Trump to Revoke Security Clearances of ‘Spies Who Lie’ Agents who Falsely Stated Hunter Laptop was Russian Disinformation

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The 51 intelligence officials who vehemently stood by the lie that the reporting surrounding Hunter Biden’s laptop, which was left at a Delaware computer shop, were false are about to lose their security clearances. According to a report, the so-called “Spies Who Lie” that suggested Hunter’s laptop had “the classic earmarks” of Russian disinformation ahead of the 2020 election, will have their clearances suspended by Trump.

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Fox News reports, citing a senior administration official familiar with the matter, that the repeal of the clearances will be part of the “flurry” of executive orders Trump plans to sign on day one as President. A Trump official confirmed to The Post on Sunday the incoming president is expected to sign more than 200 executive orders after he is sworn in as president.

After the New York Post released the bombshell reporting about the laptop leading up to the election between Biden and Trump, the national security “experts” signed a letter alleging the lot of emails “has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation” without presenting any new evidence.

A copy of the hard drive was given to The Post, simultaneously, as the computer was handed over to the FBI by the computer shop’s owner in 2019.

Many of the officials have even stood by the 2020 letter despite federal authorities eventually confirming that the laptop belonging to President Biden’s son was authentic. an IRS whistleblower told Congress in a 2023 deposition that the FBI verified its authenticity in November 2019.

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Information revealed from the laptop “included allegations of foreign influence-peddling, drug use and other lurid activities by the first son” notes the Post. Specifically, emails from the device “showed that the younger Biden introduced his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, to a top executive at a Ukrainian energy firm where Hunter, 54, sat on the board.”

A lawyer who was representing seven of the signatories claims there “continues to be by many a calculated or woefully ignorant interpretation of the October 2020 letter” signed by the ex-officials.

“It served as nothing more than a warning letter of what we have known for decades: certain foreign governments — including Russia — continue to try and actively interfere in our domestic affairs and our guard must remain vigilant,” Mark S. Zaid said at the time.

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