🗞️ Story file #881
Two former FBI officials charged with lying to Congress about Hunter Biden probe
Oct 23, 12 PM ET to Oct 24, 5 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean
- 40outlets carried it
- 🫏16 · 6 · 17🐘left · center · right
- 17 hourson the front pages
- 40front pages at once, at its peak
- 3radio newscasts
👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.
- Oct 23, 12 PM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
- Oct 23, 1 PM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
- Oct 23, 7 PM ETpeak: on 40 front pages
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
📡 wire copy: 3 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (The Hill, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner)
📌 linked by aggregators: Google News Real Clear Politics Political Wire
💬 quoted: “Nonsense”
🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 officials arrested
✏️ 4 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- Fox News (2 wordings): “Ex-FBI officials arrested in Hunter Biden laptop probe as testimony comes under scrutiny” → “Ex-FBI officials arrested in Hunter Biden laptop probe as testimony faces scrutiny”
- New York Post (2 wordings): “Two ex-FBI officials were charged Friday for lying to Congress that they had little involvement in investigations into Hunter Biden.” → “FBI officials who covered up Hunter Biden laptop charged with lying to Congress”
- Star Tribune (2 wordings): “2 ex-FBI intelligence officials are charged with lying about Hunter Biden's laptop” → “2 ex-FBI officials charged with lying about involvement in investigation into Hunter Biden's laptop”
- The Gateway Pundit (2 wordings): “BREAKING: Two Former Senior FBI Officials Arrested For Lying to Congress About Hunter Biden Laptop Investigation” → “Watch Live: Two Former Senior FBI Officials Arrested For Lying to Congress About Hunter Biden Investigation and More! The WAR Zone Podcast With Wayne Allyn Root Presented by The Gateway Pundit”
Every outlet's first headline (40), left to right by AllSides rating
HuffPost
2 Ex-FBI Officials Charged With Making False Statements About Hunter Biden’s Laptop Oct 23, 12 PM ET
Raw Story
Ex-FBI officials face charges in Hunter Biden laptop probe days before midterms: report Oct 23, 12 PM ET
The Guardian
Two ex-FBI officials charged with lying about investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop Oct 23, 1 PM ET
The New Republic
“Nonsense”: Trump DOJ Charges Former FBI Officials Over Hunter Biden Oct 23, 4 PM ET
AP
Ex-FBI official who briefed Congress on 2020 foreign interference is charged, her lawyers say Oct 23, 12 PM ET
Axios
DOJ accuses ex-FBI officials of lying about Hunter Biden probe Oct 23, 3 PM ET
CBS News
2 ex-FBI officials charged with lying about Hunter Biden's laptop Oct 23, 11 AM ET
CNBC
Two ex-FBI officials charged with allegedly lying about Hunter Biden probe: DOJ Oct 23, 4 PM ET
CNN
First on CNN DOJ brings criminal charges against FBI officials it believes hampered Biden corruption investigation Oct 23, 11 AM ET
Mediaite
Former FBI Officials Appear in Court on DOJ Claims They Lied About Hunter Biden Laptop Investigation Oct 23, 3 PM ET
NBC News
DOJ charges two former top FBI officials who were frequent targets of Trump allies Oct 23, 6 PM ET
NPR
Ex-FBI employees charged with lying to Congress over Hunter Biden inquiries Oct 23, 1 PM ET
New York Times
Two Former F.B.I. Officials Charged With False Statements About Hunter Biden Oct 23, 3 PM ET- Star Tribune 2 ex-FBI intelligence officials are charged with lying about Hunter Biden's laptop Oct 23, 12 PM ET
The Independent
Trump DOJ charges ex-FBI officials who briefed Congress on Hunter Biden laptop and election interference Oct 23, 12 PM ET
Yahoo News
2 former FBI officials charged with lying to Congress about Hunter Biden laptop probe Oct 23, 1 PM ET
Bloomberg
Ex-FBI Officials Charged Over Testimony on Hunter Biden Probe Oct 23, 1 PM ET
News Nation
Former FBI agents surrender, charged with lying to Congress Oct 23, 12 PM ET
Reuters
Ex-FBI officials charged with lying to Congress about Hunter Biden probes Oct 23, 1 PM ET
Straight Arrow News
2 ex-FBI officials charged with lying to Congress about Hunter Biden’s laptop Oct 23, 3 PM ET
The Hill
Ex-FBI officials charged with lying to Congress about Hunter Biden probe Oct 23, 4 PM ET
WSJ
Former FBI Officials Charged With Lying to Congress About Hunter Biden Probe Oct 23, 12 PM ET
Just the News
Two ex-FBI officials charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden's laptop Oct 23, 11 AM ET
The Epoch Times
2 Former FBI Officials Charged With Making False Statements About Hunter Biden’s Laptop Oct 23, 12 PM ET
Washington Examiner
Former FBI officials charged with lying to Congress about Hunter Biden investigations Oct 23, 1 PM ET
Fox News
Ex-FBI officials arrested in Hunter Biden laptop probe as testimony comes under scrutiny Oct 23, 12 PM ET
IJR
DOJ charges two former FBI officials over testimony on Hunter Biden probes Oct 23, 3 PM ET
New York Post
Two ex-FBI officials were charged Friday for lying to Congress that they had little involvement in investigations into Hunter Biden. Oct 23, 12 PM ET
Newsmax
2 Fmr FBI Officials Charged Over Hunter Biden's Laptop Oct 23, 1 PM ET- OAN DOJ: 2 fmr FBI officials charged with lying to Congress about involvement in Hunter Biden’s laptop probe Oct 23, 1 PM ET
PJ Media
Book 'Em: Feds Arrest FBI Deep Staters Who Lied to Congress (and America) About Hunter Biden Laptop Oct 23, 3 PM ET
Red State
FBI Agents Charged for Lying to Congress About Hunter Biden's Laptop Oct 23, 2 PM ET
The Blaze
Former FBI agents arrested for allegedly LYING to Congress about Hunter Biden laptop Oct 23, 3 PM ET
The Daily Wire
Former FBI Officials Charged With Lying About Hunter Biden Case Oct 23, 12 PM ET
The Federalist
Breaking News Alert *** Breaking *** Former FBI Officials Charged With Lying To Congress About Hunter Biden Probes Breaking *** Oct 23, 4 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit
BREAKING: Two Former Senior FBI Officials Arrested For Lying to Congress About Hunter Biden Laptop Investigation Oct 23, 1 PM ET
The Post Millennial
BREAKING: Two former FBI officials arrested for lying to Congress about Hunter Biden investigation Oct 23, 1 PM ET
The Western Journal
Two Former Top FBI Officials Arrested in Connection with Hunter Biden Investigation Oct 23, 1 PM ET
Townhall
Two Former Senior FBI Officials Were Arrested Today for Lying to Congress Oct 23, 1 PM ET
The Washington Sun
Two Ex-FBI Agents Are Arrested as the Hunter Biden Laptop Scandal Returns Oct 23, 5 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
📻 On the radio
- NPR News Now, Oct 23, 8:09 PM ET: story 2 of 7
- NPR News Now, Oct 23, 1:34 PM ET: story 3 of 5
- ABC News Update, Oct 23, 1:06 PM ET: story 3 of 7
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it
🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.
🗣️ names in it: Federal Bureau of Investigation Hunter Biden Congress of the United States CNN
🔎 Checking
what the fact-checkers looked into
🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.
🧵 Persistence
the running story it belongs to
🌱 A story of its own so far: no saga yet.