the time of the October 2020 letter.<\/p>\n<p>The letter was billed as being written by former members of the intelligence community.<\/p>\n<p>The Post wrote that an interim report on the letter &ldquo;shows the potential dangers of a politicized intelligence community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some of the signatories of the statement were on the CIA payroll at the time as contractors and others had special access to CIA facilities,&rdquo; the interim report noted.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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According to Fox News, President Donald Trump plans to revoke the security clearances of those who signed the letter, which claimed that the laptop&#8217;s revelations exhibited &#8220;all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.&#8221; Among the signatories were former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former CIA Director John Brennan, both of whom have since worked as analysts for major news networks. A 2023 investigation by two House committees revealed connections between the Biden campaign and former Secretary of State Antony Blinken in efforts to downplay the laptop&#8217;s contents prior to the 2020 election, with Blinken serving as an adviser at that time. The authenticity of the laptop\u2019s contents has since been confirmed. In correspondence with Blinken regarding his involvement in drafting this letter, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner referenced testimony from Michael Morell, a former Deputy CIA Director, who stated that a call from Blinken prompted him to write it. The letter also highlighted Morell\u2019s assertion that members of Biden\u2019s campaign were significantly involved in releasing this statement aimed at aiding Joe Biden&#8217;s election bid by suppressing information about Hunter Biden. The committee criticized this coordinated effort as detrimental to informed democratic participation among American citizens while acknowledging free speech rights for those involved. Additionally, some signatories were reportedly active CIA contractors when they signed this October 2020 letter, raising concerns about politicization within intelligence agencies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2392772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Donald-Trump-19.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32528,33064,48862,3634],"class_list":["post-2392771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-hunter-biden","tag-intel-officials","tag-russian-disinformation","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Donald-Trump-19.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392771","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2392771"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2392775,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392771\/revisions\/2392775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2392772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2392771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2392771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2392771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}