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Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
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Yours is the first I've seen. So breaking this issue down:
1. I do believe the laptops and data are Hunter's, the devices, drives, and respective data was all properly collected by the FBI, and only that data should be the source of any criminal activity. Hunter's lawyers have now confirmed these were his devices.
2. No one can or has confirmed if it was Hunter who dropped off these devices. Was there a receipt with his signature? I've taken my own laptop to a service business to provide me with a written GPU assessment for insurance purposes. I had to sign a release which clearly states the guidelines/timeline in which I need to recover it once their work is complete. So again, is there paperwork? I can't find anything confirming this in the reporting. This leads us to two possible scenarios; 1. Hunter or someone acting on his behest dropped them off and forgot about them as claimed or 2. Someone else stole them and set this up to ensure the data would eventually be turned over to the authorities or released to the public outright. #2 seems a little far fetch as there are a lot of dependencies to make it work. Still, I guess it is possible someone set this up knowing the guy at the store would not be able to ID him (or he's in on it, using the legally blind excuse). But so far, no one is officially making that claim.
3. Everything (data wise) released was initially from an unknown source via the N Post if I recall correctly. No one is claiming to have done it, which does sound a little weird.
4. Assuming Hunter dropped off the devices and neglected to collect them after multiple attempts, the owner of that store absolutely has the right to view and report what he has seen within the data. Based on his stated policy that is. Copies were given to GOP aligned entities, which is also legal as far as I can tell. This was done by the store owner to protect himself from retribution. Personally, I appreciate the fact he did this, because otherwise the information could have been swept under the rug.
5. The data on the hard drives is absolutely damaging, assuming the FBI has what has been reported. Why they have not made a move up to this point is interesting and concerning. I'm all for allowing them to investigate, confirm, and separate truth from fiction, but at some point, they have to address this to the American people in full.
6. So, if there was something nefarious done to get things to this point, the fact still remains that the FBI legally obtained the data. It also appears the shop owner legally obtained the devices and recovered the data. And finally, the owner did the right thing in reporting the discovery of possible criminal activity to the FBI. This means the FBI can and should act on any of the incriminating data found within the data. If the President is clearly involved, the American people need to know, and Impeachment hearings are the mechanism to deal with him. Additionally, the FBI can and should recommend indictments for Hunter accordingly.
7. Finally, I see this whole scandal to be similar to the Podesta emails by WikiLeaks. Someone absolutely acquired these emails illegally and put them out there to the public. I don't condone such activity, but the fact still remains that the information was out there, and it demonstrated collusion with the media during an election among other embarrassing things.

So, still some intrigue, unanswered questions, and weird stuff going on. But the bottom line for me thus far is, is the data on the drive true?
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LTC David Brown
LTC David Brown
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Hunter did sign a receipt according to the store owner. Hunter’s lawyer has now issued a crazy statement. The statement says it may not be Hunter’s lap top but information was illegal obtained and disseminated
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Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
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LTC David Brown I haven’t seen that report or confirmation it was his signature. I like to make sure I’ve seen this before I restate it.
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CSM Charles Hayden
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LTC David Brown H Biden Accepting ownership of his laptop is a legal ploy to deny admission of the contents during possible legal proceedings!
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Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
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What it sounds like they're doing is attempting to make a claim he never took the laptop to the store, someone else did posing Hunter, giving them a bunch of devices ("not belonging to Hunter"), with a lot of incriminating data. If this were true, I guess they could claim the store owner never actually had a right to the data, that it was illegally acquired, and that none of it can be used as evidence. Speculation on my part, as I do not know what the law states on this scenario. But... It doesn't make him any less guilty. Regardless of whether he gets indicted.

The problem is, if this were successful, then what the FBI has cannot be used or released, and then they can go on to claim all the other copies were tampered with. Farfetched or not, we all know Biden supporters will believe it.
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