<p>House Republicans will subpoena the 51 intelligence veterans who signed a letter suggesting the Hunter Biden laptop story could be part of a Russian disinformation operation, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) pledged on Saturday.</p>
<p>The commitment from McCarthy, who is positioned to become speaker of the House next term, comes as Twitter CEO Elon Musk works with multiple journalists to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-fourth-installment-of-the-twitter-files-is-released" target="_blank" rel="noopener">release &#8220;The Twitter Files,&#8221;</a> including internal messages about efforts to suppress the spread of reporting about the contents of the laptop ahead of the 2020 election.</p>
<p>During an appearance on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;One Nation,&#8221; McCarthy was teed up to discuss ways in which Republicans would conduct investigations into Twitter once they take over the lower chamber. He said it is &#8220;egregious what we&#8217;re finding&#8221; and focused on the dozens of former intelligence officials whom critics have <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/10/19/its-been-two-years-since-51-intelligence-agents-interfered-with-an-election-they-still-wont-apologize/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused of election interference</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Those 51 intel agents that signed a letter that said the Hunter Biden information was all wrong — was Russia collusion — many of them have a security clearance,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/kevin-mccarthy-pledges-subpoenas-51-intel-agents-wake-hunter-biden-revelations-twitter-files" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McCarthy said</a>.</p>
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<p>The signees, which include former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former CIA Director John Brennan, <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000175-4393-d7aa-af77-579f9b330000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned in the letter</a> that the October 2020 arrival of reporting about the laptop &#8220;has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.&#8221; Going further than what the letter said, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/19/hunter-biden-story-russian-disinfo-430276" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico used a headline</a> that said the former intelligence officials were claiming the story was &#8220;Russian disinfo.&#8221; Then-candidate Joe Biden, the father of Hunter, used the letter to <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house-gop-demand-records-from-ex-intel-officials-about-hunter-biden-laptop-letter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cast doubt on the laptop story</a> during one of his debates with then-President Donald Trump.</p>
<p>McCarthy said the intelligence veterans would be subpoenaed and brought before a committee to address the letter about the laptop, many of the contents of which have since been <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/hunter-biden-laptop-data-examined/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analyzed and shown to be authentic</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Why did they sign it?&#8221; McCarthy asked. &#8220;Why did they lie to the American public? A Clapper, a Brennan? Why did you use the reputation that America was able to give to you — more information — but use it for a political purpose and lie to the American public?&#8221;</p>
<p>McCarthy also said Facebook and Google should be scrutinized, claiming they &#8220;became an arm of the Democratic Party and the arm of government,&#8221; and asserted these tech companies should not have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-case-challenging-big-techs-section-230-legal-protections" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Section 230 legal protections</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/incoming-gop-chairman-sends-warning-shot-to-all-twitter-employees-tied-to-hunter-biden-laptop-controversy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hunter Biden probe</a> is one of many that Republicans are gearing up to conduct after they won a slim majority in the House in the 2022 midterm cycle. In a House floor vote set for next month, McCarthy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/andy-biggs-to-challenge-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker-position" target="_blank" rel="noopener">needs the support of a simple majority</a> of members to become speaker. He is being challenged by at least one Republican, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/andy-biggs-to-challenge-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker-position" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ)</a>, who has argued that McCarthy has been disloyal to Trump and encouraged colleagues to “reinvigorate the America First movement.&#8221;</p>

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