CNN promoted Natasha Bertrand, a former Politico reporter who characterized the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop as “Russian disinfo” in an article from October 2020.

CNN announced Bertrand’s promotion to national security correspondent in a communications post Tuesday. She previously wrote an Oct. 19, 2020, story during her time at Politico titled, “Hunter Biden story is ‘Russian disinfo,’ dozens of former intel official say,'” which outlined how 51 former senior intelligence officials signed a letter stating that the emails belonging to the now-president’s son “has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”

The letter was later debunked after the Daily Caller New Foundation, The Washington Post and The New York Times confirmed the authenticity of the contents contained on the laptop.