US elections: FBI investigates Russian election interference in laptop scandal – foreign policy



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Two and a half weeks before the US presidential election it will be really dirty again!

Now the FBI is getting involved in the scandal surrounding the alleged corruption of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

This is what it’s all about: The US tabloid “New York Post” reported Wednesday that it had access to data from an old laptop that Biden’s son Hunter (50) had used.

The newspaper tried in recent days to link Joe Biden to his son Hunter Biden’s earlier deals in Ukraine and China. The newspaper published emails alleging that Hunter Biden was trying to cash in on his father’s office as vice president at the time.

The newspaper also evaluated the emails as evidence that Joe Biden, contrary to his testimony, knew about his son’s controversial foreign business. Joe Biden denies being guilty of this.

But: the authenticity of the emails has not been confirmed.

How the emails reached the public is also questionable. They are said to have been found on a laptop in a repair shop.

The “New York Post” received a hard drive copy last weekend from Rudy Giuliani (76), Trump’s longtime personal attorney and close confidante, who had investigated the “dirt” on the Bidens in Ukraine during months.

The copy was made by the owner of the repair shop before the FBI seized the laptop in December 2019, the newspaper reported.

US-Präsident Donald Trump (74) und Rudy Giuliani (76)Photo: DON EMMERT / AFP

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President of the United States, Donald Trump (74) and Rudy Giuliani (76)Photo: DON EMMERT / AFP

FBI warned Trump about disinformation from Russia

The Washington Post reported Thursday that intelligence services had warned the White House last year that Giuliani could be the target of Russian electoral influence.

Citing four former officials, the newspaper said the assessment was based on information, including intercepted communications, showing that Giuliani had contact with people related to Russian intelligence.

The newspaper also reported that national security adviser Robert O’Brien had warned Trump that Giuliani’s information was falsified by Russia; Trump had ignored this warning.

One thing is for sure: Hunter Biden worked for a controversial Ukrainian oligarch, while his father was the US vice president responsible for Ukraine.

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