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Fake ‘Intelligence’ Document Set Up Hunter Biden Story

October 29, 2020 at 7:15 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“One month before a purported leak of files from Hunter Biden’s laptop, a fake ‘intelligence’ document about him went viral on the right-wing internet, asserting an elaborate conspiracy theory involving former Vice President Joe Biden’s son and business in China,” NBC News reports.

“The document, a 64-page composition that was later disseminated by close associates of President Trump, appears to be the work of a fake ‘intelligence firm’ called Typhoon Investigations.”

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