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John Paul "Mac" Isaac is not even remotely trustworthy and nothing about the story is plausible. According to a Daily Beast interview, Isaac “switched back and
by ZeteticElench 6y ago
John Paul "Mac" Isaac is not even remotely trustworthy and nothing about the story is plausible.
According to a Daily Beast interview, Isaac “switched back and forth” between saying that he contacted the FBI and saying the FBI contacted him. He also claimed that the FBI asked him for help in accessing the drive, though he didn’t indicate that the drive was encrypted or protected in any way.
There’s are several huge missing pieces in this story. For example, what did Isaac say to the FBI? “Hello, someone brought in a computer, and I think it belongs to Beau Biden.” If so, why would the FBI say anything other than, “Then give it back?” Why would Beau Biden dropping off a wet laptop cause the FBI to have any interest at all?
This, then, is the “official” story from the Post and Giuliani: A mysterious stranger drops off a laptop at a shop belonging to a legally blind Trump supporter who has said disparaging things about Biden. Nine months later, the FBI asks for that computer. Then 10 months after that, Giuliani hands over to the New York Post what he says is a copy of that computer’s hard drive. In between those dates, we have nothing. Well, nothing except for more Facebook statements from Isaac, who does devote some time to saying that Trump’s impeachment is a sham, but says nothing at all about Hunter Biden’s crack-smoking video that he found on a computer left at his store. And we have a lot of statements from Giuliani during this period, many of them essentially identical to what will eventually appear in the Post story.
- jwond 6y agoOk, so the story about how they obtained the laptop is sketchy. Fine. What about the actual contents of the laptop? The emails, text messages, photos, and videos? Nobody from the Biden camp has come out and denied the authenticity of the emails or the text messages that have been published. Why not? In fact, you have one of Hunter Biden's former business associates who has come out and confirmed the authenticity of some of the materials.
- ZeteticElench 6y ago"Ok, so the story about how they obtained the laptop is sketchy. " It is well beyond "sketchy", it is about as plausible as Isaac having sex with every current and former Victoria's secret model. "What about the actual contents of the laptop? The emails, text messages, photos, and videos?" Have they been authenticated by a credible third party? "Nobody from the Biden camp has come out and denied the authenticity of the emails or the text messages that have been published. Why not?" When did you stop beating your wife? "In fact, you have one of Hunter Biden's former business associates who has come out and confirmed the authenticity of some of the materials." I honestly think I could sell you the Golden Gate bridge.
- secondcoming 6y agoHe got to keep the laptop when Biden never returned to collect it (didn't pay for the work done). He found fishy stuff on it and turned it over to the FBI not after making copies of the hard drives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYzCwiURwwQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYzCwiURwwQ
- ZeteticElench 6y agoI thought people on hacker news would be smarter.
- secondcoming 6y agoInconvenient facts, being discussed by lawyers, get downvoted. Nice.
- ZeteticElench 6y agoPeople are tired, oh so tired, of GOP bullshit.