“Leaked bits and pieces of an intel assessment to push a false narrative,” says White House Press Secretary
“We have seen this playbook run before… leaked bits and pieces of an intel assessment to push a false narrative. And it’s to the same reporter, I will add —NatashaBertrand of CNN — who has done this in the past. In 2020…
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“We have seen this playbook run before… leaked bits and pieces of an intel assessment to push a false narrative. And it’s to the same reporter, I will add —NatashaBertrand of CNN — who has done this in the past. In 2020, it was Natasha Bertrand who had 51 intelligence analysts falsely lie to her… that the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation,” says White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

