Ex-intel official reported Hunter Biden laptop letter was ‘deception operation,’ DOJ asked to probe
Recent complaint came from senior advisor to DNI during the Obama administration.
By Steven Richards and John Solomon
Published: May 31, 2026 11:28pm
Aformer senior intelligence community official under President Barack Obama reported concerns earlier this year that the Hunter Biden laptop letter signed by 51 former intelligence officials in 2020 bore characteristics “consistent with coordinated intelligence deception operations,” according to a memo the ex-official submitted to the intelligence community inspector general.
The concerns have now been referred to the Justice Department, a remarkable turnabout for a letter that was used six years ago to censor factually based concerns about Biden family corruption.
The October 2020 open letter–released as voters were making final decisions about whether to reelect Trump or elect Democrat Joe Biden–was signed by ex-intelligence officials including former National Intelligence Director James Clapper, former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and former CIA Director John Brennan.
Thomas Kuhns, the former official who submitted the memo recently to the Intelligence Community Inspector General, was a Senior Intelligence Officer and former advisor to the Deputy Director of National Intelligence during the Obama administration.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/ex-obama-intel-official-referred-hunter-biden-letter-over-concerns
