As you probably remember, investigative reporter Catherine Herridge was laid off by CBS News earlier this year. At the time, her superiors kept her confidential files related to her investigation of Hunter Biden and his laptop. The files were eventually returned to her after her union got involved.
All of that seems relevant as Herridge now has her own site reporting news called Catherine Herridge Reports. Yesterday, she wrote about her experience trying to vet the Hunter Biden laptop at CBS News back in 2020.
I had been tasked with vetting the laptop and its contents after multiple platforms had suppressed the story. Due diligence included working the phones, reaching out to people on the Hunter Biden emails for corroboration and cross-referencing court records. The vetted documents I collected also indicated the laptop belonged to Hunter Biden.
I told [CBS News executive Ingrid] Ciprian-Matthews the vetted materials included a million dollar retainer from a Chinese energy firm, emails with Hunter Biden’s former business partner Tony Bobulinski as well as Hunter Biden text messages.
Asked by Ciprian-Matthews if there was a “Hunter connection,” I responded, “Yes, all of them.”
I then provided some of the vetted records directly to Ciprian-Matthews. We did speak briefly on the phone. I don’t know at this point what happened next.
What she does know is that “the CBS News investigative unit was not tasked in October 2020 to develop more reporting on the laptop.” Instead, Herridge said she felt sick when she watched a 60 Minutes interview with President Trump in which Lesley Stahl said of the laptop, “It can’t be verified.” Herridge knew that wasn’t true and that at least some elements had already been verified through her effort. By contrast, in an interview with Joe Biden, Norah O’Donnell asked if Biden believed the laptop was part of a Russian disinformation effort. Biden suggested it was and got no pushback for saying so. […]
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