That they were going to put out was false at that point. of it was confirmed by the ic and by the department of justice. but they decided another the it anyway. this was two weeks before a presidential election. thaw knew that the letter that they were putting out was essentially a hoax, a fraud on the american people intended to mislead them. and in the process, to frame a foreign government for something that was not taking place. you know, that is, you know, that is a fraud on the american people, it s election interference, and, you know, this was the group same group of people like mike morrell who tried to do it in 2016 with the steele dossier where they weren t successful, came back in 2020 and, again, knowing full well deliberately went ahead to mislead the american people and essentially said, look, we only need to keep this alive for two weeks. after that we can admit that the biden family laptop is real, but then it ll be too late, and that s exactly what happened.