Blinken Denies Asking For Hunter Biden Laptop Letter

Secretary of State Antony Blinken denies soliciting what became a letter signed by 51 former intelligence officials suggesting the Hunter Biden laptop story could be part of a Russian disinformation operation just weeks before the 2020 election.

The topic came up after the GOP-led House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees disclosed portions of a transcribed interview in which former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell talked about putting together the letter following a conversation with Blinken in October 2020.

“With regard to that letter, I didn’t – it wasn’t my idea, didn’t ask for it,...