Hunter Biden fact check: Falsehoods in spotlight after Clapper claims laptop letter was ‘distorted’

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Hunter Biden himself later tried to claim falsely the intelligence community concluded his laptop was some sort of Kremlin smear campaign. “All we were doing was raising a yellow flag that this could be Russian disinformation. Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, boards Air Force One with the president, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, N.Y. Biden is traveling to Camp David in Maryland after visiting with family members following the passing of Michael Hunter, the brother of the president's first wife, Neilia Hunter Biden. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Patrick Semansky/AP“The intent of the letter was that this could be Russian disinformation — emphasis on could,” Clapper told the outlet. Neera Tanden, now the staff secretary to Joe Biden, also shared the article that day.
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