The FBI ran a secret operation to discredit corruption allegations against the Biden family as “Russian disinformation,” including allegations that Hunter Biden accepted money from Ukrainian interests in exchange for influence, according to intelligence documents declassified by the Trump White House.

A newly released summary report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence says the covert counterintelligence operation, code-named “Round River,” began ahead of the 2020 election around December 2019, notably during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment proceedings on Democrat-initiated charges that he coerced Ukraine into digging up damaging information about his 2020 presidential opponent Joe Biden.