Newly declassified documents from the White House transparency task force reveal several top Republican and conservative figures were labeled “conduits” for Russian disinformation for their part in pushing for further investigations into allegations against the Bidens and ties to Ukraine.
The code name, Round River, which was an FBI counterintelligence operation as part of the bureau’s Foreign Influence Task Force leading up to the 2020 elections, was described by a White House official as a “counterintelligence operation” to “neutralize certain narratives,” including the investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop and the Biden family’s ties to Ukraine’s Burisma Holdings.
The recently declassified documents identified several Republicans, including high-ranking officials, such as former Attorney General Bill Barr, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and the late Lindsey Graham, as conduits for Russian misinformation.
In contrast, the operation warned that figures like George Soros, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, and former Secretary of State John Kerry are “targets” for Russian disinformation.
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