{"id":1391953,"date":"2022-03-21T12:59:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T16:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1391953"},"modified":"2022-03-21T13:00:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T17:00:38","slug":"sen-johnson-slams-ny-times-former-intel-experts-over-hunter-biden-laptop-the-fbi-knew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-johnson-slams-ny-times-former-intel-experts-over-hunter-biden-laptop-the-fbi-knew\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Johnson Slams NY Times, Former Intel Experts Over Hunter Biden Laptop: \u201cThe FBI Knew\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-johnson-slams-ny-times-former-intel-experts-over-hunter-biden-laptop-the-fbi-knew%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1391953&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>People should be \u201coutraged\u201d at the New York Times for only just <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/17\/hunter-bidens-infamous-laptop-confirmed-in-new-york-times-report\/\">confirming the authenticity of Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop,<\/a> Sen. Ron Johnson said Sunday, as he demanded apologies from the 51 former\u00a0US intelligence experts <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/18\/intelligence-experts-refuse-to-apologize-for-smearing-hunter-biden-story\">who cast doubt on The Post\u2019s reporting<\/a> on the device.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am just amazed that the New York Times just now came to the conclusion that the Hunter Biden laptop was genuine,\u201d Johnson, of Wisconsin, told \u200bhost John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM\u2019s \u201cThe Cats Roundtable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere have they been? That was pretty obvious within a week or two of the New York Post\u2019s stories\u200b.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0senator was\u00a0referring to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/14\/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad\/\">The Post\u2019s exclusive reports <\/a>in October 2020 on the first son\u2019s foreign business dealings and his connection to Ukrainian energy firm Burisma while his father, Joe Biden, was vice president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cT\u200b\u200bhe FBI had to know that. They wouldn\u2019t tell us when we were offered the laptop. I couldn\u2019t take it because I had to do my due diligence. The FBI knew,\u201d Johnson said in the\u00a0interview that aired Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe reached out to the FBI. They wouldn\u2019t tell us it was genuine. They should have. But they didn\u2019t. People should be outraged,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The laptop, left at a Delaware computer repair shop by Hunter Biden, contained a trove of emails detailing his business relationships in Ukraine and China, which implicated his father.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for then-President Donald Trump, obtained the laptop and turned it over to The Post, which authenticated its contents by interviewing the computer shop owner and\u00a0Biden cronies whose emails were found on the hard drive.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ron-johnson.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ron-johnson.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Ron Johnson.\" class=\"wp-image-21592930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ron-johnson.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ron-johnson.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ron-johnson.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>\u201cWe reached out to the FBI. They wouldn\u2019t tell us it was genuine. They should have,\u201d Sen. Ron Johnson said.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Greg Nash\/The Hill via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hunter Biden is facing a sprawling federal probe into his tax filings and business dealings, the New York Times reported last week.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson called on the Gray Lady to apologize, as well as the 51 intelligence experts who cast doubt on the laptop as Russian disinformation in a letter released just days after The Post\u2019s bombshell exclusives.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe New York Times is finally, quietly, covering its tracks. \u2026 Where are all the other apologies? Where is the apology from the 5[1] intelligence \u2026 operatives?\u201d Johnson said on Catsimatidis\u2019 show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat they really said was that the laptop had all the hallmarks of Russian disinformation. I had absolutely no information whatsoever, no evidence that this was Russian disinformation. \u2026 So, you have all these intelligence operatives confirming \u2026 a false story,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was obvious very early on that the Hunter Biden laptop was genuine,\u201d he continued. \u201cThey never should have tainted the process with that letter, but they did. Are they going to apologize for it? I\u2019m not holding my breath.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hunter-biden-laptop-44-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hunter-biden-laptop-44-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=770\" alt=\"Joe Biden and Hunter Biden.\" class=\"wp-image-21592931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hunter-biden-laptop-44-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1540 1540w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hunter-biden-laptop-44-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1154 1155w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hunter-biden-laptop-44-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=770 770w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hunter-biden-laptop-44-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=385 385w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hunter-biden-laptop-44-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop contained a trove of emails detailing his business relationships in Ukraine and China, which implicated his father.\u00a0<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Image from Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Johnson, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, investigated Hunter Biden\u2019s $50,000-a-month job with Burisma and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/14\/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad\/\">The report, <\/a>issued in December 2020 by Johnson\u2019s panel and the Senate Finance Committee, said the Obama administration ignored \u201cglaring warning signs\u201d when Hunter Biden joined the Burisma board. <\/p>\n<p>It also concluded that younger Biden\u2019s job \u201cwas problematic and did interfere in the efficient execution of policy with respect to Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since the Times has acknowledged the laptop exists, a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/19\/republicans-call-for-new-probe-into-hunter-biden-laptop\/\">growing number of Republicans <\/a>around the country are demanding a new investigation into the president\u2019s embattled son.<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin Republican also blasted the media, saying ignoring The Post\u2019s Hunter Biden\u00a0story while playing up claims that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia had serious implications on the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hunter-biden-laptop-42.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hunter-biden-laptop-42.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=760\" alt=\"Hunter Biden\" class=\"wp-image-21592936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hunter-biden-laptop-42.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1520 1520w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hunter-biden-laptop-42.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1140 1140w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hunter-biden-laptop-42.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=760 760w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hunter-biden-laptop-42.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=380 380w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/hunter-biden-laptop-42.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Since the New York Times has acknowledged the laptop exists, a growing number of Republicans are demanding a new investigation into Hunter Biden.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Image from Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy main point is that the mainstream media, their bias, their corruption, their complicity in the Russian collusion hoax, interfered with our elections. Had a far greater impact on our elections than anything Russia or China ever could hope to accomplish. But they\u2019re never held accountable because they have to hold themselves accountable, and they are not going to do that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also compared Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Washington\u00a0Post, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Russian\u00a0state media officials who are suppressing information about the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are big-tech billionaires. You go to Ukraine and the complaint is always about the media oligarchs are corrupting the political process in Eastern European countries. We have our own media oligarchs. We just called them big-tech billionaires,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are far more powerful than any media oligarchs in Russia or in Eastern Europe. Look at the suppression. The censorship. The bias. We\u2019ve got big-tech billionaires. And they are dramatically impacting and interfering in our politics,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Both Twitter and Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/14\/facebook-twitter-block-the-post-from-posting\/\">began censoring The Post\u2019s expos\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0on Hunter Biden shortly after they were published.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also accused Google of manipulating search terms around the election to push millions of voters to Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, but claimed the mainstream media protects Big Tech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the mainstream media covers it up. They won\u2019t allow this information to be revealed to the American public. \u00a0They have unbelievable power. And they are using that power,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s just the truth. They\u2019re not going to let the truth out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People should be \u201coutraged\u201d at the New York Times for only just confirming the authenticity of Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop, Sen. 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