Ousted CBS reporter reveals how network squashed Hunter Biden story

An ousted seasoned CBS newsman has written a lengthy exposure claiming to uncover details astir however the web squashed a Hunter Biden story. 

Writing connected her website, Catherine Herridge described the broadcaster's probe into the laptop arsenic a 'missed accidental for CBS News', suggesting the broadcaster failed to decently study her findings. 

Herridge said she told institution executives the laptop contained worldly astir 'a cardinal dollar retainer from a Chinese vigor firm' on with Hunter's concern texts and emails successful aboriginal October 2020. 

But aboriginal that month, during a 60 Minutes interrogation with then-President Trump, correspondent Lesley Stahl said the laptop 'couldn't beryllium verified', according to Herridge. 'As I watched the broadcast, I felt sick,' she wrote.   

It comes aft 2 IRS whistleblowers sat down with Herridge for an interrogation and told her they were banned from investigating Joe Biden amid the government's probe into his son. 

Now, Herridge is suggesting that CBS failed to decently study connected what she recovered connected the laptop.

'I had been tasked with vetting the laptop and its contents aft aggregate platforms had suppressed the story,' Herridge wrote, adding that she was commissioned by CBS News executive Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews for 'confirmed reporting' connected Hunter Biden for Evening News anchor Norah O'Donnel successful October 2020.

'Due diligence included moving the phones, reaching retired to radical connected the Hunter Biden emails for corroboration and cross-referencing tribunal records. 

'The vetted documents I collected besides indicated the laptop belonged to Hunter Biden.

'I told Ciprian-Matthews the vetted materials included a cardinal dollar retainer from a Chinese vigor firm, emails with Hunter Biden’s erstwhile concern spouse Tony Bobulinski arsenic good arsenic Hunter Biden substance messages.

'Asked by Ciprian-Matthews if determination was a “Hunter connection,” I responded, “Yes, each of them.”

'I past provided immoderate of the vetted records straight to Ciprian-Matthews. We did talk concisely connected the phone. I don’t cognize astatine this constituent what happened next.

'Based connected my reporting, and arsenic the network’s elder investigative correspondent, the CBS News investigative portion was not tasked successful October 2020 to make much reporting connected the laptop. That would person been modular practice.'

Herridge said that a 60 Minutes interrogation with then-President Trump aboriginal that period made her 'feel sick' arsenic CBS anchors told him the laptop 'can't beryllium verified'. 

'I knew the laptop records could beryllium vetted and confirmed,' she said.

'I was confused by what seemed a disconnect betwixt the CBS News part and 60 Minutes.

'It took an further 2 years for the web to broadcast a forensic reappraisal of the Hunter Biden laptop data. 

'I advocated for the study which determined that some the information belonged to Hunter Biden and it had not been tampered with. 

'Our study was broadcast successful November 2022, aft the midterm elections.'

DailyMail.com has contacted CBS News for comment.