President Donald Trump disbanded the FBI office that prompted Big Tech companies to believe that the Hunter Biden laptop bombshell was tied to a Russian disinformation campaign.
The FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force briefed social media platforms about a so-called Russian hack-and-leak operation in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election. Weeks later, the New York Post published its explosive reporting on the Biden laptop.
Social media companies—freshly briefed by the task force—immediately censored the spread of the laptop story, supporting claims by the Biden campaign that the laptop was part of a Russian disinformation effort.
Worse yet, the FBI knew the laptop was real but refused to confirm its authenticity, effectively shielding the Biden campaign from scrutiny and helping secure a favorable election outcome.
The laptop confirmed that then-Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden had lied about his involvement in Hunter’s shady business dealings, which ultimately triggered years-long criminal and congressional investigations. […]
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