James Clapper Backpedals on Hunter Biden Laptop Story

The former director of national intelligence warned in 2016 that the New York Post’s scoops could be Russian deception.

AP/Cliff Owen, file
The national intelligence director, Lieutenant General James Clapper, testifies on Capitol Hill, January 10, 2017. AP/Cliff Owen, file

In an interview with the Washington Post’s “fact-checker,” a former director of national intelligence, Lieutenant General James Clapper, contends that Politico misled the public about a letter he and 50 other former intel officials signed during the 2020 presidential campaign warning that the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story could be Russian deception. 

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