A reporter asked Psaki a two-point question about President Joe Biden’s son, and the top White House spokeswoman avoided getting into a discussion about the dubious laptop.
Psaki told the reporter she has “neither the time nor interest in exploring or reading” a book on the subject of Hunter Biden’s laptop about the question about its authenticity.
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The laptop included emails handling business deals with China and Ukraine, raising concerns about whether Hunter Biden was cashing in on his father’s name in international trouble spots.
Psaki followed several Biden associates in condemning the emails as a Russian disinformation campaign, comparable to the distribution of Hillary Clinton’s emails during the 2016 campaign. Social media sites and some news outlets reacted by silencing the coverage of the emails. Hunter Biden’s business activities in Ukraine also starred prominently in former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.
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The younger Biden has since been the subject of a Justice Department probe.
Psaki retweeted articles detailing the emails as Russian disinformation during the campaign last year.
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In September, after additional reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop, Psaki appeared to stick to this line as White House press secretary. “I think it’s broadly known and widely known that there was a broad range of Russian disinformation back in 2020,” she said in answer to a question on the topic.
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Psaki was asked again about whether the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation at Monday’s press briefing by New York Post reporter Steven Nelson, who cited colleague Miranda Devine’s book about the dispute, The Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide. The New York Post reported on the laptop’s contents during the campaign between Biden and Trump.
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Psaki was dismissive of the question and the book. She referred a query about Hunter Biden’s business dealings to his agents, saying he did not work for the federal government.
The younger Biden recently divested from his assets with Bohai Harvest RST Equity Investment Fund Management Co. through Skaneateles LLC.
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His attorney announced the divestiture around the time of President Biden’s virtual talk with Chinese President Xi .
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RNC Research, the Republican National Committee, took it to Twitter to denounce Psaki's failure to answer truthfully, writing: "Jen Psaki refuses to commit to transparency around Hunter Biden’s business dealings in communist China because he’s 'not an employee of the federal government.'"