After the election interference of 2016, the news media is especially wary of doing anything to further an effort by a foreign government to intervene in a presidential campaign.Īnother factor tamping down coverage of the story is that there isn’t much new in what the laptop documents appear to reveal. The FBI has been looking into whether the Russians played any role, and no official has ruled that out.Īt the same time, dozens of former intelligence officials have said the story has the hallmarks of a Russian intelligence operation. intelligence agencies have informed the White House that Giuliani has been in contact with alleged Russian intelligence agents. NBC News asked by email, text, phone call and certified mail, and was ultimately denied. Among others: Most mainstream news organizations, including NBC News, have not been granted access to the documents. The lack of major new revelations is perhaps the biggest reason the story has not gotten traction, but not the only one. The Biden campaign denies the meeting happened.
Trump and his allies alleged that means Joe Biden has lied when he said he never discussed his son’s business roles.
Leaving aside the many questions about their provenance, the materials offered no evidence that Joe Biden played any role in his son’s dealings in China, let alone profited from them, both news organizations concluded.Īs to Ukraine, a single email published by the New York Post suggests Joe Biden may have had a meeting with a representative of a Ukrainian company that employed his son. But the Wall Street Journal and Fox News - among the only news organizations that have been given access to key documents - found that the emails and other records don’t make that case.
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