{"id":1834574,"date":"2023-02-04T06:20:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T11:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1834574"},"modified":"2023-02-04T06:22:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T11:22:30","slug":"flashback-read-the-most-clownish-takes-about-the-laptop-hunter-biden-admits-was-his","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-read-the-most-clownish-takes-about-the-laptop-hunter-biden-admits-was-his\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback: Read The Most Clownish Takes About The Laptop Hunter Biden Admits Was His"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fflashback-read-the-most-clownish-takes-about-the-laptop-hunter-biden-admits-was-his%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=1834574&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-->\n<p>Hunter Biden admitted through his lawyers that the notorious laptop that contained a lot of explicit content and surfaced in 2020 was his. His lawyers notified him on Wednesday. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/02\/exclusive-biden-laptop-repairman-blasts-hunters-attempt-to-sic-doj-on-hunters-foes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Demanded<\/a> Biden&#8217;s allies at the Justice Department open an investigation into the individuals who discovered the computer.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s lawyers sent two 14-page letters to the Delaware attorney general and the Department of Justice this week calling on officials to probe whether the people who gave the laptop \u2014 which was abandoned property at a Delaware computer repair shop owned and operated by John Paul Mac Isaac \u2014 to the New York Post violated state or federal laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is considerable reason to believe\u201d That the people involved \u201cin accessing, copying, manipulating, and\/or disseminating Mr. Biden\u2019s personal computer data\u201d The attorneys suggested that the accused may have committed crimes. \u201cMr. Mac Isaac has admitted to copying that data without Mr. Biden\u2019s consent, and Mr. Mac Isaac has admitted to distributing copies of that data from his place in Delaware.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>[EXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/02\/exclusive-biden-laptop-repairman-blasts-hunters-attempt-to-sic-doj-on-hunters-foes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden Laptop Repairman Blasts Hunter\u2019s Attempt To Sic DOJ On Hunter\u2019s Foes<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In other words, the laptop is undoubtedly Hunter Biden\u2019s despite the remarkable spin from Democrats, the president, and the media who were desperate to dismiss the computer as Russian disinformation. These are the worst statements.<\/p>\n<h2>Lesley Stahl: CBS \u2018Can\u2019t Verify\u2019 the Laptop<\/h2>\n<p>A CBS \u201c60 Minutes\u201d In the hall of fame for media malpractice, President Donald Trump&#8217;s interview stands out. <\/p>\n<p>During the interview \u2014 which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FdAh2HJ98WE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aired<\/a> On Oct. 25, just one week before the 2020 election, nearly 200,000 people participated in the polls. <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/tv\/news\/trump-60-minutes-interview-ratings-1234815571\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17 Million<\/a> views \u2014 the longtime anchor flat-out denied that the Biden family was under any sort of scandal at all. Trump campaign responded to the fight in this interview by firing back. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/10\/22\/lesley-youve-discredited-yourself-trump-posts-full-60-minutes-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Released <\/a>This footage is raw before it was published on the network. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s in the midst of a scandal,\u201d Trump said in reference to emails from the laptop revealing Joe Biden was lying about involvement with Hunter\u2019s overseas business ventures. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not,\u201d Stahl interrupted the president to dismiss the criticism. \u201cHe\u2019s not, no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stahl went on to deny that then-Vice President Joe Biden spied on the Trump campaign in 2016, and claimed Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop couldn\u2019t be verified. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"hQeB6f2rWvsZmR3igouSGdEPDO1AJVtw0UnKpy5H4IMl9X8FYxk\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TRUMP: &#8220;What can&#8217;t be verified?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>STAHL: &#8220;The laptop!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP: &#8220;Why do you say that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>STAHL: &#8220;Because it can&#8217;t be verified.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP: &#8220;The family, on the laptop \u2014 He&#8217;s gone into hiding for five days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>STAHL: &#8220;Well he&#8217;s preparing for your debate.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sfOj8AgyMx\">pic.twitter.com\/sfOj8AgyMx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1319313448912695297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In November, Stahl\u2019s own network <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hunter-biden-laptop-data-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">verified <\/a>the laptop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/10\/22\/heres-all-the-evidence-lesley-stahl-falsely-claimed-doesnt-exist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here\u2019s All The Evidence Lesley Stahl Falsely Claimed Doesn\u2019t Exist<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: Laptop Is Russian Disinformation<\/h2>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour self-righteously declared herself a \u201cjournalist\u201d who \u201cfollows the facts\u201d by claiming Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop was an operation of Russian interference. Never mind the rare, on-the-record statements from the \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefdrlst.wpengine.com\/2020\/10\/21\/fbi-doj-debunk-claims-the-hunter-biden-laptop-story-is-russian-disinformation\/\">FBI, the Department of Justice<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefdrlst.wpengine.com\/2020\/10\/19\/intelligence-director-john-ratcliffe-debunks-russian-disinformation-theories-on-hunter-biden-emails\/\">Department of National Intelligence<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/pompeo-agrees-hunter-bidens-laptop-not-part-of-russian-operation\">Department of State<\/a> as evidence that it wasn\u2019t. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"vDfPpZ2aU7HLb8NxVr3tXgRQ5souJeMETqkcyiO0W\"><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a journalist and a reporter, and I follow the facts. And there has never been any issues in terms of corruption,\u201d Amanpour said of the Bidens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you know that?\u201d RNC spokeswoman Liz Harrington said after citing the FBI investigation into the laptop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m talking about reporting, and any evidence,\u201d Amanpour said.<\/p>\n<p>When Harrington called on Amanpour and the rest of the media to start doing journalism and begin investigating, Amanpour scoffed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo! We\u2019re not going to do your work for you,\u201d Amanpour said.<\/p>\n<h2>Jonah Goldberg: You Believe That Story?<\/h2>\n<p>Jonah Goldberg, editor-in-chief at The Dispatch, was shocked in the fall of 2020 that anyone would believe Joe Biden\u2019s crack-addicted son would irresponsibly forget about a laptop brought in for repairs at a Delaware shop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait you believe the computer repair shop story? Like at face value?\u201d Goldberg wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonahDispatch\/status\/1317597365923155969?s=20&#038;t=U6OtCIW6Hn8Oq9a9Cq1TxA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweet<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonahDispatch\/status\/1317597365923155969?s=20&#038;t=U6OtCIW6Hn8Oq9a9Cq1TxA\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Goldberg-Tweet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Goldberg-Tweet.jpg 591w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Goldberg-Tweet-300x174.jpg 300w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Mac Isaac, the repair shop owner, is now <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/03\/repairman-who-revealed-hunter-biden-laptop-sues-schiff-cnn-politico-beast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suing <\/a>networks and Democratic politicians who smeared him as a Russian agent. <\/p>\n<h2>Ben Rhodes: Big Tech Needs to Censor GOP<\/h2>\n<p>Ben Rhodes, MSNBC contributor and former deputy national security advisor in the Obama White House, wrote on Twitter in 2020 that the conservative reaction to the Hunter Biden laptop story illustrated why censorship was an important weapon for corporate tech giants to wield against Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Republican freak out over not being able to spread disinformation unchecked demonstrates why you should not be able to spread disinformation unchecked,\u201d Rhodes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brhodes\/status\/1316530829393231873?s=20&#038;t=5Wa7Bglk5SMfdkHBTDFLIw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cThey know they have no political viability without the capacity to spread lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brhodes\/status\/1316530829393231873?s=20&#038;t=5Wa7Bglk5SMfdkHBTDFLIw\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rhodes-Tweet-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rhodes-Tweet-1.jpg 591w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rhodes-Tweet-1-300x141.jpg 300w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>In another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brhodes\/status\/1317311265035841537?s=20&#038;t=7ok27Hv7siXlLF76-BhN2Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a>, Rhodes admonished a journalist who asked Joe Biden about the laptop\u2019s incriminating emails as \u201cacting as the far end of a Russian disinformation operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brhodes\/status\/1317311265035841537?s=20&#038;t=7ok27Hv7siXlLF76-BhN2Q\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rhodes-Tweet-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rhodes-Tweet-2.jpg 598w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rhodes-Tweet-2-300x175.jpg 300w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2>David Frum: Laptop Is \u2018Obviously Bogus\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The Atlantic\u2019s David Frum wrote off the story as \u201cobviously fake\u201d and \u201cbogus\u201d in an October 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidfrum\/status\/1317973670019670016?s=20&#038;t=LCdXpTTF_mylmGScuVFKIQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweet<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people on far right and far left who publicized the obviously bogus [New York Post] story were not dupes,\u201d Frum wrote. \u201cThey were accomplices. The story could not have been more obviously fake if it had been wearing dollar-store spectacles and attached plastic mustache.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidfrum\/status\/1317973670019670016?s=20&#038;t=LCdXpTTF_mylmGScuVFKIQ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Frum-Tweet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Frum-Tweet.jpg 597w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Frum-Tweet-300x164.jpg 300w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2>Adam Schiff: Laptop Originated from the Kremlin<\/h2>\n<p>As chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, California Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff claimed the laptop came from Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, we know that this whole smear on Joe Biden comes from the Kremlin,\u201d Schiff said on CNN. \u201cClearly, the origins of this whole smear are from the Kremlin, and the president is only happy to have Kremlin help in trying to amplify it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"DXaZVEguhveRBUmzSSold0rPiMTH4qPJY69CckQBdKWWKNnn058bclpr7k3OmF54H1Vz2wiew6R9G7fZFGhQYtItsoIjUfxTLpCL\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Adam Schiff says he\u2019s concerned that he hasn\u2019t \u201cgotten much from the intelligence community\u201d on Russia peddling disinformation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt times, some of the leadership, like Director Ratcliffe, not been very forthcoming in terms of the intelligence on the Russian threat.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JhcVYlCgcf\">pic.twitter.com\/JhcVYlCgcf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNSitRoom\/status\/1317245084639891457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In January, new House Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/25\/kevin-mccarthy-restores-integrity-to-house-intel-committee-by-barring-russia-hoaxer-adam-schiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">removed <\/a>Schiff from the House Intelligence Committee altogether. <\/p>\n<h2>Rachel Maddow: Laptop Will Lead to Trump Impeachment<\/h2>\n<p>MSNBC prime-time anchor Rachel Maddow went on an unhinged rant in October 2020 claiming Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop will lead to Trump\u2019s impeachment in a second term. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the president gets through all this and gets himself re-elected to a second term, we do today have a pretty good beat on what he\u2019ll be impeached for in his second term,\u201d Maddow said. Despite apparent warnings that Rudy Giuliani, the conduit for the laptop hard drive from the Delaware repair shop to the New York Post, was a Russian asset, Trump amplified the story, proving collusion with the Kremlin, according to Maddow. \u201cThe president, regardless, is promoting it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rumble-com wp-block-embed-rumble-com\"><\/figure>\n<p>Video journalists put together a compilation of other Democrats and media personalities who got the story wrong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8qQazyJ99OE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden admitted through his lawyers that the notorious laptop that contained a lot of explicit content and surfaced in 2020 was his. His lawyers notified him on Wednesday. Demanded Biden&#8217;s allies at the Justice Department open an investigation into the individuals who discovered the computer. Biden\u2019s lawyers sent two 14-page letters to the Delaware &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1834259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5216,3620,17537,5469,3822,6880,4805,4259],"class_list":["post-1834574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-admits","tag-biden","tag-clownish","tag-flashback","tag-hunter","tag-laptop","tag-read","tag-takes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1834574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1834259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1834574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1834574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1834574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}