Hunter Biden’s seized laptop ‘linked to FBI money laundering investigation and could hold evidence of CRIMINAL activity’
THE laptop at the center of the alleged Hunter Biden scandal is linked to an FBI money laundering investigation in late 2019, it has been reported.
The laptop allegedly belonged to Hunter was abandoned at a Delaware computer shop in April 2019 and later ended up in the hands of Rudy Giuliani - who shared its contents with the New York Post.
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It allegedly contained e-mails about Hunter's international business dealings that reportedly implicate 's involvement while he was serving in the White House.
The subpoenaed the laptop and hard drive that allegedly belongs to because of an apparently separate probe,
It is unclear whether the is directly related to Hunter.
Many federal law enforcement officials and two government officials confirmed the authenticity of the subpoena documents that have been issued to the owner of 'The Mac Shop' in Delaware.
MacIsaac said Hunter left the damaged Apple laptop at the store – and claimed Hunter never returned, or paid the $85 bill.
The form reportedly explains the FBI’s connection with , who is said to have alerted them to the laptop after it was left at his repair shop in April 2019.
The laptop then ended up in the hands of Donald Trump's lawyer who then shared information found on it with the New York Post.
They then published the e-mails and compromising photos from the said laptop last week.
The document that Fox cites has “272D-BA-3065729” written on it; officials said the “272” refers to money laundering in the bureau.
Sources told Fox News the “BA” in the number means the case was opened in the FBI’s .
A government official told the outlet: “The FBI cannot open a case without predication, so they believed there was predication for criminal activity.”
“This means there was sufficient evidence to believe that there was criminal conduct.”
Fox News reported that they obtained another subpoena that was sent to MacIsaac to testify before the US District Court in Delaware in December 2019.
“If a criminal case was opened and subpoenas were issued, that means there is a high likelihood that both the laptop and hard drive contain fruits of criminal activity,” an official said.
Last week, the New York Post published an article , an adviser to Ukrainian gas company Burisma's board.
Critics of Biden have often tried to attack and question the former VP’s relationship with .
Hunter joined the board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma in 2014, around the time Biden was helping conduct the foreign policy with Ukraine.
and his supporters have alleged that Biden pushed for the firing of Ukraine's top prosecutor to protect his son and Burisma from any investigation.
Biden did push for the prosecutor's firing – but that's because he was reflecting the official position of not only the Obama administration, but many Western countries and because the prosecutor was seen as “soft on corruption.”
to the press as a "Russian disinformation" campaign aimed to bring down Biden.
But Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe that the emails are .
US intelligence officials reportedly suspected that hacked and forged Burisma emails would be released as an "October Surprise" targeting Biden before .
The story from the Post claims that Hunter introduced Biden to Pozharskyi, a top executive at the energy firm, less than a year before Biden pushed for Ukraine to fire the prosecutor.
Pozharskyi allegedly said in an email to Hunter in April 2015: “Dear Hunter, thank you for inviting me to DC and giving an opportunity to meet your father and spent [sic] some time together. It’s realty [sic] an honor and pleasure.”
said they looked over Biden's schedules from the time "and no meeting, as alleged by the New York Post, ever took place.”
The Post reported that an email from May 2014 shows Pozharskyi asking Hunter for “advice on how you could use your influence” on the Ukrainian company’s behalf.
After MacIsaac gave a copy of the hard drive’s apparent contents to Giuliani, he then gave a copy of the hard drive to the Post.
MacIsaac, who said he tried contacting the owner of the laptop to come get it, said he was afraid he would be murdered as "a guy who had something he wanted out of this shop."
He supposedly discovered a 12-minute video of Hunter engaging in a sex act with an unidentified woman and allegedly smoking crack on the device, as well as explicit pictures.
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MacIsaac claimed he was "not political" although his Facebook posts in 2016 indicated that he voted for Trump.
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On Wednesday, .
"This is the same garbage Rudy Giuliani, Trump's henchman, it's a last-ditch effort in this desperate campaign to smear me and my family," he fumed.