Bidengate Breaks... err... down

[ZiprHead]

The FBI initially declared the laptop story as a "classic Russia misinformation" operation and went about cajoling the likes of FaceBook and Twitter to prevent its dissemination across its platforms. etc. That's not cool.

That was what they found after examining the laptop drive's contents, {snip}

What exactly was found that proved this was all a "Russian misinformation" operation and should be suppressed?

Rubbish. The FBI said that the story was potentially polarizing.

That should not be any concern for FBI.

Zuckerberg himself took that warning as an excuse for his actions. Then he goes out of his way to complain that he was bullied as a way of deflecting blame onto the government for his own actions. What did they threaten him with?

I never said the FBI threatened him but I'm pretty sure they either pressured or manipulated big tech to suppress the story. And there is probably some truth to what you say about Zuckerburg deflecting blame as he was probably quite willing to go along with FBI "suggestions".

And I'm more than pretty sure you are wrong.

 

[ZiprHead]

The laptop lacked a clean chain of custody, and was considered a mess from a forensic standpoint by analysts.[6] The drive contained emails marked to and from Hunter Biden[2] and other digital files relating to him. PolitiFact wrote in June 2021 that it is possible that "copies of a laptop" were obtained, instead of Hunter Biden's actual laptop.[5] The New York Times and The Washington Post reported that their sources had authenticated a number of emails, including one that was the subject of the New York Post reporting.[7][6] No more than 22,000 of the almost 129,000 emails on the hard drive were confirmed as authentic in 2022 by two forensic analysts who independently examined the data for The Washington Post; however, the analysts could not verify the vast majority of the data. The unverifiable emails included some prominently reported previously by other news outlets.[6] The analysis found that people other than Biden had written files and folders to the drive before and after the original report by the New York Post, but only after it had been taken into FBI custody. It also found that data had been accessed and copied off the drive by people other than Biden over nearly three years.[6] Despite extensive scrutiny of the laptop contents by multiple parties, by September 2022 no clear evidence of criminal activity by the Bidens had surfaced.[8]

  Hunter Biden laptop controversy

 

[Shadowy Man]

Despite extensive scrutiny of the laptop contents by multiple parties, by September 2022 no clear evidence of criminal activity by the Bidens had surfaced.[8]

That’s just because no one has yet tried applying the brilliance of Jim Jordan to the problem yet.

 

[senor boogie woogie]

All I know is that Hunter Biden (and why would any loving parent name their kid Hunter?) is a drugged up moron who was spoiled from birth. It was only through his father that he made all that money in those countries “consulting” or whatever he did. Hunter was born with a golden spoon up his ass and took advantage of that.

Where is the “laptop”? Why can’t we say “portable computer” instead? Did Crackhead, I mean Hunter, break the law? I don’t know, doesn’t affect my life. I know that America is full of corruption and greed and those with power and wealth are the most corrupt and greedy of anyone. The Libertarian in me doesn’t care if Hunter smokes crack, dates his dead brother’s wife, fucks the babysitter and pees on the cat. We all have known people like that.

 

[ZiprHead]

Truly spoken like the drunken old man at the end of the bar.

By the way, you have heard of Donald Trump and golden spoon up their asses kids, right? None of them have ever had a job outside of the family business. Talk about spoiled from birth.

 

[Patooka]

Apologise to my dad right fucking now!

 

[TSwizzle]

The corrupt FBI paid Twitter to have the Hunter Biden laptop story (and others) suppressed;

The FBI handed nearly $3.5 million of taxpayers money to Twitter in order for the social media giant to continue to do its bidding. In an email from February 2021, an unnamed Twitter employee estimated that the company's Safety, Content & Law Enforcement had 'collected $3,415,323' in less than two years from the FBI for 'law-enforcement related projects.' The staffer was emailing then-general counsel Sean Edgett and then-deputy general counsel Jim Baker in the damning message. The subject of the email read: 'Run the business - We made money!' It was Baker, a former FBI lawyer, who met with the feds to discuss suppressing and discrediting the Hunter Biden laptop story, a month before the bombshell New York Post article was published, despite the agency knowing legitimacy of the reporting. The nearly $3.5 million was paid to Twitter in exchange for workers continuing to process FBI requests to silence American citizens. In the staffer's email, it says that the millions will be used on 'law enforcement-related projects,' according to the latest dump of Twitter files from reporter Michael Shellenberger. Current Twitter CEO Elon Musk said of the emails: 'Government paid Twitter millions of dollars to censor info from the public.'

Daily Mail

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

So now, with lack of anything substantial with the laptop, there is a shift in reporting to discuss the censorship of a scandal that doesn't exist. Can't wait till the goalposts get shifted again.

 

[bilby]

The corrupt FBI paid Twitter to have the Hunter Biden laptop story (and others) suppressed

I assumed this to be satire, leading as it does with a three-word catchphrase that is an obvious parody of Trumparian propaganda slogans.

Then I saw that it was followed by a quote from the Daily Mail, and who had posted it, and realised it's probably not intended to be a hilarious parody of the moronic musings of the former President.

And now I don't know whether to laugh or sob.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

The corrupt FBI under the Trump Admin paid Twitter to have the Hunter Biden laptop story (and others) suppressed;

FIFY

 

[Patooka]

The corrupt FBI paid Twitter to have the Hunter Biden laptop story (and others) suppressed;

I could point out the article you linked proves nothing of the sort, but why fucking bother? You're like the only person left on the planet still duped by these "Twitter files" shenanigans. Not even RVonse is discussing them anymore.

 

[TV and credit cards]

The corrupt FBI paid Twitter to have the Hunter Biden laptop story (and others) suppressed;

The FBI handed nearly $3.5 million of taxpayers money to Twitter in order for the social media giant to continue to do its bidding. In an email from February 2021, an unnamed Twitter employee estimated that the company's Safety, Content & Law Enforcement had 'collected $3,415,323' in less than two years from the FBI for 'law-enforcement related projects.' The staffer was emailing then-general counsel Sean Edgett and then-deputy general counsel Jim Baker in the damning message. The subject of the email read: 'Run the business - We made money!' It was Baker, a former FBI lawyer, who met with the feds to discuss suppressing and discrediting the Hunter Biden laptop story, a month before the bombshell New York Post article was published, despite the agency knowing legitimacy of the reporting. The nearly $3.5 million was paid to Twitter in exchange for workers continuing to process FBI requests to silence American citizens. In the staffer's email, it says that the millions will be used on 'law enforcement-related projects,' according to the latest dump of Twitter files from reporter Michael Shellenberger. Current Twitter CEO Elon Musk said of the emails: 'Government paid Twitter millions of dollars to censor info from the public.'

Daily Mail

Here. Hold this.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

The corrupt FBI paid Twitter to have the Hunter Biden laptop story (and others) suppressed;

I could point out the article you linked proves nothing of the sort, but why fucking bother? You're like the only person left on the planet still duped by these "Twitter files" shenanigans. Not even RVonse is discussing them anymore.

...a religious like cult...

 

[TSwizzle]

The Bidens are outdoing the Clintons!

Joe Biden was named in an email found on Hunter Biden's laptop discussing a 25 million-ton gas deal with China, DailyMail.com can reveal exclusively. In October 2017, Hunter and his uncle –Joe's brother Jim Biden – were brokering a multi-million dollar deal to supply gas from Louisiana to the country on behalf of their business partners, Chinese energy giant CEFC. A Louisiana-based lawyer on the other side of the deal wrote in an October 27, 2017 email that he had arranged 'a call from Joe Biden and Hunter Biden on Monday morning to discuss the purchase of the 5 million tons of gas.' In emails with Fenet, Jim emphasized the Biden family's involvement in the project. 'We Biden's often fraught with problems, that they can can [sic] come from working with family members, are of a different mind. It's all about family, and people we choose to do business with,' he wrote to Fenet on October 19 that year.

Daily Mail

Let's Go Brandon!

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Hunter Biden Laptop - The slowest slow roll scandal of all time

Does The Daily Mail have just one guy, who doesn't speak English reviewing these emails... in a cave... with not light... explaining why it is taking so long for them to report on what is on the laptop?

 

[blastula]

The Bidens are outdoing the Clintons!

Joe Biden was named in an email found on Hunter Biden's laptop discussing a 25 million-ton gas deal with China, DailyMail.com can reveal exclusively. In October 2017, Hunter and his uncle –Joe's brother Jim Biden – were brokering a multi-million dollar deal to supply gas from Louisiana to the country on behalf of their business partners, Chinese energy giant CEFC. A Louisiana-based lawyer on the other side of the deal wrote in an October 27, 2017 email that he had arranged 'a call from Joe Biden and Hunter Biden on Monday morning to discuss the purchase of the 5 million tons of gas.' In emails with Fenet, Jim emphasized the Biden family's involvement in the project. 'We Biden's often fraught with problems, that they can can [sic] come from working with family members, are of a different mind. It's all about family, and people we choose to do business with,' he wrote to Fenet on October 19 that year.

Daily Mail

Let's Go Brandon!

Even if any of that is true, what is the problem? Explain it for once.

 

[TSwizzle]

Even if any of that is true, what is the problem? Explain it for once.

Didn't Joe Biden say he was not involved with crack fiend Hunter's business dealings?

 

[Oleg]

The Bidens are outdoing the Clintons!

Joe Biden was named in an email found on Hunter Biden's laptop discussing a 25 million-ton gas deal with China, DailyMail.com can reveal exclusively. In October 2017, Hunter and his uncle –Joe's brother Jim Biden – were brokering a multi-million dollar deal to supply gas from Louisiana to the country on behalf of their business partners, Chinese energy giant CEFC. A Louisiana-based lawyer on the other side of the deal wrote in an October 27, 2017 email that he had arranged 'a call from Joe Biden and Hunter Biden on Monday morning to discuss the purchase of the 5 million tons of gas.' In emails with Fenet, Jim emphasized the Biden family's involvement in the project. 'We Biden's often fraught with problems, that they can can [sic] come from working with family members, are of a different mind. It's all about family, and people we choose to do business with,' he wrote to Fenet on October 19 that year.

Daily Mail

Let's Go Brandon!

Even if any of that is true, what is the problem? Explain it for once.

Ah, for like five years we heard how Trump’s business deals made him compromised to Russia. There’s actual evidence of Biden dealing with China but were just now supposed to ignore that?

 

[blastula]

Actual evidence? That's a strong term. And still nothing illegal then?

And the difference is we can tell Trump was compromised with Russia by seeing his actions in office. Show all the times Biden showed special favoritism for China.

 

[ZiprHead]

The Bidens are outdoing the Clintons!

Joe Biden was named in an email found on Hunter Biden's laptop discussing a 25 million-ton gas deal with China, DailyMail.com can reveal exclusively. In October 2017, Hunter and his uncle –Joe's brother Jim Biden – were brokering a multi-million dollar deal to supply gas from Louisiana to the country on behalf of their business partners, Chinese energy giant CEFC. A Louisiana-based lawyer on the other side of the deal wrote in an October 27, 2017 email that he had arranged 'a call from Joe Biden and Hunter Biden on Monday morning to discuss the purchase of the 5 million tons of gas.' In emails with Fenet, Jim emphasized the Biden family's involvement in the project. 'We Biden's often fraught with problems, that they can can [sic] come from working with family members, are of a different mind. It's all about family, and people we choose to do business with,' he wrote to Fenet on October 19 that year.

Daily Mail

Let's Go Brandon!

Even if any of that is true, what is the problem? Explain it for once.

Ah, for like five years we heard how Trump’s business deals made him compromised to Russia. There’s actual evidence of Biden dealing with China but were just now supposed to ignore that?

The wording from the DM story is pretty vague, "Joe Biden was named..." It could include everything from Jim saying to Hunter "Tell Joe I said Hi." to "Joe says we'll nuke China if this deal doesn't go through."

This is kind of a Rorschach test. The DM story really doesn't say much of anything but it reveals in the reader's interpretations their inner feelings. Swizzle and Oleg's feelings especially.