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 Red State: President Donald Trump, as  expected , has signed an executive order revoking the security clearances of 51 intelligence officers who signed a letter portraying Hunter Biden’s laptop as ‘Russian disinformation’ before the 2020 presidential election. The order also authorizes further investigation into those involved in the publication of the infamous letter. It requires the "Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency" to "revoke any current or active clearances" of the listed 51 individuals. Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former CIA Directors Mike Hayden, John Brennan, and Leon Panetta, and former National Security Advisor John Bolton are on the list. ... Evidence that the newly minted 47th President is not content with simply holding people accountable who have already been publicly shamed by adding their own signatures to that letter, Trump has authorized further inve...

See also: Federal judge spots 'unconstitutional' problem with Hunter Biden pardon — then he tells the truth where Biden refused And:   Why Hunter Biden’s pardon threatens America’s legal system And:   ‘A Press Release Is Not A Pardon’: Judge Shreds Biden’s Hunter Move, Calls President A Liar  Trump-appointed Judge Mark C. Scarsi ripped into President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden on Tuesday in a filing, saying that while the president has broad authority, he cannot “rewrite history.” ...

  Since Hunter Biden has a blanket pardon his testimony should not incriminate him unless he lies.  Congress should question him about his own grift and that of his father.

 Breitbart: Lawmakers Threaten to Revoke Security Clearances of 51 Hunter Biden Laptop Deniers The 51 former intelligence officials who suggested Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation could lose their security clearances, Republican lawmakers indicated this week. The potential action of revoking the security clearances would fulfill a campaign pledge by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance. “You cannot lie, take your position of public trust, and lie to the American people for political purposes,” Vance said . “It’s disgraceful. And people have to suffer consequences for it.” ... Making false allegations for political purposes should have consequences for those who did it.  See also: Steve Bannon urges Trump to rip apart the FBI and return Mark Milley to active duty so he can face court martial

 Michael Shellenberger The media says CBS didn't do anything wrong in editing what Kamala Harris said on "60 Minutes." But it did. It made her sound articulate. By contrast, in 2020, CBS "60 Minutes" made Trump look ridiculous by *falsely claiming* Hunter Biden's laptop couldn't be verified. The media's false claims about Hunter's laptop are a disgrace and they should have known it was real from the beginning.  Did they even ask Hunter about it?  If they did and he lied wouldn't they have made that a story too? 

 Red State: ... As our Managing Editor Jennifer Van Laar reported, a bombshell report was released Tuesday by the House Judiciary Committee related to the "51 former intelligence officials" letter alleging that allegations surrounding the Hunter Biden Laptop From Hell "had all the hallmarks of Russian disinformation." A  press release from the House Intelligence Committee  summarizes some of the alarming findings: The report reveals new information detailing how the highest levels of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), up to and including then-CIA Director Gina Haspel, were made aware of the “Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails” by 51 former intelligence officials prior to its approval and publication. The report reveals important new facts, such as how some of the statement's signatories, including former Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell, were on active contract with the CIA at the time they issued the Hunter Biden statement to discredit damaging a...

  Kayleigh McEnany @kayleighmcenany · 12h Governor @DougBurgum wants CNN to ask Joe Biden why he lied to the American people, calling the Hunter Biden laptop Russian disinformation. Will they ask him? @FoxNews 181 360 1.9K 83K The Hunter laptop has been verified and Joe is still lying about it.

  American Action News: ... The press briefing was called off hours after a federal jury in Wilmington, Delaware, convicted Hunter Biden on three felony counts in connection with the 2018 purchase of a .38-caliber revolver after deliberating for slightly over three hours. Former Biden White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield, said such a cancellation was “not uncommon” shortly after “CNN News Central” co-host Boris Sanchez announced it. ... “I love my dear friend Kate here, but we know why it was canceled,” Singleton said. “Because they don’t want to deal with questions about the verdict, I understand that, and it’s okay to say, ‘Look, this is a difficult time for the president right now. We haven’t had the opportunity to digest all of this thing, we’ll get back to you guys the next day.’ Just be transparent.” ... I think they could have handled it better.  I don't think the verdict came as a surprise to the White House.  See also: Hunter Biden trial guilty v...

  It was a lie Biden told to get elected. It is further evidence of Joe Biden's dishonesty. The US intelligence officials who also declared it was "Russian disinformation" should suffer repercussions for misleading the voters. Their states are at best incompetent. They should be investigated to determine why they were so wrong.

  NY Post: “Are you kidding me?” Those are four words that no lawyer wants to hear from a judge in a hearing. But that was not the least of it for Justice Department lawyers fighting House subpoenas into the Biden corruption scandal. US District Judge Ana Reyes slammed the DOJ for stonewalling Congress on the subpoenas while imprisoning figures like former Trump adviser Peter Navarro for doing the same thing. The Biden administration has blocked the testimony of prosecutors Mark Daly and Jack Morgan, who were involved in an inexplicable decision of the Justice Department to allow major felonies against Hunter Biden to lapse. In prior hearings, IRS whistleblowers testified that they had an agreement on the table to extend the statute of limitations on the crimes, but special counsel David Weiss allowed the period to lapse without any explanation. Since the DOJ was in the midst of plea negotiations, it made no sense that the DOJ would simply kill potential charges. The handling of ...

   American Action News: Former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy said on Friday there is a noteworthy difference in the way judges are presiding over Hunter Biden’s case and former President Donald Trump’s trial. Judge Maryellen Noreika, who is overseeing Hunter Biden’s federal case in Delaware, ruled on Friday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will not be allowed to present certain evidence in the case, such as references to the president’s son being discharged from the Navy, his child support case and his upcoming tax trial , NBC News reported . Fox News host John Roberts on “America Reports” suggested the rules represents a difference in how Judge Juan Merchan has presided over Trump’s trial, which McCarthy emphatically agreed with. “So the defense wanted to keep a whole bunch of information from the jury, including references to the child support proceedings in the Arkansas case, information related to Hunter’s discharge for the navy, money allegedly spent on adult e...

 Miranda Devine: Hunter Biden’s laptop was denied, disparaged, censored — now it’s evidence of a crime ...  “The defendant’s theory about the laptop is a conspiracy theory with no supporting evidence,” says a prosecution filing signed by special counsel David Weiss. Hunter’s “laptop is real (it will be introduced as a trial exhibit) and it contains significant evidence of the defendant’s guilt.” ... One of the things we have indirectly found about this case is that we should not trust what the FBI, CIA, and big tech say about this laptop which is now evidence of crimes.  The lies appear to be in the service of political cover for Joe Biden.  In this case that looks like a motive for the lies.

 Federalist Wire: ... “This appeal is DISMISSED because the defendant has not shown the District Court’s orders are appealable before final judgment,” Judges Patty Shwartz, Cindy Chung, and D. Brooks Smith said. The first son’s trial will now take place on June 3. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika of Delaware will preside over Hunter’s case. She has filed a 3-6 day trial for the gun charges. Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty to the charges, however. But if he’s found guilty, then he could face a maximum of 25 years in prison. Two of the charges include creating false statements, and another charge is for possessing a firearm as an unlawful abuser of substances. ... Hunter Biden may be facing judgment on his past conduct. 

 Fox News: A President Biden -appointed judge slammed the Justice Department’s apparent hypocrisy on Friday for allowing attorneys involved in the Biden family investigation to defy subpoenas — even though former Trump advisor Peter Navarro is sitting in prison for doing the same thing. District Judge Ana Reyes ripped the DOJ at a status conference for not letting DOJ lawyers Mark Daly and Jack Morgan provide testimony as part of the House Judiciary Committee's investigation into the Biden family and the impeachment inquiry into the president. "There’s a person in jail right now because you all brought a criminal lawsuit against him because he did not appear for a House subpoena," Reyes said during a hearing on the Judiciary Committee’s lawsuit, according to Politico, seemingly referring to Navarro. ... Navarro was sent to prison in March for four months, charged and convicted with contempt of Congress after he refused to comply with a congressional subpoena demanding his...