On the second day of the firearms trial on Tuesday, witness FBI agent Erica Jensen confirmed that Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop was authentic.
Emma Jo Morris of Breitbart News: New York Postfirst reported the “Laptop from Hell” story in October 2020. It was quickly reported by mainstream media as “Russian disinformation.”
The Department of Justice had previously asserted its authenticity in court documents, but the prosecution asked Jensen to confirm its authenticity in front of the jury as it would serve as a key piece of evidence. The laptop contains Whatsapp messages, iMessages and text messages related to the case.
The Justice Department determined that Hunter had left the laptop at a computer store and confirmed it belonged to him because its contents matched those authorities obtained through a search warrant for Hunter’s iCloud, Breitbart News reported in January.
Hunter’s prosecutors also presented as evidence an $85 invoice Hunter received from the Mac Shop, CNN reported. report:
“This is a laptop that was salvaged from a computer shop,” she said. [Jensen] When asked how he was able to verify the laptop’s authenticity, Jensen said the serial number on the back of the laptop matched the serial number listed in Apple’s subpoena for the records.
Jensen appeared to keep his eyes on the jury as he explained the concept of iCloud data and how the FBI could obtain it with a warrant. Jurors appeared to be listening intently. Some were taking notes, but most just listened. Hunter wore glasses and appeared to be taking notes when not speaking in a hushed voice to his lawyer.
Witnesses told the jury that 18,000 pages of messages, photos and videos were found on Hunter’s laptop, cell phone and tablet. NBC NewsOnly 75 pages are relevant to the trial.
It took more than a year for the mainstream media to admit that the story was false, with Hunter’s laptop containing “verifiable and authentic communications” The Washington Post He was hospitalized in March 2022, but no investigation into the incident was carried out for 532 days.
CNN also finally acknowledged that Hunter’s “Laptop from Hell” story was real, more than 500 days after it was first reported on October 24, 2020, notably calling it “Russian disinformation” and a “hoax” at the time.
About two years later, The New York Times He acknowledged that the emails sent from Hunter’s laptop were his, according to Breitbart News.
Fifteen media figures have alleged that the emails on Hunter’s laptop were likely Russian propaganda, perhaps most famously after CBS News reporter Lesley Stahl falsely reported to President Donald Trump in 2020 that Hunter’s “Hell Laptop” was unverifiable.
President Joe Biden and his press secretary also made inaccurate statements about the laptop’s origins.
- Joe Biden“Overwhelming evidence from intelligence agencies” suggested it was Russian disinformation.
- Joe BidenHunter’s laptop was a literal “smear campaign” and a “pile of rubbish”.
- Jen Psaki: The laptop was part of a “widespread Russian disinformation campaign.”
This incident United States v. Hunter Biden, Case No. 24-1703 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Wendell Fsebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former Republican War Room analyst. The Politics of Slave MoralityFollow Wendell “Bat” @WendellHusebø or The truth of society @WendellHusebo.
