The Twitter Files

[jsteele]

Some info about the laptop. Most of the examinations have been done on copies of the laptop's hard drive since the FBI has the laptop itself. The duplicates have been copied several times and have unknown chains of custody. Here is what the Washington Post found when it had experts examine one copy of the data:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/hunter-biden-laptop-data-examined/

In their examinations, Green and Williams found evidence that people other than Hunter Biden had accessed the drive and written files to it, both before and after the initial stories in the New York Post and long after the laptop itself had been turned over to the FBI.

More than likely related to the laptop is a hack of Burisma Holding prior to the New York Post story:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/us/politics/russian-hackers-burisma-ukraine.html

It is not yet clear what the hackers found, or precisely what they were searching for. But the experts say the timing and scale of the attacks suggest that the Russians could be searching for potentially embarrassing material on the Bidens — the same kind of information that Mr. Trump wanted from Ukraine when he pressed for an investigation of the Bidens and Burisma, setting off a chain of events that led to his impeachment.

It is possible that data stolen from Burisma was planted on the laptop copy that has been circulating through the media.

[Anonymous]

A few questions:

1) How many laptops did Hunter own?
2) How many did he take to the repair shop?
3) How many does the FBI have possession of?
4) Has Hunter ever alleged that contents of these devices were altered?

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:A few questions:

1) How many laptops did Hunter own?
2) How many did he take to the repair shop?
3) How many does the FBI have possession of?
4) Has Hunter ever alleged that contents of these devices were altered?

I don't know how many laptops Hunter owned, but there is only one that was allegedly left at the computer shop.

The FBI has possession of one (as far as is publicly known).

Yes, here part of an interview of Hunter by CBS's Tracy Smith:

"Was that your laptop?" she asked.


"For real, I don't know," Hunter replied.

"I know. But you know that, this isn't ..."

"But my point is, I really don't know. The answer is, that's the truthful answer."

"You don't know, yes or no, if the laptop was yours?"

"I don't have any idea. No idea whether or not …"

"So, could have been yours?"

"Of course, certainly," Hunter said. "There could be a laptop out there that was stolen from me. It could be that I was hacked. It could be that it was Russian intelligence. It could be that it was stolen from me."

Edit to add the link: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-biden-interview-memoir-substance-abuse/

[Anonymous]

This is why the country is broken:

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In these sort of topics, I always like to think what the reaction were to be if the sides were reversed...ie Hunter was a Rhino? After reading these posts, I feel that most, if not all, reactions would be flipped.

If Tom ever caught Jerry, the cartoon would be over...and round and round we go.

When posters invent hypothetical situations in which roles are reversed, I find that they often forget about actual situations when the roles were reversed. For instance, I have removed every single photo of naked Melania that I've ever found posted on DCUM. I doubt few of those defending Twitter in this thread would not also support Twitter removing those photos as well. So, none of us have to rely on your predictive abilities. We have an actual example with which to compare. If anything, since Melania's photos were taken in order to be published, that is actually a somewhat weaker example.

I think the point is that there are very few people taking principled positions. If Hunter were the son of a R president, the majority of responders would be arguing to the benefit of “their”:team, opposed to all of “our” team as in “our” country.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In these sort of topics, I always like to think what the reaction were to be if the sides were reversed...ie Hunter was a Rhino? After reading these posts, I feel that most, if not all, reactions would be flipped.

If Tom ever caught Jerry, the cartoon would be over...and round and round we go.

When posters invent hypothetical situations in which roles are reversed, I find that they often forget about actual situations when the roles were reversed. For instance, I have removed every single photo of naked Melania that I've ever found posted on DCUM. I doubt few of those defending Twitter in this thread would not also support Twitter removing those photos as well. So, none of us have to rely on your predictive abilities. We have an actual example with which to compare. If anything, since Melania's photos were taken in order to be published, that is actually a somewhat weaker example.

I think the point is that there are very few people taking principled positions. If Hunter were the son of a R president, the majority of responders would be arguing to the benefit of “their”:team, opposed to all of “our” team as in “our” country.

Who are you to say who is acting on principle and who is not? I just described a comparable situation in which the roles were reversed but many of had the same position that we do now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In these sort of topics, I always like to think what the reaction were to be if the sides were reversed...ie Hunter was a Rhino? After reading these posts, I feel that most, if not all, reactions would be flipped.

If Tom ever caught Jerry, the cartoon would be over...and round and round we go.

When posters invent hypothetical situations in which roles are reversed, I find that they often forget about actual situations when the roles were reversed. For instance, I have removed every single photo of naked Melania that I've ever found posted on DCUM. I doubt few of those defending Twitter in this thread would not also support Twitter removing those photos as well. So, none of us have to rely on your predictive abilities. We have an actual example with which to compare. If anything, since Melania's photos were taken in order to be published, that is actually a somewhat weaker example.

I think the point is that there are very few people taking principled positions. If Hunter were the son of a R president, the majority of responders would be arguing to the benefit of “their”:team, opposed to all of “our” team as in “our” country.

Projection.

[Anonymous]

There is a receipt from the repair shop signed by Hunter. It has been authenticated as his signature, authorizing an $85 repair for the laptop in question.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

So what we have here is Trump and company planting information on a hard drive specifically to frame the Democrats! How heinous!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a receipt from the repair shop signed by Hunter. It has been authenticated as his signature, authorizing an $85 repair for the laptop in question.

There is no doubt it’s his. All they have now is a ‘well it’s been compromised by the Russians!!’ Defense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a receipt from the repair shop signed by Hunter. It has been authenticated as his signature, authorizing an $85 repair for the laptop in question.

There is no doubt it’s his. All they have now is a ‘well it’s been compromised by the Russians!!’ Defense.

NP. I don't get it. If it's his laptop, and all of the files are his, so? There's nothing bad on the laptop. The worst thing about the laptop seems to be the shady computer repair company.

It seems to be purely a topic of diversion, a way to complain and point fingers but without any substance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a receipt from the repair shop signed by Hunter. It has been authenticated as his signature, authorizing an $85 repair for the laptop in question.

There is no doubt it’s his. All they have now is a ‘well it’s been compromised by the Russians!!’ Defense.

You understand that laptop being his and the data in it being his are two separate things!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a receipt from the repair shop signed by Hunter. It has been authenticated as his signature, authorizing an $85 repair for the laptop in question.

There is no doubt it’s his. All they have now is a ‘well it’s been compromised by the Russians!!’ Defense.

You understand that laptop being his and the data in it being his are two separate things!

So many emails and photos on that hard drive have been verified as authentic. Posting articles from March of this year to try and ‘explain’ what’s going on now is the ultimate denial of what happened and the subsequent investigations. I don’t think much will come of it because I think Republicans also have plenty to hide themselves, and I think that’s the reality of politics now. If we have seen absolutely no charges come from Epstein’s list, that’s a tell-all, isn’t it?

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a receipt from the repair shop signed by Hunter. It has been authenticated as his signature, authorizing an $85 repair for the laptop in question.

There is no doubt it’s his. All they have now is a ‘well it’s been compromised by the Russians!!’ Defense.

You understand that laptop being his and the data in it being his are two separate things!

So many emails and photos on that hard drive have been verified as authentic. Posting articles from March of this year to try and ‘explain’ what’s going on now is the ultimate denial of what happened and the subsequent investigations. I don’t think much will come of it because I think Republicans also have plenty to hide themselves, and I think that’s the reality of politics now. If we have seen absolutely no charges come from Epstein’s list, that’s a tell-all, isn’t it?

If you believe the data on the hard drive is authentic, and we all know that the New York Post has had the data since at least Oct. 2020 and both the New York Time and Washington Post have had access to it, as well as unknown others, why has nothing showing illegal or corrupt activities been revealed (other than Hunter's photos showing drug use)?

In case you are thinking about the "big guy" email, keep in mind that subsequent emails said that such an arrangement had been turned down and the deal being discussed was never concluded. So, at best, this demonstrates a failed attempt to bribe Joe Biden. Where are the documents or emails demonstrating actual corruption?