{"id":5794,"date":"2023-09-22T22:59:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T22:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5794"},"modified":"2023-09-22T23:03:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T23:03:49","slug":"dhs-adds-to-team-officials-who-called-the-hunter-biden-laptop-story-russian-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5794","title":{"rendered":"DHS adds to team officials who called the Hunter Biden laptop story \u2018Russian disinformation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/hunter-biden-laptop-story\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Department of Homeland Security has sparked controversy by adding to its Intelligence Board multiple members who signed on to the now-debunked 2020 letter saying the Hunter Biden laptop story was \u201cRussian disinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, House Republicans want answers, saying the new additions bring into question the federal group\u2019s credibility and impartiality.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour decision to appoint members to this group who have demonstrated political bias suggests misplaced priorities,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n

House Committee on Homeland Security Chair Mark Green, R-Tenn., and August Pfluger, R-Texas, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence, sent the letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the appointees.<\/p>\n

The appointments in question include former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan, and former Associate Deputy Attorney General for the Department of Justice Tashina Gauhar.<\/p>\n

The letter points out they were among the intelligence officials that influenced the last presidential election when they \u201cincorrectly implied the New York Post\u2019s reporting about Hunter Biden\u2019s political influence peddling was the product of Russian disinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat statement was used by various media organizations and social media businesses to downplay and censor the Post\u2019s reporting before the 2020 presidential election,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n

These new members were added to DHS\u2019 new Homeland Intelligence Experts Group, which is tasked with providing advice to DHS\u2019s Office of Intelligence and Analysis.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother member of this newly-created group, then-Associate Deputy Attorney General for the Department of Justice Tashina Gauhar, was extensively involved in the Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s probe into baseless allegations that former President Trump\u2019s campaign colluded with Russia,\u201d the letter said \u201cThese are just a few notable examples of concerning actions by some of the members appointed to the group that call into question the group\u2019s neutrality.\u201d<\/p>\n

The controversy comes as the border remains in crisis with millions of illegal immigrants coming into the U.S. in recent years. As The Center Square\u00a0reported<\/strong><\/a>, in the Texas town of Eagle Pass, Mayor Rolando Salinas Jr. declared a state of emergency this week as thousands of migrants have poured into his town.<\/p>\n

So far, more than 50 counties in Texas alone have declared a state of emergency. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott officially has declared an invasion of his state citing the millions of migrants, a sentiment he reiterated earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Other border states have had similar troubles, but it is not just an issue in border states.<\/p>\n

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has raised the alarm about his city\u2019s difficulty in keeping up with the influx of migrants, one of several large metro areas north of the border feeling the impact<\/strong><\/a> of the increase in migrants.<\/p>\n

The high number of migrants has become a political thorn in President Joe Biden\u2019s side, and for now, it seems likely to remain into the next presidential election.<\/p>\n

\u201cRather than focus on addressing the catastrophic border crisis or I&A\u2019s shortcomings to live up to its original purpose to equip the Homeland Security Enterprise, especially, our State, Local, Tribal and Territorial law enforcement partners, with timely intelligence and information, these actions appear to politicize the Department\u2019s homeland security mission,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n

DHS did not respond to a request for comment in time for publication.<\/p>\n

Casey Harper
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