Mike Morell was the former acting CIA director, serving for two months in 2011 and four months from 2013-13: he retired from the CIA in September 2013

Morell was asked by Antony Blinken, then a senior campaign official, to help rally former intel chiefs to say Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation

Morell recently testified before the House Judiciary Committee and said he coordinated a letter because he wanted to help Joe Biden's electoral chances 

A retired CIA leader coordinated a letter from former intelligence chiefs claiming that Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation because he wanted to help Joe Biden's presidential campaign.

Mike Morell told the House Judiciary Committee that he was asked by Antony Blinken, the Secretary of State - who at the time was a senior member of the Biden campaign - to help discredit the laptop reporting.

Morell was a former acting CIA director, serving for two months in 2011 and four months from 2012 to 2013. He retired from the CIA in September 2013.