FIRST ON FOX: South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham sent a letter to each of the 51 former intelligence officials who signed a memo suggesting the Hunter Biden laptop had the hallmarks of Russian disinformation.
“In your letter, you claimed that the laptop story was ‘Russia trying to influence how Americans vote,’” Graham’s letter read to former CIA directors Leon Panetta and Michael Hayden, former Director of National Intelligence [DNI] James Clapper and 48 others.
“I ask you to respond publicly to one simple question: if you knew then what you know now about the laptop, would you still have signed the October 19, 2020 letter?”
Graham, a Republican, has previously suggested yanking the security clearances of officials who signed the letter.
Vice President-elect JD Vance pledged during the campaign that the incoming Trump administration would strip the clearances of all 51 signatories.
Sen. Lindsey Graham sent a letter to each of the 51 former intelligence officials who signed a memo suggesting the Hunter Biden laptop had the hallmarks of Russian disinformation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
REPUBLICAN SENATOR SAYS TRUMP SHOULD NOT PARDON HUNTER BIDEN
Over the summer, Fox News Digital asked all 51 officials whether they regretted signing on to the now-debunked letter.
“No,” Obama-era DNI James Clapper responded.
Mark Zaid, an attorney representing seven of the signatories, said it was “patriotic” for his clients to sign on to the letter.
“There continues to be by many a calculated or woefully ignorant interpretation of the October 2020 letter signed by fifty-one former intelligence officials concerning Hunter Biden’s laptop,” Zaid said.
Greg Treverton, a signatory who previously served as chair of the National Intelligence Council, defended the letter in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Over the summer, Fox News Digital asked all 51 officials whether they regretted signing on to the now-debunked letter claiming Hunter Biden’s laptop appeared to be…
