51 former intel officials, including John Brennan and James Clapper, signed on to an op to aid their preferred presidential candidate in the closing weeks of an election.

Six years ago today, Politico and Natasha Bertrand ran the Dirty 51 'Russian disinfo' story re: Hunter's laptop.

The op was designed to give Joe Biden a talking in his debate with Trump, three days later:

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