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Posted on: August 26, 2022 at 10:18:56 CT
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On October 19 2020, a group of 51 former senior intelligence officials, who had served in the Trump administration and the three previous, released an open letter stating that the release of the alleged emails "has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation," adding:
We want to emphasize that we do not know if the emails, provided to the New York Post by President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, are genuine or not and that we do not have evidence of Russian involvement – just that our experience makes us deeply suspicious that the Russian government played a significant role in this case.[54][55]
During an interview with Fox News on October 19 2020, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said the laptop was "not part of some Russian disinformation campaign" and accused Adam Schiff of mischaracterizing the views of the intelligence community by describing the alleged emails as part of a smear campaign against Biden.[56] Schiff's spokesman accused Ratcliffe of "purposefully misrepresenting" the congressman's words.[57] Ratcliffe had previously made public assertions that contradicted professional intelligence assessments.[58][59][60] Several security officials criticized Ratcliffe for appearing to pre-judge its outcome.[61] The FBI has publicly stated they had "nothing to add" to Ratcliffe's remarks in response to a request for more information made by Sen. Ron Johnson.[62] The New York Times reported days after the Post story that no solid evidence had emerged that the laptop contained Russian disinformation.[63] An FBI probe seeking to determine whether the laptop was used as part of a foreign intelligence operation is still ongoing.[20][39]
On October 19 2020, a group of 51 former senior intelligence officials, who had served in the Trump administration and the three previous, released an open letter stating that the release of the alleged emails "has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation," adding:
We want to emphasize that we do not know if the emails, provided to the New York Post by President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, are genuine or not and that we do not have evidence of Russian involvement – just that our experience makes us deeply suspicious that the Russian government played a significant role in this case.[54][55]
During an interview with Fox News on October 19 2020, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said the laptop was "not part of some Russian disinformation campaign" and accused Adam Schiff of mischaracterizing the views of the intelligence community by describing the alleged emails as part of a smear campaign against Biden.[56] Schiff's spokesman accused Ratcliffe of "purposefully misrepresenting" the congressman's words.[57] Ratcliffe had previously made public assertions that contradicted professional intelligence assessments.[58][59][60] Several security officials criticized Ratcliffe for appearing to pre-judge its outcome.[61] The FBI has publicly stated they had "nothing to add" to Ratcliffe's remarks in response to a request for more information made by Sen. Ron Johnson.[62] The New York Times reported days after the Post story that no solid evidence had emerged that the laptop contained Russian disinformation.[63] An FBI probe seeking to determine whether the laptop was used as part of a foreign intelligence operation is still ongoing.[20][39]
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