According to a House Committee, the CIA was involved in putting down the Hunter Biden laptop controversy.

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) may have been instrumental in downplaying the Hunter Biden laptop scandal ahead of his father’s election as president in 2020, a new interim report by the House Judiciary Committee suggests. The letter, authored by a host of former intelligence officials, falsely claimed the whole affair was a Russian disinformation operation. One of the letter’s signatories, former CIA analyst David Cariens, said he was approached by an employee of the intelligence agency and asked if he would sign the document. The letter was endorsed by five former CIA directors and a litany of other former senior officials, and claimed the story had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.” Subsequent investigation has revealed the reports were based on genuine documents obtained from the younger Biden’s laptop. The House Oversight Committee is investigating multiple Biden family members and associates for taking payments from Chinese companies in exchange for undefined services.

The report also cites former acting CIA director Michael Morell, who testified that Biden's presidential campaign had played a role in the creation of the letter. Morrell admitted that one of the letter's purposes was to "help Vice President Biden" and wanted to give Biden a talking point to push back on Donald Trump during debates. The committee has requested the CIA disclose further information on its interactions with the signatories of the statement, but the intelligence agency has failed to comply.