Michael Morell, the CIA director under former President Barack Obama, donated $1,000 to former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign in November, according to campaign disclosures.
Morell became an infamous political character after organizing a letter from 51 former spy chiefs that falsely alleged the New York Post’s reports on Hunter Biden’s “Laptop from Hell” appeared to be Russian disinformation, a House Judiciary Committee report found.
Morell’s claim, reported as fact before the 2020 general election, was proven false in 2024 by Biden’s Justice Department in Hunter Biden’s court documents.
But the damage appeared complete. It took the establishment media more than a year to admit the story was false:
- Hunter’s laptop holds “authentic communications that can be verified,” the Washington Post admitted after not pursuing the story for 532 days.
- CNN also finally admitted Hunter’s “Laptop from Hell” was authentic 532 days after the initial story broke on October 24, 2020.
- After nearly two years, the New York Times reported the emails from Hunter’s laptop were his.
