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In connection with the recent New York Post report on the so-called “Ukraine scandal” about the rich man of US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, some 50 former US chiefs and intelligence officials raised the possibility of an operation by Russia.
Politico, a US political media outlet, reported on 19 (local time) that more than 50 former heads of intelligence agencies and officials sent letters alleging the possibility of an operation by Russia.
They signed the letter and included Leon Paneta, John Brennan and former CIA Director Michael Hayden.
On the 14th, the New York Post introduced Biden’s son Hunt Biden to Vadim Pozharskyi, a member of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, where he worked in 2015, and this was the ‘Smoking Gun’ of the Ukrainian scandal. ‘(Clear evidence) reported.
The New York Post reported that Pozharskiy had obtained an email sent on April 7, 2015 to Hunter Biden, who was serving as a director of Burisma at the time.
The New York Post report raised further suspicions from a coalition, in addition to existing allegations from Trump Camp that Biden was pressuring Ukrainian prosecutors to stop an investigation into his son’s burisma in 2016, when he was in office. . .
However, former heads of intelligence agencies and officials said in the letter that they “have characteristics typical of Russian intelligence operations” in connection with the email mentioned by the New York Post.
They noted that their experience with national security raised a deep suspicion that the Russian government played a significant role in this case.
They stressed that “there are a number of factors that make them suspicious of Russia’s involvement”, although there is no concrete evidence as to whether the email is genuine or not.
They assessed that such intelligence operations were in line with Russia’s goal of “intensifying political turmoil and division in the United States, and helping President Trump scratch Biden.”
“There is an ‘incentive’ in Russia to do whatever it takes to help President Trump or weaken Biden’s candidate,” President Trump said trailing Biden in several polls. As the focus is on people’s clear mistrust, he stressed that the ‘laptop operation’ is a perfect fit. “
They added, “If we (our judgment) are correct, this is Russia’s attempt to influence this year’s presidential election,” and added: “We strongly believe that the American people need to know this.”
US intelligence officials have concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 US presidential election and continued to warn of possible Russian intervention in this year’s presidential election.
However, John Ratcliffe, director of the National Intelligence Service (DNI), said on the 19th that the information contained in the notebook mentioned by the New York Post “is not part of a campaign of false information by Russia,” Politico said.
Major American media outlets have taken a cautious approach, saying they cannot verify the authenticity of emails reported by the New York Post.
Biden has always denied the Ukraine scandal, saying, “I have never talked to my son about my son’s business abroad.”
Biden Camp also denied any contact with Bursma staff regarding this email.
The New York Post reported on the basis of an email on laptop hardware entrusted to a computer repair shop in Delaware in April of last year.
However, Trump staff were found to have been involved in the complaint process, with information on who owned the laptop and who entrusted it.
Former President Trump and far-right bookmaker Steve Bannon informed the New York Post of the hardware late last month, with former Mayor Giuliani turning it over to the New York Post on the 11th.
The New York Times reported that New York Post reporters, who reported on the ‘Ukrainian suspicion’ of Biden’s rich man on the 18th, declined to mark the signature due to concerns about the credibility of the article.
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