The committees investigating the matter have sought information from the CIA, but the report indicates that the agency remains uncooperative.
The House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees have obtained evidence that an active CIA employee may have recruited signatories for a now-infamous letter in which intelligence community veterans falsely categorized the Hunter Biden laptop as Russian disinformation in a bid to swing the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden.
“The Committees have evidence that an employee affiliated with the CIA may have assisted in obtaining signatories for the statement,” reads a soon-to-be released report from the committees. “One signer of the statement, former CIA analyst David Cariens, disclosed to the Committees that a CIA employee affiliated with the agency’s Prepublication Classification Review Board (‘PCRB’) informed him of the existence of the statement and asked if he would sign it.”
The report further stated that the committees “have requested additional material from the CIA, which has ignored the request to date.”
Former acting CIA Director Michael Morell has stated that his efforts to solicit signatories for the letter was motivated by a call from now Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who has denied involvement.
By John Solomon and Ben Whedon
