Politico reported on Monday that the 2024 election is in doubt after intelligence agencies tried to discredit the Hunter Biden laptop case and pushed documents about the former president that are now known to be false. The media reported that they are warning that major institutions may become politicized under the second Trump administration.
Former President Donald Trump could politicize the intelligence community by demanding that 18 of his former officials and analysts adhere to his policies, as well as who he appoints and fires. It is said that there is. claimed To Politico. The FBI welcomes the now-discredited Steele dossier that alleges President Trump has ties to Russia, and reveals that Hunter Biden's now-certified laptop 51 former intelligence officials signed a letter alleging Russian disinformation. (Related: Former Intel employees who signed the infamous Hunter Biden laptop letter continue to work with Biden administrators)
The Daily Caller News Foundation authenticated sensitive emails from Hunter Biden's laptop in October 2020 after obtaining a copy of the device from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.First, the New York Post report He created the document on his laptop on Oct. 14, 2020, and five days later 51 former intelligence officials signed and released a letter questioning it.
Are intelligence agencies concerned about the politicization of Trump's second term? That's rich. Who knew the community employed comedians?
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The media has granted some former Trump officials anonymity to avoid backlash and openly share their experiences, but some are outspoken critics who have publicly expressed their opinions. There is.
According to Politico, most of the 18 former Trump officials and analysts emphasized that their decision to come forward was based on their belief that media coverage was out of proportion to the threat Trump posed to transforming the intelligence community.
“He wants to weaponize the intelligence community. And really, you have to look at it from a 360-degree perspective. “You can't pick and choose what you want to hear when there are so many countries that are adversaries of the United States and don't want us to be happy,” said Fiona Hill, president of the United States. he told Politico. “If he leaks information about one thing, he will partially blind us.”
In a statement to Politico, anonymous former intelligence officials claimed that Trump would corrupt the intelligence community through firings and appointments.
“Trump is going to go after the intelligence community,” one former intelligence official told Politico. “He's started that process before and he's going to do it again. Part of that process is to exterminate people and punish people.”
The newspaper said some former officials and analysts remain in contact with the former president.
“Over time, if they really intend to put flexible people in top positions, if there is true corruption in that institution, eventually enough people will It just gets replenished,” another person told Politico.
But the Trump campaign cited the Steele dossier and the Hunter Biden laptop letter as examples of the weaponization of intelligence agencies against the former president.
“President Trump has been under attack since he announced his candidacy in 2016,” Trump campaign spokesman Stephen Chan told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “From his campaign, Russiagate, the Russian collusion hoax, the debunked Steele dossier, and the spying of 51 intelligence officials who mistakenly ignored Hunter Biden's laptop from hell, the establishment “He tried to interfere in the election because he couldn't bear the choice of the United States.”He is a candidate who puts America first. ”
Trump is currently leading RealClearPolitics' average national poll shows Biden with a 2.1 point lead.
The FBI insisted that intelligence agencies incorporate the Steele dossier into their documents. report Alleged foreign interference in the 2016 election, according to Politico.
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan on Wednesday released former Secret Service agent Christopher Steele while the Justice Department indicted an FBI informant for allegedly providing false evidence of corruption involving Biden. He suggested that the company was operating under double standards. His document hook used to remove Trump from office.
One former intelligence official told Politico that the FBI “digged its own grave” by promoting the Steele dossier.
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