James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence in the Obama administration, signed the heavily scrutinized letter just weeks before the 2020 presidential election, claiming the laptop had "all the earmarks" of a Russian effort to influence the vote.
"No," he simply said when asked by Fox News Digital if he regretted signing it despite the laptop now being used by prosecutors arguing Hunter committed a federal gun crime.
Despite claims from former officials that the laptop had the hallmarks of Russian disinformation, Fox News Digital reported that federal investigators with the Department of Justice knew in December 2019 that Hunter Biden’s laptop was "not manipulated in any way" and contained "reliable evidence."
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- Politico reports on letter from intel officials who claimed laptop was Russian disinformation
- Twitter uses Big Tech might to block Hunter Biden story and punish New York Post
- ’60 Minutes’ insists laptop cannot be verified during Trump interview
- NPR calls laptop story a ‘distraction’ and says it doesn’t want to ‘waste’ readers' time
- Joe Biden dismisses son's laptop during debate against Trump
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