Hunter Biden arrives for deposition in laptop defamation case
Hunter Biden arrived at a Delaware courthouse today to be questioned under oath as part of a civil libel suit brought by the owner of the computer repair shop who worked on his now infamous “laptop from hell.”
During testimony, the 53-year-old is expected to be forced to confirm that he owned the device that contained a series of scathing emails and lewd photos.
John Paul Mac Isaac, the owner of the Mac Shop in Wilmington, filed a libel suit against the embattled First Son last October, seeking $1.5 million in damages.
He claimed Biden damaged his reputation by lying about whether the computer belonged to him.
Mac Isaac reported its contents to the FBI when he discovered messages raising suspicions of influencer involvement involving then-Vice President Joe Biden, as well as videos of Hunter smoking crack and having sex with prostitutes.
Hunter Biden was questioned under oath today in a Delaware courthouse as part of a civil libel suit brought by the owner of the computer repair shop who worked on his now infamous “laptop from hell”
During testimony, the 53-year-old is expected to be forced to confirm that he owned the device that contained a series of scathing emails and lewd photos.
The former owner of a laptop repair shop says he tried to return the laptop to Hunter Biden, but he got no reply from embattled First Son
Mac Isaac claims the customer did not return the laptop within three months and his attempts to contact him went unanswered.
Hunter has since filed a new lawsuit, accusing Mac Isaac of illegally accessing his hard drive and leaking the data, violating his privacy.
During the hearing, Mac Issac’s attorney, Brian Della Rocca, will question Joe Biden’s son about his previous answers to the contents of the laptop.
Republican critics of the president have long seized on those leaks as evidence that the Biden family is involved in using their family ties to win lucrative business deals abroad.
The New York Post first broke the story, which many tech giants — allegedly at the behest of the Biden 2024 campaign — then censored it as “Russian misinformation.”
Hunter Biden’s latest lawsuit comes just days after the Justice Department announced he had reached a plea deal with U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss at the end of a five-year investigation into his tax affairs.
Details emerged shortly after it was announced that President Joe Biden’s son will plead guilty to federal tax offenses as part of a deal to avoid full prosecution for a separate gun charge
He had decided to plead guilty to two misdemeanors related to his “willful failure” to pay federal income taxes and will stay out of prison as a result.
But a whistleblower from the Internal Revenue Service insists Hunter Biden received special treatment during the investigation.
Gary Shapley has claimed prosecutors have put an investigation into Hunter Biden’s finances “on the back burner” as the 2020 election approaches.
He also claims that investigators knew the laptop data had not been tampered with in any way and that it amounted to “reliable evidence.”
The 14-year veteran of the IRS also said that “at every stage” decisions were made that “had the effect of benefiting the subject of the investigation.”
Shapley testified for six hours last month before the powerful Republican-led House Ways and Means Committee in Congress.
Tax secrecy laws prohibit him from releasing any information he has from the Hunter Biden investigation, but congressional testimony is protected.
IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley alleges that Hunter Biden received special treatment during his investigation of his tax affairs, with unnamed officials attempting to obstruct the investigation.
The face-to-face confrontation comes after Roberts petitioned a judge to jail Hunter for six months for not being honest about his wealth
But in another much-needed boost for the Biden family, Hunter managed to strike a deal with former fling, Lunden Roberts, after a falling out over child support on Monday.
A New York Post report published last week suggested that Roberts, 32, had signed a deal agreeing to reduce the $20,000 Hunter pays each month to just $5,000 after advocating financial hardship.
However, Roberts’ attorney, Clinton Lancaster, opposed the article, stating that no deal had been reached and refusing to confirm the figures involved.
The confidential settlement means Hunter, 53, will avoid the scrutiny of a public paternity trial, where details of his shady finances would likely play a big part.