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DNI Ratcliffe: Russia disinformation not behind published emails targeting Biden; FBI reviewing - USA TODAY
Oct 19, 2020 57 secs

The DNI said emails purportedly from a laptop belonging to Hunter.

Biden are not tied to Russian disinformation.

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said Monday that recently published emails purporting to document the business dealings of Hunter Biden are not connected to a Russian disinformation effort, even as federal authorities continued to review whether the material was part of such a campaign.

The FBI, according to a person familiar with the matter, has been investigating at least in part whether the material, allegedly drawn from a laptop owned by Biden and provided to the newspaper by Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, may be tied to a Russian influence operation aimed at undercutting Biden's father and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

More: FBI probing whether emails in New York Post story about Hunter Biden are tied to Russian disinformation.

"Hunter Biden's laptop is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign," Ratcliffe told Fox, though quickly adding that the intelligence community "has not been involved.".

The director said the computer is in the possession of the FBI, adding that the bureau's inquiry does not "center" on a possible Russian disinformation effort.

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