FBI-Election-Interference-Report-FINAL--10-30-24-.pdf

FBI-Election-Interference-Report-FINAL--10-30-24-.pdf

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ELECTION INTERFERENCE: HOW THE FBI “PREBUNKED” A TRUE STORY
ABOUT THE BIDEN FAMILY’S CORRUPTION IN…

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
“But, when we get hauled up to [Capitol] hill to testify on why we
influenc…

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months, the FBI led Big Tech to believe that the allegations in the Post story were Russian
di…

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recognized and received information that the Biden family influence peddling allegations were
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• WHO: Russia. The FBI repeatedly warned Big Tech of a potential influence operation
by Russia…

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“FBI tipped us all off last week that this Burisma story was likely to emerge”
—Oct. 14, 2020, …

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• 9:09 AM ET: “Exact content expected for hack and leak.”
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• 9:10 AM ET: “Right on schedule.…

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changed by the time the story broke on October 14: the Head of Electoral and Emerging Risk for
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it, applying “safety” warnings, and blocking the ability to send it via direct message.44 Althou…

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of President Trump.51 The FBI’s protestations that it is not biased against conservatives ring
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...........................................................…

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I. Background
“Hack & Leak[.] FBI tipped us all off last week that this Burisma
story was li…

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with its MDM Advisory Subcommittee—featuring Big Tech executives and disinformation
pseudo-sc…

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II. After the FBI obtained the laptop with information on Biden family corruption in
late 201…

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The FBI raised warnings about a potential hack-and-leak operation in meetings between
the FBI…

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“But, when we get hauled up to the hill to testify on why we influenced the 2020 elections we c…

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testified that he first learned that the FBI was in possession of a laptop attributed to Hunter…

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Q. What about the individuals on the Russia unit?
A. I would assume the unit chief was also a…

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1. FITF Bilateral Meetings
From February 10, 2020 to October 14, 2020, the FBI’s FITF met over…

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campaign in the past via other hack-and-leak operations, “that’s certainly one of the tactics […

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documents obtained by the Committee and Select Subcommittee show that the federal agencies
an…

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From the beginning, the platforms understood what the FBI was doing. During the July
15, 2020…

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In a September 16, 2020, USG-Industry meeting, Big Tech and federal agencies
discussed “hack …

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Finally, on October 7, 2020, just one week before the Post article on Biden family
influence …

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According to Facebook’s readout, “[t]he discussion focused on efforts to identify and
mitigat…

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companies.
111 In September 2020, the Big Tech companies participating in these meetings
con…

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including the oil company “Burisma.”
115 In fact, the week before the Post story broke on Octo…

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“[W]e won’t be able to prove they were ‘hacked’, but . . . we will hear from our trusted secret…

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oligarchs have used banks to avoid sanctions,” and asked, “Is this what we were anticipating?”
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The discussion continued with one Facebook employee noting that a leak may be
“imminent.”
127…

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employee, U.S. government “partners” believed that the hack and leak “could happen as soon as
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Consistent with Facebook’s internal discussions, internal Microsoft notes taken during a
USG-…

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D. Social media companies changed their policies on hacked materials and started
“inoculating”…

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“We know that one of the most effective techniques to counter a hack/leak is to inoculate the
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“We plan to expand [the hack-and-leak] policy…because our threat intelligence teams assess
th…

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meetings, during which a potential Russian hack and leak involving the Bidens and Burisma had
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Zuckerberg asked specifically about how the company’s new policy would apply “[i]f a
legitima…

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“In September 2020, we announced a hacked political materials policy.”
—Aug. 5, 2020 email bet…

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with the hackers themselves,” and “likely would have restricted the sharing of links related to…

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A few months later, in September 2020, Aspen Digital hosted a tabletop exercise about a
hack-…

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III.Big Tech censored the true story, and the FBI hid key information, while millions
voted
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did not act to suppress the story, their failure to censor it would threaten their relationship…

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• 9:10 AM ET: “Right on schedule.”
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• 9:14 AM ET: “[Facebook employee] is not in touch wit…

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“But it’s pretty much exactly what we pregamed”
—Oct. 14, 2020 internal messages among Faceboo…

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As confusion reigned, platforms immediately reached out to the FBI. For example,
Facebook’s l…

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New York Post story.
195 This meant that Facebook took two steps “in the ensuing hour or two” …

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B. Big Tech reached out to the FBI and the FBI hid key information.
While social media compani…

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General Counsel, who said “no further comment” and shut down all subsequent conversation on
t…

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Q. On that call with that IA [Intelligence Analyst] who’s in the Criminal
Investigative Divis…

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conversations, and the FITF Section Chief was made aware.211 The FITF decided on this course
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A. I can say there were internal deliberations with a number of parties, and
then -- but I ca…

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“[T]hey did confirm that FBI has the laptop and it’s being review [sic] ‘as part of a
crimina…

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4. The USG-Industry Meeting
The laptop again came up during the USG-Industry meeting scheduled…

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In minutes from this USG-Industry meeting, describing the discussion of the New York
Post sto…

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A. I don’t remember all of them. I’m pretty sure there was – I usually – I
remember that it wa…

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FITF meeting, in which an FBI analyst appeared to confirm the existence of the laptop with a
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“Exact content expected for hack and leak . . . Right on schedule.”
—Oct. 14, 2020, internal m…

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responded, after conducting an analysis, that the content “violates hacked policy,” subject to …

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The Facebook employees also debated whether Hunter Biden could be considered a
“prominent per…

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of the Post article had been “outrageous.”
255 These concerns were shared at lower levels of t…

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returns, while demoting leaked content like the Post story that might be damaging to the other
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Internal Facebook messages also suggest that Facebook’s leadership decided to continue
to dem…

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days.266 During these seven days of Facebook censorship, over 30 million Americans voted in
t…

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Q. Once you found out about the story, again, to your recollection, walk me
through what you …

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In November 2020, in the aftermath of the Post debacle, Twitter amended its policy on
the dis…

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best of my recollection, it would have been in October 2020, but there were
public announceme…

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team conducted an analysis of whether the article or laptop were part of a Russian hack-and-lea…

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from various products,” including YouTube, to provide a short verbal brief on TAG’s
understan…

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On October 15, 2020, a Facebook employee (and former FITF official) called Elvis Chan
“as a f…

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“FYI: starting to get stronger murmurs from the IC substantiating the Burisma hack”
—Oct. 15, …

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a statement falsely claiming that the Biden family influence peddling story bore all the hallma…

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IV. Epilogue: The fight against FBI election interference continues
The FBI, through the FITF,…

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Committee, “you can’t have a casual chat with an FBI agent when you’re an executive at a
comp…

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as in 2020, Elvis Chan remains the primary point of contact at the FBI for the meetings.324 The…

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In the wake of the Committee’s and Select Subcommittee’s oversight, and increased
public atte…

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the digital town square, the risk of government infringement on Americans’ free expression will…

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V. Appendix
Table of Contents
Exhibit 1: Internal emails among Facebook personnel (Sept. 21, …

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Exhibit 22: Scheduling emails between FBI and Facebook personnel (May 12, 2020) 193
Exhibit 23…

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Exhibit 42: Emails from FBI to Big Tech participants scheduling FITF Bilateral meetings (Oct.
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Exhibit 63: Agenda emails between CISA and Facebook personnel (Sept. 1-15, 2020) 413
Exhibit 6…

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Exhibit 85: Emails between Facebook personnel and DNI staff (Sept. 24, 2020) 488
Exhibit 86: A…

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Exhibit 106: Internal messages among Facebook personnel (Oct. 14, 2020) 560
Exhibit 107: Inter…

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This presentation explores how the FBI coordinated with Big Tech to suppress critical information regarding Hunter Biden's influence peddling before the 2020 election. It highlights the FBI's advance warnings about a 'hack-and-leak' operation and the subsequent censorship of a significant New York Post story, altering voter awareness and potentially the election outcome.

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