America First Legal Takes FEC To Court Over Collusion With Bogus Hunter Laptop Letter

Remember that letter from fifty-one IC members that publicly denounced Hunter’s laptop as ‘Russian’ misinformation? But for that suppression, key battleground states would have gone the other way. The election, too, most likely.

But none of it was true. We have since learned of direct connections between the Biden campaign and that damage control attempt.

That letter — and the failure of the FEC to do anything about it — is the foundation of this entire case. By law, if someone makes a complaint and calls for an investigation of this type, the clock starts running.

After a certain number of days of stonewalling, the statute gives recourse to a lawsuit demanding answers. With that time expired, American First Legal has gone to court demanding answers.

The brief of the case can be found at this link.

It isn’t very long (resisting the urge for a dad joke here), only 12 pages, even with all of the legalese packed in.

Here are some summary points of interest with corresponding page numbers:

Page 1:

Case identifiers, name, number description.

Reference to April 2023 House Judiciary Committee revelation about the IC letter concerning the Hunter Biden ‘Russian Information Operation’ could be traced back to the Biden campaign.

Page 2:

2. Stats about the suppressed information and its likely consequences
3. Biden campaign failed to include the ‘Letter of 51’ among its contributions
4. AFLF filed an affidavit complaint over that failure in October
5. No action has been taken for over 120 days

Pages 3-5:

6. Statutary right to file suit after 120 days
7. Asks courts to compel FEC to act on this issue

Lists parties involved.
The plaintiff, America First Legal Foundation (with description of organizations mandate and purpose)
The Defendant, The Federal Elections Commission

Jurisdiction and venue questions asked and answered.
Case background, which opens with the following lines:

(paragraph was continued on the following page)

Pages 5-11

Take a moment to notice the names ClashDaily has highlighted in that text block. That might explain a few things in hindsight, don’t you think?

For those who may not remember, this is what NBC was reporting on that same story on October 19th, 2020.

The director of national intelligence insisted Monday that there is no evidence the Russians or other foreign actors were behind the emails allegedly found on a laptop linked to Hunter Biden, even as officials familiar with the matter tell NBC News the FBI continues to probe that question.

The following paragraphs list public news stories relevant to public perception of this incident, tilting public perception in the direction of dismissing the (since authenticated) laptop as nothing more than an attempt by Russia to meddle in the general election.

Wow. That’s a LOT of defamatory buzzwords packed into just one sentence.

Paragraph 22 has an obligatory Schiff quote whipping up Russia collusion hoax fears. (Recall that he was on the gang of 8 at the time, and used his perceived authority and inside knowledge to push partisan politics.)

Here we come to the meat of the issue, page 8, paragraphs numbered 27 & 28 mention the coordinated effort by a group of people to quash this story, including members of Biden’s campaign.

Importantly, one witness claimed it was Biden’s own campaign that got the ball rolling in this attempt.

(And these same clowns have the unmitigated GALL to call for RICO charges against Trump? The should be glad they aren’t in the defendants’ seats.)

Paragraph 29 was a smoking gun and they continue to build a case from there.

29. Morell further testified that the Biden campaign “helped to strategize about the public release of the statement.” Admin. Compl. Ex. 5 at 3.

On page 9, Blinken introduces Morell to the news story and nudges him in the direction, and the relevant story was sent to him by Andrew Bates, then-director of rapid response for the Biden campaign. Morell makes it clear he would NOT have written “Letter of 51” but for the nudge he got from Blinken.

That letter became a powerful tool to protect Biden from blowback both in the debate, AND for allowing friendly media to suppress/debunk the story during the home stretch in the campaign.

Numerous paragraphs detail damage-control interaction with media, feeding them Russia-themed talking points, even leading into the debate.

Some of the authors of the letter had donated to the Biden victory fund.

The final point in this section (paragraph 42) mentions that the benefit Politico gave in sharing this story amounted to de facto advertising that they would normally charge money to include in their reporting.

What is the goal here?

The final page gives four specific forms of relief that are being requested:

A. Declare that the Commission’s failure to act on the Plaintiff’s administrative complaint is contrary to law under 52 U.S.C. § 30109(8)(A);
B. Order the FEC to conform with this declaration within 30 days pursuant to 52 U.S.C. § 30109(8)(C);
C. Award Plaintiff its costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in this action; and
D. Grant such other relief the Court may deem just and proper.

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