So, I looked to see just what they claim is on the copy of the hard drive they say was

[brewens]

from Hunter Biden's laptop. I was wondering what changed since we heard this story a couple years ago when the NY Post put it out.

Evidently the Washington Post authenticated emails on the copy of the HD they received. I don't remember doubting they had real copies of his emails, or that he had dealings in China that might be shady. It was the whole laptop story that stunk to high heaven. They aren't telling us the truth about how they got that.

One thing is Hunter and his uncle controlled entities that were paid a few million by a Chinese energy company. I suppose they'd like everyone to think Hunter and his uncle divvied all that up, but it doesn't even mean they made any money for sure. They probably did, but I don't see where they say what the entities did. It could be legit, and Hunter and his uncle might have made a reasonable profit.

That's just what I got from watching what FOX "News" and a couple other right-wing sources have told their viewers. So what? Hunter isn't in the administration and I doubt democrats will follow the republican playbook and run Hunter as our presidential nominee in a few years, like they did with George H.W. Bushes boy. He had a fake job with Harken Energy if you remember.

[snowybirdie]

1. Today

Morning Joe resurrected Dan Abrams to tell us all, breathlessly, the old story of the laptop. Both Dan and his story have seen better days.

[Raster]

2. For all their new-found political "woke-ness," Morning Joe easily slides back into politics as usual

... he can't help himself. It's the RETHUGLICAN in him. Listen long enough, and he'll sing you another chorus of the "Bad Bill Clinton Blues," and wistfully long for Raygun*s City on a Hill.

[lagomorph777]

3. The whole thing is a laughable fabrication.

Including the faux reports of "authentication" by some third party.

[SoonerPride]

4. With the trump children literally making 200x what Hunter Biden did it is a nothingburger.

Nepotism and parlaying your daddy's name for financial gain is nothing new and not a crime.

[wishstar]

5. Joe Biden was not VP or a candidate for Pres at time of the alleged payments (that weren't illegal)

and my reading of articles of the investigation indicate that the only question is exactly how much if any of the payments were taxable income and whether he claimed correct amount on his taxes which is complicated by issue of investment company entities involved

We already knew this before the 2020 election as Hunter issued a statement about having relied on his tax attorneys to determine correct filing and that he was fully cooperating with tax investigation.

The other issue regarding whether he should have filed as foreign agent seems a stretch as Hunter wasn't involved in politics or public relations in the way that Manafort and Flynn have been and Joe was not in office or a candidate during time of the payments

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