Pompeo hints at ‘foreign element’ behind Hunter Biden leaks

Published October 15, 2020 8:14pm ET



Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned against foreign election interference in the wake of reports that an abandoned laptop contains evidence of Hunter Biden monetizing his family ties during Joe Biden’s vice presidency.

“My mission as the Secretary of State is to do everything I can to make sure that countries aren’t propagating information in a way here,” Pompeo told Florida-based radio host Bud Hedinger. “That foreign element, that international component of this, is what the State Department is deeply focused on.”

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