The FBI secretly labeled journalists, senior Trump administration officials and members of Congress as conduits of Russian disinformation, newly declassified documents show.
An FBI operation codenamed “Round River” worked to paint derogatory information about former President Joe Biden, corruption and Ukraine supplied by confidential human sources as Russian disinformation. The so-called “Ukraine narrative” included information about the Biden family, Burisma, Hunter Biden and Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election.
A White House Transparency Task Force helmed by journalist John Solomon declassified two document sets on Wednesday night: A slide deck describing the Round River operation from Trump’s Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and a spreadsheet of persons of interest in the operation.
The FBI’s distinction between “conduits” of Russian disinformation and “targets” of Russian disinformation is clear. The bureau classified Republicans as the perpetrators and Democrats as the victims.
Former Attorney General Bill Barr, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Rep. Jim Jordan, former Rep. Devin Nunes, One America News Network correspondent Chanel Rion and Solomon were among the individuals the FBI smeared as instruments of a Russian psyop.
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