In October 2020, Politico published an article wrongly claiming the New York Post story on Hunter Biden’s “laptop from hell” was Russian disinformation. It turns out Natasha Bertrand, who wrote the article, lied to the public even though she knew the story was true.
Then Deputy DNI for Strategy & Communications, Cliff Sims, revealed that Bertrand reached out to him for comment before publishing her propaganda story. He told her the Post story was not disinformation.
He referred her to then-Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe’s comments refuting far-left California Congressman Adam Schiff’s claims of Russian propaganda.