April 22, 2023 7:52am EDT
White House accuses House Judiciary Republicans of 'highly misleading' Hunter Biden leak
White House spox Ian Sams pointed to fuller transcript of former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell's testimony to lawmakers and said House Republicans were misleading the media
By Chris Pandolfo | Fox News
White House spokesman Ian Sams accused House Judiciary Committee Republicans and Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, of making a "highly misleading selective leak" regarding Secretary of State Antony Blinken's alleged role in discrediting the Hunter Biden laptop story.
In a letter sent to Blinken Thursday, Jordan and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner, R-Ohio, revealed testimony from former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell, who said Blinken, then a senior adviser to President Biden's campaign, was "the impetus" of the public statement signed by current and past intelligence officials that claimed the Hunter Biden laptop was part of a Russian disinformation campaign.
"We are examining that public statement signed by 51 former intelligence officials that falsely discredited a New York Post story regarding Hunter Biden’s laptop as supposed Russian disinformation," the Republicans wrote. "As part of our oversight, we have learned that you played a role in the inception of this statement while serving as a Biden campaign advisor, and we therefore request your assistance with our oversight."
They alleged that Morell's testimony showed 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."
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