FBI in possession of Hunter Biden's purported laptop, sources say
Martha MacCallum got the word...
Late yesterday the FBI finally admitted the truth:
“A senior federal law enforcement official tells @JakeBGibson 1) FBI & DOJ concur w/ Ratcliffe that Hunter Biden’s laptop & the emails in question weren’t part of a Russian disinformation campaign,” Fox News producer Sean Langille tweeted. “2) The FBI DOES have possession of the Hunter Biden laptop in question.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-doj-fbi-confirm-hunter-biden-laptop-is-not-part-of-russian-disinformation-campaign
"The FBI is in possession of the laptop purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden which contained emails revealing his foreign business dealings, including contacts in Ukraine and China, two senior administration officials told Fox News Tuesday.
The FBI declined to confirm or deny the existence of an investigation into the laptop or the emails, as is standard practice.
Further, Fox News has learned that the FBI and Justice Department officials concur with an assessment from Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe that the laptop is not part of a Russian disinformation campaign targeting Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-purported-hunter-biden-laptop-sources
If you are looking to get any further news on this story from CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, the New York Times or social media such as Facebook or Twitter - you can forget it. The Washington Post even tried to smear the messengers last week as did the habitual liar Adam Schiff.
For the past 4 days the powerful American left has lied to us about Russia being somehow involved with this laptop. We can finally put that aside now and declare everyone who said it as a liar.
So the question now is what comes next?
I assume the same media & congressional liars will smear Rudy Giuliani, the President's family and maybe the store owner (a true Whistleblower).
The media will then fill up air time following the man who has to do the dirty work of campaigning for the dysfunctional Biden.
Obama to hit the campaign trail.
However the story will go on carried by the New York Post, Fox News and the Wall Street Journal - (responsible news organizations)
We may also have some sort of inquiry into the influence peddling that went on particularly with China.
Stay tuned......
So you believe RATtcliffe, a tRump lapdog.
Okey dokey
Also, the Wall Street Journal might be a responsible 'news organization' but the NY Post(news organization? what the huh?) and Faux 'News' are not reputable/responsible, in any way, shape or form.
And ..... radio silence from the NT left ........ DOH!
Well, in their defense most of them are probably still in the rack with their woobies .....
That made me snicker.
Good, we need more snickers in here and less sneers.
I do not see/hear any evidence, meaning absolute proof FBI states it is Hunter's laptop. If you have it please provide, the article does NOT provide proof. Hasn't Trump supporters and Trump been ranting about unnamed sources whenever something comes negative about Trump, yet here they are readily accepting unnamed sources.
A senior federal law enforcement official
Further, Fox News has learned that the FBI and Justice Department officials
The FBI declined to confirm or deny the existence of an investigation into the laptop or the emails, as is standard practice.
Lets not conflate and FBI investigation with a simple confirmation that this is Hunter's laptop. Fox News producer Sean Langille is going on record that the FBI DOES have possession of the Hunter Biden laptop in question.” I know you want an FBI official named, but that's the way it goes.
Your mistake is that you accept the word of a Fox producer as factual.
Show us the sentence in the story where someone from the FBI, not Fox News, says it is Hunter Biden's laptop.
This sentence actually is in the story
""The FBI is in possession of the laptop purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden"
So all the times something negative about Trump came from unnamed sources, you were OK with that, you trusted that...or are unnamed sources OK only when it is negative about a Democratic candidate.
A few things on that. Mr Langille waited until last night to release that info. The FBI would have denied it if it was untrue.
Show us the sentence in the story where someone from the FBI
That's already been covered. There is no named FBI official. You want to hold out for that ? - it's your perogative. You realize how that looks at this point?
How many of those did we have? Remember the latest? The New York Times doesn't even possess the tax documents they claim to be quoting from. Did anyone challenge them? More importantly, did social media ever censor them?
How about Jussie Smollett, the man who needed to create a racist act to prove America is racist? I remember when that fiction came out, there were two young black men who lived in the Chicago neighborhood where the attack supposedly happened, who immediately gave their reaction to the media. They were flabbergasted! They said guys in MAGA hats with a noose - in this neighborhood - at that hour of the morning - NO FUCKIN WAY!
Ya, John the media has lied to us with nothing and they've done it constantly. You see a Post story without named sources and you demand sourcing for every little detail. You have the store owner out on a limb, you have a FOX NEWS producer now with his name and reputation on the line and you say - you refuse to believe it!
Apply 3.1.27 ….. rinse and repeat as necessary …...
At AA they refer to it as "Denial Aisle"
What reputation? He works for Fox News.
You have promoted numerous conspiracy theories on this site. I dont believe much of what you say either.
No, they are just following the new standard, clearly established by the left via the last four years.
Absolute proof is not needed if:
1) the information supports one of your preferred narratives
2) makes your opponent look bad
3) supports your partisan bias
Now they just need to waste millions/billions with congressional inquiries/investigations/media spin and then they'll be right on target.
You should know by now that modern media uses the secret sources for all things.
Or is it only wrong if Trump isn't the target of those secret sources?
"I do not see/hear any evidence, meaning absolute proof FBI states it is Hunter's laptop. If you have it please provide, the article does NOT provide proof. Hasn't Trump supporters and Trump been ranting about unnamed sources whenever something comes negative about Trump, yet here they are readily accepting unnamed sources.
A senior federal law enforcement official
Further, Fox News has learned that the FBI and Justice Department officials
The FBI declined to confirm or deny the existence of an investigation into the laptop or the emails, as is standard practice.
A lot of what is posted by some folks, is not supported by the article/citations used to support said seed. .
The right spent millions, had multiple investigations into Hillary for a few years and found NOTHING, so please don't pretend this begun in just the last 4 years.
Weak attempt at a redirect …… this seed is not about Hillary.
That said, your "nothing" is rather disingenuous. Nearly 600 email violation on her private server alone. And that's without all the emails that were conveniently "lost."
Your definition of "nothing" is much different from mine.
You are the one who brought up "Now they just need to waste millions/billions with congressional inquiries/investigations/media spin and then they'll be right on target."
I was simply pointing out wasting of millions on inquiries/investigations/media spin was done by the right in a failed attempt to "get" Hillary.
Please let me know what charges were brought after millions spent on investigations, hours Hillary spent before congressional committee...NONE!
Speaking of millions - how much did the fraudulent Mueller investigation cost?
I've never seen anyone step out of so many fires!
Also, sparty brought up the Clintons in the first place with one of those whacky conspiracy theories.
Again, it's not about Hillary but you have a nice day now ya hear!
So the FBI admits to NOTHING and confirms NOTHING.
BTW, nothing that comes out of Radcliff's mouth is to be trusted.
Based on this bullshit article, the whining about 'anonymous sources' is pure hypocrisy.
As to an investigation. That was a few days ago btw.
BTW, nothing that comes out of Radcliff's mouth is to be trusted.
Why not?
Based on this bullshit article, the whining about 'anonymous sources' is pure hypocrisy.
Call it what you will. Last night a Fox News producer confirmed it. It's his word, not to mention that of the beautiful Ms MacCallum.
A few excerpts from on Radcliff.
Perhaps the clearest sign that three-term Texas congressman Ratcliffe is manifestly unqualified to serve as the nation’s director of national intelligence isn’t the fact that he embellished his résumé, nor that only a minority of the US Senate would vote to confirm him, nor that the first time he was floated for the post last summer he was so soundly rejected that he withdrew almost immediately.
Ratcliffe, the Trump loyalist and congressman from Texas’ fourth district, is best known for his fiery hearings performances cross-examining witnesses like special counsel Robert Mueller and, last fall, during the impeachment proceedings.
A longtime personal injury and medical malpractice lawyer, Ratcliffe once told his law school alumni magazine, “I just wanted to hang out my shingle and start making money.” He served a decade as the part-time mayor of Heath, Texas, (population 8,000) and, midway through his career, spent four years as a federal prosecutor in Texas. Elected to Congress in 2014 on the Tea Party wave, he has served in Congress for five years and is in his first term on the House intelligence committee.
When the congressman’s name was floated for DNI last summer, the already-thin justification of his national security “experience” evaporated almost immediately. Precisely two sentences of his official biography dealt with anything related to national security. Both proved to be inaccurate embellishments.
I see....
The wired.com forgot the plus side - the reason he was "manifestly" qualified to serve as DNI. The intelligence agencies as we have recently seen, have become all too powerful. They are loaded with Obama ideologues. They need a thorough cleansing. It was Radcliffe, if you recall, who called out James Comey for predetermining the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation.
Ya, I'd say Trump picked the right man for the job.
If they haven't confirmed an investigation, HOW can they confirm that the laptop is Hunter's Vic?
Because he's a Trump sycophant and an unqualified incompetent moron.
I call it what it IS, unsubstantiated bullshit.
So Trump TV said so. Got ya.
Now, for last word replies, a promise to be 'back in a few' and a seed lock.
Your plus side is your opinion, not facts.
Many of Trump's "right man for the job" have been fired by Trump, and then Trump calls them names, spews lies about them...give it a bit and Radcliff will probably be fired like the rest of them.
There's no reason to believe the emails aren't valid at this point. Even Biden's campaign refuses to deny their authenticity.
In modern progressive speak "Russian disinformation" is anything that makes Democrats look bad. Doesn't matter what it is, that's there go to response.
I bet Trump is jealous of this. Every time he screws up he could just claim "Russian misinformation" and the media would shut down all discussion of it.
I have two questions. One, do any of you guys know what "purportedly" means? [deleted]
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I'm sorry, but I demand equal treatment. We have had stories on the front page by our leftist members that were 100% false. You are caving in to the very same people?
I know you don't like the story Perrie, but it is true and you are listening to the wrong people.
Last week you had one entitled "Pence to be quarantined for 14 years on the advice of the CDC"
"an assessment from Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe that the laptop is not part of a Russian disinformation campaign targeting Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden"
Ratcliffe previously served as the Representative for Texas's 4th district from 2015 to 2020. During his time in Congress, Ratcliffe was regarded as one of the most conservative members.
John Ratcliffe’s campaign Twitter account follows Pizzagaters , JFK Jr. conspiracists , and a 9/11 Truther account with just one follower besides himself.
Ratcliffe’s official, verified campaign Twitter account follows several accounts on the political fringe, including a 9/11 truther account with just one follower besides himself and four promoting the outlandish QAnon conspiracy theory .
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence referred questions about Ratcliffe’s Twitter account to his congressional office, which didn’t respond to a request for comment.
“ Congressman Ratcliffe is a partisan politician who has spent the last two years promoting conspiracy theories in defense of Donald Trump .” - Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
“ Ratcliffe would be the least qualified person to run the intelligence community, ever , and that includes Ric Grenell,” said former CIA and National Counterterrorism Center analyst Aki Peritz, referring to the acting director of national intelligence. “ The hardest job for any intelligence officer is to speak truth to power . Based on Ratcliffe’s past performance, it’s doubtful he can resist the urge to politicize intelligence on behalf of Donald Trump .”
Time will tell.
In the meantime i'm going Crow hunting so i'll have plenty of it for all y'all when they get to the bottom of it.
To bad it's just coming out now though. Prolly won't have answers until after the election.
I will close this for now, but I will return to this subject and it will have the correct & true title.