{"id":2031126,"date":"2023-09-13T20:28:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T00:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-files-suit-against-ex-trump-aide-for-posting-infamous-laptop-files-online\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T20:29:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T00:29:40","slug":"hunter-biden-files-suit-against-ex-trump-aide-for-posting-infamous-laptop-files-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-files-suit-against-ex-trump-aide-for-posting-infamous-laptop-files-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden sues former Trump aide for sharing laptop files online."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fhunter-biden-files-suit-against-ex-trump-aide-for-posting-infamous-laptop-files-online%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=2031126&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--><h2>Hunter Biden Files Lawsuit Against Former Trump Aide Over &#8220;Laptop from Hell&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Hunter Biden has taken legal action against a former Trump administration aide in California federal court, alleging the unauthorized posting of contents from his infamous &#8220;laptop from hell.&#8221; \u2064The lawsuit accuses Garrett Ziegler, his company, and\u2062 10 unnamed defendants of illegally accessing, tampering with, and damaging computer data\u200c that \u200cthey do not own,\u2064 in violation of California&#8217;s computer fraud\u2062 laws.<\/p>\n<h3>Unfair and Unlawful Activities<\/h3>\n<p>Attorneys representing President Joe Biden&#8217;s\u200c son argue \u200dthat the defendants have engaged in unfair and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alt-right-martial-artists-challenge-anti-riot-law-on-first-amendment-grounds\/\" title=\"Alt-Right Martial Artists Challenge Anti-Riot Law on First Amendment Grounds\">unlawful activities<\/a>, violating the Computer Fraud and \u2064Abuse\u200b Act and California Penal Code section 502. The lawsuit highlights the &#8220;laptop from hell,&#8221; which conservatives\u2064 claim was left by \u2064Hunter Biden at a repair shop in Wilmington, Delaware. Republican\u200d operatives discovered it before the 2020 election, and it has since become the center of corruption allegations against Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<h3>Continued Release of Information<\/h3>\n<p>Ziegler, the main defendant,\u2064 has publicly stated that his nonprofit\u200b research firm, Marco Polo, has been posting online content from Hunter Biden&#8217;s iCloud backup for the past two\u200b years. The\u200c lawsuit alleges\u200d that Ziegler and the other co-defendants have ignored requests to stop releasing the information and return \u200dit to Hunter \u2062Biden, demonstrating a commitment to &#8220;continue violating the law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Jury \u2063Trial and Injunction<\/h3>\n<p>Hunter Biden is\u200d seeking a jury trial to determine\u200c damages and an injunction to prevent Ziegler from further \u200bsharing information about the laptop&#8217;s contents online. Copies \u2062of the laptop&#8217;s contents \u2064have already been shared with \u2063various news outlets, including the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<h3>Manipulated \u2064Data and Access<\/h3>\n<p>The lawsuit claims that the data on\u200c the laptop appears to have been manipulated both before \u2063and after Ziegler obtained \u200cit. While it remains unclear how\u200b Ziegler gained\u2064 access to the laptop, there is no dispute that the defendants have accessed, \u2063tampered \u200cwith, manipulated, altered, copied, and damaged Hunter Biden&#8217;s data.<\/p>\n<h3>Background on Ziegler<\/h3>\n<p>Ziegler,\u200c who was also an aide to former White \u200bHouse trade \u200cadviser Peter Navarro, recently appeared on Steve Bannon&#8217;s\u2064 podcast and claimed to have obtained\u2062 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/does-iran-have-a-hit-team-in-the-u-s\/\" title=\"Does Iran Have a Hit Team in the U.S.?\">hard drive copy<\/a> from an associate of Rudy Giuliani, \u2063the former president&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-files-suit-against-ex-trump-aide-for-posting-infamous-laptop-files-online\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden sues former Trump aide for sharing laptop files online.\">attorney facing\u2064 racketeering charges<\/a>. Ziegler&#8217;s association with\u2064 these individuals adds\u2064 another layer of complexity to \u200dthe case.<\/p>\n<h3>Indictment and Plea Arrangement<\/h3>\n<p>Prosecutors conducting a \u200clong-term investigation against Hunter Biden announced their intention \u200bto \u2063indict him on outstanding \u200dtax and gun charges before the end of September. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prosecutors-to-seek-indictment-of-hunter-biden-this-month\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden to be indicted by prosecutors this month.\">proposed plea arrangement<\/a>, which involved Hunter Biden pleading guilty to tax evasion and entering into\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-muscles-out-chicago-prosecutor-hot-on-the-heels-of-powerful-dems\/\" title=\"Biden Muscles Out Chicago Prosecutor Hot on the Heels of Powerful Dems\">deferred prosecution agreement<\/a> for illegal\u200c firearm possession, fell through in July. The breakdown of the deal has raised the possibility \u2063of a criminal trial as the 2024 presidential election approaches.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, read the full 13-page lawsuit below:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n[Insert the 13-page lawsuit here]\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden has taken legal action against a former Trump aide in California federal court. The lawsuit claims that the aide unlawfully shared contents from his controversial &#8220;laptop from hell.&#8221; It accuses the aide, his company, and 10 others of unauthorized access, tampering, and damaging of computer data they don&#8217;t own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2031127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2031126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2031126","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=2031126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}