Two former FBI intelligence officials charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden's laptop

Summary

Two former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference were charged on Friday 23 October with making false statements about their roles in investigating the origins of Hunter Biden's laptop in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, PBS NewsHour, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported. The Inquirer reported, citing lawyers, that an ex-FBI official who briefed Congress on foreign interference ahead of the 2020 election had been charged, and that the two had been charged with making false statements to Congress about Hunter Biden's laptop. CNBC, citing the Justice Department, reported that the two were charged with allegedly lying about the Hunter Biden probe, attorneys for one of the ex-FBI officials slamming the Trump administration for filing the 'nonsense charges' just before the midterm election.

Latest: Two former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference were charged with making false statements about their roles in investigating the origins of Hunter Biden's laptop in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, The Philadelphia Inquirer, PBS NewsHour and ABC News reported, CNBC reporting that attorneys for one of the ex-FBI officials slammed the Trump administration for filing the 'nonsense charges' just before the midterm election.

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