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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIF Giuliani's laptop hoax looked at all legit, Wray & the FBI would have acted on it long ago.
Reportedly they took possession of the hardware the repair shop owner claims was Hunter Biden's 10 months ago. Which would have given them the opportunity to examine the "evidence" much more carefully.
Despite all the shrieking from RWers that Wray is part of the mythical Deep State and is only protecting the Bidens, that's nonsense.
This ridiculous hoax was leaked through the NY Post only because the FBI didn't fall for it.
Which is why so many on the right are screaming that Wray must be fired.
Firing and trying to replace him at this point, though, won't do anything to make the GOP's desperate hoax look more legitimate.
Kudos to the MSM for mostly ignoring this fake story, and usually pointing out it's suspicious if they do refer to it at all.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Wouldnt mind the fbi officially batting this one down.
58Sunliner
(4,372 posts)The Daily Beast had it and it was posted here. Scam.
https://soundcloud.com/rptrbnd/mac-shop-10-14-cm
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)as well.
And why do republicans always claim the opposition is into child porn and pedophilia? Are they hiding something?
Kahuna
(27,311 posts)PTWB
(4,131 posts)For the record I think that these drives are likely filled with legitimate emails and other data obtained by Russian hackers, alongside totally fabricated and planted emails, photographs and videos. The legitimate emails and files are almost certainly boring and routine - their only purpose is to legitimize the fraudulent and doctored files.
Steve Bannon, Rudy Guiliani and the FSB are behind this. The whole thing is a Russian op and smear campaign against Joe.
The FBI / Comey was excoriated for how the Clinton private email server / classified information matter was handled. They are absolutely not going to weigh in on this so close to the election regardless of the veracity of the material.
My hope is that they know and can prove it is false and after the election we see Bannon and Giuliani in prison. I suppose Bannon is already headed there for his fraud charges but a few more years will help soothe the soul.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Hillary's emails did the trick, even though there was nothing there. This is so obviously a retread of 2016. What's sad is that the people who believe this shit don't even realize how much THEY are being duped. We've got tens of millions of Manchurian candidates running around, reacting to bullshit like Pavlov's dog reacted to a bell.
MartyTheGreek
(564 posts)Just a follow-up related article to add to the discussion... There must be a report on what Giuliani gave Barr back in Feb 2020 when Barr "created a process" for new evidence to be submitted regarding Ukraine, Biden etc.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/barr-acknowledges-justice-dept-has-created-intake-process-to-vet-giulianis-information-on-bidens/2020/02/10/0fba553a-4c1e-11ea-bf44-f5043eb3918a_story.html