A senior FBI official allegedly confirmed the authenticity of the controversial Hunter Biden laptop to Twitter on the same day the New York Post published a story about its contents.
This story was subsequently censored by Twitter. Laura Dehmlow, the section chief of the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF), shared this information during her testimony to the House Judiciary Committee and Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
According to Dehmlow, a Twitter employee inquired about the laptop’s authenticity during a meeting with the FITF on October 14, 2020. An FBI representative confirmed the laptop’s authenticity before another participant interjected with a “no comment” statement. The FITF also had a meeting with Facebook later that day, where the social media giant was only told “no comment” when a similar question was posed about the laptop’s authenticity.
it has come to light that a senior FBI official allegedly confirmed the authenticity of the controversial Hunter Biden laptop to Twitter on the same day the New York Post published a story about its contents. This story was subsequently censored by Twitter. Laura Dehmlow, the section chief of the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF), shared this information during her testimony to the House Judiciary Committee and Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
According to Dehmlow, a Twitter employee inquired about the laptop’s authenticity during a meeting with the FITF on October 14, 2020. An FBI representative confirmed the laptop’s authenticity before another participant interjected with a “no comment” statement. The FITF also had a meeting with Facebook later that day, where the social media giant was only told “no comment” when a similar question was posed about the laptop’s authenticity.
Dehmlow’s testimony indicates that an analyst from the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division, who was embedded in the FITF, began to confirm the laptop’s authenticity before being interrupted. The decision to stick with “no comment” was not made by Dehmlow, but she did not reveal who made that call.
The laptop in question is believed to have belonged to Hunter Biden and was abandoned at a Delaware repair shop before being seized by the FBI. The New York Post’s story, which was published just weeks before the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, detailed questionable business dealings involving Hunter Biden and potential ties to his father, Joe Biden. The story was blocked by Twitter and its spread was limited by Facebook, citing a violation of their rule against sharing “hacked” materials.
This incident has raised concerns among Republicans about a possible coordinated effort involving Big Tech and government agents to suppress damaging information about the Bidens in the lead-up to the 2020 election. Meanwhile, Democrats have downplayed the temporary social media clampdown on the story. Current and former Twitter and Facebook executives have admitted that cracking down on the story was a mistake.
Dehmlow’s testimony indicates that an analyst from the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division, who was embedded in the FITF, began to confirm the laptop’s authenticity before being interrupted. The decision to stick with “no comment” was not made by Dehmlow, but she did not reveal who made that call.
The laptop in question is believed to have belonged to Hunter Biden and was abandoned at a Delaware repair shop before being seized by the FBI. The New York Post’s story, which was published just weeks before the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, detailed questionable business dealings involving Hunter Biden and potential ties to his father, Joe Biden. The story was blocked by Twitter and its spread was limited by Facebook, citing a violation of their rule against sharing “hacked” materials.
This incident has raised concerns among Republicans about a possible coordinated effort involving Big Tech and government agents to suppress damaging information about the Bidens in the lead-up to the 2020 election. Meanwhile, Democrats have downplayed the temporary social media clampdown on the story. Current and former Twitter and Facebook executives have admitted that cracking down on the story was a mistake.
