The FBI and U.S. intelligence agencies reportedly classified prominent figures including Mike Pompeo, Bill Barr, Rudy Giuliani and several Republican lawmakers as potential “conduits” of Russian disinformation, according to newly released documents detailing a secret counterintelligence operation launched during the 2020 election.

Just the News reported that a spreadsheet recovered from U.S. intelligence files and released Wednesday by the White House Government Transparency Task Force contained dozens of names connected in various ways to the Biden family’s Ukraine dealings and the 2019 impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.

The document reportedly separated individuals and organizations into categories, including those considered “targets” of Russian disinformation and others characterized as “conduits” through which such information could spread.

According to the report, Democratic figures including Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Barack Obama, as well as George Soros, appeared on the list as “targets.” Pompeo and Barr, meanwhile, were reportedly classified as “conduits,” along with conservative media organizations and personalities including Fox News, One America News, filmmaker Michael Caputo and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) were also reportedly identified as “conduits” in the intelligence records.

The spreadsheet, according to Just the News, contained more than six dozen American and foreign individuals and organizations that became connected to the controversy surrounding the Biden family, Ukraine and the first impeachment proceedings against Trump.

An administration official told the outlet that the classifications were connected to a previously secret counterintelligence effort known as “Round River,” which was launched as the 2020 presidential election was underway.

The newly disclosed material also reportedly sheds additional light on the FBI’s use of confidential sources in examining allegations involving the Biden family.

According to the report, a separate FBI letter released publicly indicates that the bureau has identified at least 14 confidential informants who supplied derogatory information concerning the Bidens.

FBI Director Kash Patel addressed the matter in a letter sent to the White House Government Transparency Task Force, saying the bureau is now examining whether information gathered through Round River was subsequently used by the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force to affect other investigations.

Patel said investigators are specifically examining whether the task force used information from the counterintelligence assessment in a manner that caused investigators to focus selectively on confidential human sources whose reporting involved the Biden family.

“While our internal review of the FITF is not yet complete, we are investigating whether the FITF used information learned from the Round River assessment to undermine or influence ongoing investigations by only focusing on the subset of CHS’s (Confidential Human Sources) involving the Bidens,” Patel reportedly said in the letter.

Patel also said that the Foreign Influence Task Force has since been terminated under his leadership, while the FBI’s internal examination of its previous activities remains underway.

{Matzav.com}