He tried to get Hunter to pay for the repairs several times, and then took possession of the laptop as payment for services after a year or more. That is legal

He tried to get Hunter to pay for the repairs several times, and then took possession of the laptop as payment for services after a year or more. That is legal in the US. Given how public this story was, if what he did was illegal, local DA would have prosecuted him. Hunter Biden abandoned the laptop. The Intel agencies and the corp media tried to cover it up.