Republican leaders have asked former Central Intelligence Agency chief operating officer Andrew McCridis for information about the spy agency’s potential role in casting Hunter Biden’s “hell laptop” as Russian disinformation. requested that it be provided. politiko The report cited the names of 51 former intelligence community employees, according to a letter obtained exclusively by Breitbart News.
Makridis will retire from the CIA at the end of 2022 after four years as COO, the agency’s No. 3 position. He currently serves as a senior advisor to Beacon Global Strategies. give advice Regarding national security issues.
Establishment media used information that is now discredited. politiko A story to spread a false and misleading story about the origins of Hunter’s laptop. President Joe Biden also cited the article as a defense against former President Donald Trump’s probing questions about Biden’s business during the 2020 debate.
According to a poll, 71% of Americans believe accurate reporting about Hunter’s “laptop from hell” could have changed the 2020 presidential election.
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In February, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Michael Turner (R-Ohio) issued a statement titled “The CIA’s Potential Regarding October 2020 Public Statement.” “Documents and communications relating to knowledge and involvement” were obtained. That publication. ”
Republicans then specifically asked Makridis to provide “insight” into the agency’s potential involvement in the disinformation.
We requested documents and communications regarding the CIA’s potential knowledge and involvement in the matter prior to the publication of its public statement in October 2020.
On February 7, 2024, the CIA provided limited documents to the committee, including unclassified emails. The documents show that after the CIA’s Prepublication Review Board received the draft public statement, it referred the statement to the Office of the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for review. We understand that his COO, who is the third-highest ranking official within the CIA, rarely reviews such publications.
According to publicly available information, you served as COO of the CIA from 2018 to 2022. As such, you may have significant insight into the CIA’s potential involvement and approval of the October 2020 statement. We need your testimony to further our monitoring. We therefore request that you appear immediately for the transcription of your interview with the Committee.
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