https://www.wsj.com/articles/hunter...te-debate-truth-11675377236?mod=hp_opin_pos_1 Hunter Biden Claims His Laptop And asks his dad’s government to target his critics. By Kimberley A. Strassel Feb. 2, 2023 6:18 pm ET Hunter Biden did some reckless things, is unhappy people found out, and so is now doing something equally reckless. Oh, and by the way, that laptop really is his. That’s the news out of a batch of letters sent this week by Hunter’s attorneys. They are demanding federal and state prosecutors and the Internal Revenue Service launch investigations into those involved with distributing the contents of “Mr. Biden’s files” from his infamous laptop. The Washington Post amusingly framed this as a Hunter-gets-“aggressive”-with-his-critics story, relegating the real news to the 20th paragraph: “In filing the complaint, however, Biden’s lawyers seem to be conceding that some of the data that has been made public is his private information.” Oh? The complaints are in fact an extraordinary admission that Hunter—and his father, President Joe Biden—have misled the country for years. When the New York Post on Oct. 14, 2020 (three weeks before the election) published emails that it said came from a Hunter laptop dropped off at a Delaware repair shop, the information was immediately branded Russian disinformation by the media, a claque of “former intelligence officials” and the Biden campaign. This provided a rationale for social-media companies to shut down the story despite this column’s reporting that Hunter’s own business partner—Tony Bobulinski—confirmed the authenticity of key documents on the laptop. This week’s letters show that Hunter also knew the laptop’s contents were real—yet he continued to mislead. In an April 2021 CBS News interview, Hunter was asked point-blank: “Was that your laptop?” He said he didn’t know. Pressed further he said: “There could be a laptop out there that was stolen from me. It could be that I was hacked. It could be that it was Russian intelligence. It could be that it was stolen from me.” By floating the Russkie canard, Hunter continued to cast doubt on the information’s legitimacy. Like son, like father. In the run-up to final presidential debate on Oct. 22, 2020, a Biden campaign official declared: “If we see tonight from Donald Trump these attacks on Vice President Biden’s family, I think we need to be very, very clear that what he’s doing here is amplifying Russian misinformation.” When Mr. Trump in that debate did bring up “the laptop from hell,” Joe Biden said it was a “bunch of garbage” and cited the “50 former national intelligence folks who said that what . . . he’s accusing me of is a Russian plan.” Mr. Biden said that more than once. His spokeswoman Jen Psaki again called the laptop story Russian disinformation in late 2021. There are two possibilities here: Hunter misled the Biden team or his father misled the nation. Either way, it was the current occupant of the White House who fed the country “garbage.” Now Hunter’s attorneys have sent letters to the Justice Department and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings asking for criminal probes, including into John Paul Mac Isaac, the owner of the computer repair shop who gave the laptop to the feds and a copy of its contents to Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. The letters complain that, “Mr. Mac Isaac’s intentional, reckless, and unlawful conduct allowed for hundreds of gigabytes of Mr. Biden’s personal data” to be circulated on the internet. That would be from Hunter’s very real laptop. The letters also demand investigations into a half-dozen political figures who accessed the laptop’s information. A separate letter requests that the IRS investigate the nonprofit status of Marco Polo, a group that published the laptop’s contents. This is about as ill-considered as every other Hunter move—from trading on his family name to engaging in suspicious art sales. The letters may be his idea of going on offense now that House Republicans are investigating his business dealings; he may imagine it will influence U.S. Attorney David Weiss’s ongoing investigation into the same. What it actually does is land—yet again—the Biden White House in an ethically fraught sinkhole. Because this comes down to Hunter asking employees and buddies of his dad to pursue a vendetta on his pampered behalf. Classic. How’s it going to look if, at the demand of the president’s son, the Justice Department unleashes the full force of the federal government on the people who exposed Hunter’s problematic foreign dealings, including documents that raise questions about Joe Biden’s knowledge of those affairs? Or if Ms. Jennings—a self-proclaimed lifelong friend of the Bidens who once worked under Hunter’s brother, Beau—snaps to command? Or if the IRS—with all its baggage—moves to strip the status of a conservative nonprofit at Hunter’s insistence? The mainstream media only last year roused itself to acknowledge that the laptop was real. These letters constitute further omelet on the faces of those who spent so long denying. Let’s see if the liberal press can now bother to point out the unseemly ethics of the president’s progeny demanding that federal and state law enforcement jail his critics. The Big Guy just can’t shake his Hunter problem. Write to kim@wsj.com. Appeared in the February 3, 2023, print edition as 'Hunter Claims His Laptop'.
A reminder the WSJ refused to publish the story, while the WSJ opinion section is a different story with different standards.
Ex-Twitter execs grilled on Hunter Biden laptop ‘censorship’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/tech...dates-hunter-biden-laptop-censorship-hearing/ excerpt: A congressional hearing today represents a moment of political reckoning more than two years in the making — and a chance for the House’s new Republican majority to use its investigative powers to embarrass both President Biden and Big Tech, with an assist from their new ally Elon Musk. The House Oversight Committee is grilling three former Twitter executives on the company’s 2020 decision to block users from sharinga controversial New York Post story about Joe Biden’s son Hunter and the scandalous contents of a laptop that allegedly belonged to him. That decision, which Twitter later reversed, has become the right’s go-to example of what it views as anti-conservative “censorship” by Silicon Valley social media firms — even though the company’s leaders have long since agreed it was a mistake. more at the link
the language this story is rather hilarious. the NYP story was not controversial, rather the decision to block it was. the story itself was factual, as events have borne out. And the laptop did not allegedly belong to Hunter, it has been confirmed to be his, by no less than Hunter himself. and is the WaPo saying Elon is BigTech/Biden's ally, or the "new Republican majority?" if the latter, is not Twitter a part of Big Tech?
new book out today by Steve Krakauer Media censorship of Hunter Biden laptop story was horrible and then it got even worse Hunter Biden laptop coverage went from guilt and fear to revisionist history https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/med...den-laptop-story-horrible-then-got-even-worse here's the book
OPINION: Hunter Biden Has Some Explaining to Do https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/opinion/joe-biden-hunter.html excerpt: Up until this point, the Biden family has — publicly, at least — brushed off Republican threats: “Lots of luck!” Joe Biden told them last fall. Jill Biden simply asserts that “Hunter is innocent.” But even the most optimistic Democrats know Hunter Biden has some explaining to do. The Justice Department has been investigating him since 2018. Last fall, The Washington Post quoted sources close to the inquiry saying the department had enough evidence to charge him with criminal violations regarding tax crimes and lying on a federal form. Of course, cheating on your taxes and lying on a form are nothing compared with the operatic tale of corruption at the highest levels spun out by Tucker Carlson et al. But the president’s Hunter Biden problem goes beyond the strict letter of the law. All Republicans want to do is conjure the clingy atmosphere of deviousness that Hillary Clinton never escaped. Last month, Hunter Biden introduced a daring tactic in his defense: His legal team requested that the Delaware attorney general, the Justice Department and the I.R.S. investigate the key figures responsible for perpetuating the laptop story and disseminating his personal information without his permission. As wild as the accusations against him are, the one nugget of irreducible truth is Hunter Biden’s privilege. It has served him as a just-about-literal get-out-of-jail-free pass. The same is true for countless other politicians’ kids — certainly including Donald Trump’s. But pointing out the double standard won’t be enough to defang Republican criticism. And neither will just waiting for it all to blow over. more at the link
Hunter Biden sues laptop repair shop owner, citing invasion of privacy The lawsuit, a countermove against John Paul Mac Isaac, escalates the legal battle surrounding the president’s son at a sensitive moment https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/17/hunter-biden-lawsuit-computer-repairman/ excerpt: “This is not an admission by Mr. Biden that Mac Isaac (or others) in fact possessed any particular laptop containing electronically stored data belonging to Mr. Biden,” the filing says. “Rather, Mr. Biden simply acknowledges that at some point, Mac Isaac obtained electronically stored data, some of which belonged to Mr. Biden.” more at the link
Hahahaha yeah I hope we also figure out why the Saudis gave Jared 2 billion huh. Can you remind me what job title hunter holds in the white house? Remind me what jared did again? The Maga cult is so dumb
With all due respect, I think there is a thread about that family as well. Happy St Patty's day brother.
Hunter Biden undoubtedly traded on his dad's name and position. Distasteful and possible illegal. However, it ain't hsit compared to real issues like the billionaire funded propaganda campaign to massively redistributeincomed to them form the lower 90% etc.-- all to the approval of the little commodores, tinmans etc. How about climate denying by conservatives etc. etc. The fascination by the usual suspects reflects poorly on their intellects imho Yawn.
I wont be shocked if Hunter sold out on his Dad`s name, the dude was obviously unhinged at times in his life and if he did anything illegal, he should be prosecuted. I say this for anyone on either side of the aisle, but where is the outrage from the right about Jared getting billions from the saudi`s and Ivanka getting so many patents in China while she was "working" on behalf of the USA?
Isn't there a thread about Trump/Jared Kushner/Ivanka somewhere? Does everything have to be what-about-ism?
