Tucker Carlson interviewed Hunter Biden this week for his podcast for some reason.
We knew the two were friendly from previous contacts Tucker and his wife had with Hunter in 2014 when Tucker asked for help getting his son into Georgetown University.
During the interview Tucker Carlson tied the Hunter Biden laptop story to Israel for some reason.
And as Steven Crowder reported after watching the interview, Hunter claimed the Ukrainians were “shopping the laptop story to Rudy Giuliani in 2018.”
CLAIM: "Hunter didn't drop off the laptop."
TRUTH: Yes he did.
-On April 12, 2019, Hunter signed a receipt for an $85 repair on 3 MacBook Pros.
-His own legal team has never denied he dropped it off.CLAIM: "Ukraine was shopping the laptop to Giuliani in 2018."
TRUTH: This… https://t.co/Z4jMo3MvaB pic.twitter.com/EMPwEV2vb1— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) August 11, 2026
This was flat out wrong. The Gateway Pundit reported extensively at the time on how Rudy Giuliani ended up with the Hunter Biden laptop.
Hunter Biden dropped off his laptops in 2019 at The Mac Shop, a computer repair business in Delaware run by John Paul Isaac. There are receipts written out for the repair work.
When Hunter did not return to pick up his computers John Paul contacted the FBI, but first made a copy of the contents on the computers.
The FBI took the laptop and buried it someplace in 2019 and it never saw the light of day. The deep state was pleased that this would end the story.
Back in April 2023, former Gateway Pundit contributor Larry Johnson, explained how Rudy Giuliani received a copy of Hunter’s laptop.
In October 2020, on the eve of the last Presidential debate, 51 U.S. intelligence luminaries published a letter intimating that the Hunter Biden laptop had all the earmarks of a diabolical Russian intelligence operation. I knew it was a lie then and wrote accordingly (see below). But now, thanks to former CIA Director Mike Morrell, we know that the letter was a political op by Clinton operatives working on behalf of Joe Biden.
Matt Taibbi has a superb substack on the latest news. Here are a couple of salient points:
In that letter, which is not easy to find, you’ll see three snippets of dialogue from questioning of Morell, who appears to have organized the open letter. In the first snippet, he explains that the idea originated with a call from Blinken, then of the Biden campaign, and that absent that call, Morell wouldn’t have done what he did:
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A letter published today (Monday, October 19, 2020) with the signatures of 50 “former intelligence” officials is a self-inflicted wound of comedy and absurdity wrapped in the specious claim of special expertise. Thank God none of these clowns still hold a position anywhere in the national security bureaucracy. Their inability to grasp basic facts and engage in simple reasoning perhaps explains why the Obama team abandoned American military and intelligence officials at Benghazi in September 2012 and why they considered ISIS as “a junior varsity” team.
Basically, this group of mediocrities are sure that the Hunter Biden emails are part of some nasty Rooskie plot:
. . . we write to say that the arrival on the US political scene of emails purportedly belonging to Vice President Biden’s son Hunter, much of it related to his time serving on the Board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.
There is only one teeny, tiny problem. They have no facts to back up their deluded judgment, supposedly based on years of experience. Just goes to show that experience without real intelligence is no substitute for competence.
Let us start with the facts that are documented:
1. Hunter Biden signs a work order on 12 April 2019 with The Mac Shop in Wilmington, Delaware to recover data on the hard drive of a Mac Laptop damaged by water.
2. The repair is completed on the 17th of April. Hunter Biden is notified by email and phone that the laptop and hard drive are ready to be picked up. Total cost–$85. Hunter did not respond.
3. In September of 2019, the owner of the Mac Shop talked with his dad about the Biden computer and the fact that it had material that might be relevant to the Ukraine issue. Father and son decided the best course of action was to approach the FBI. The father, who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, volunteered to make the approach.
4. Steve Mac Isaac, father of John Paul Mac Isaac, goes to the FBI field office in Albuquerque in mid-September and offers the hard drive and work order to the FBI. The FBI only makes a copy of the work order and asks Mr. Mac Isaac to leave. The FBI volunteers no further actions on the part of the Mac Isaacs.
5. November 2019, the FBI suddenly reaches out to the Mac Isaac’s and visits the shop in Wilmington, Delaware. John Paul Mac Isaac asks the FBI to take the computer and the hard drive. They refuse and leave.
6. Early December 2019, the FBI returns to the Mac Shop and presents a grand jury subpoena for the computer and the hard drive. John Paul Mac Isaac happily surrenders the items to the FBI.
7. John Paul Mac Isaac watched and wondered from December 2019 thru August 2020, expecting the FBI would do something with the information on the computer and the hard drive. But nothing happened. John Paul turned over a copy of the hard drive to Rudy Giuliani’s attorney in early September 2020.
The New York Post stories based on the contents of the hard drive came from Rudy Giuliani and his team, not from John Paul Mac Isaac.
The Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, declared on the record on Monday, October 19th, that the info on the Hunter Biden computer is not Russian disinformation. He specifically stated that there was no intelligence to support such a conclusion.
Today (Tuesday, October 20) the FBI and the Department of Justice confirmed the DNI’s declaration:
ONE senior federal law enforcement official says:
1-The FBI and DOJ concur with DNI Ratcliffe’s assessment that Hunter Biden’s laptop and emails in question were not part of a Russian disinformation campaign.
2-The FBI DOES have possession of the Hunter Biden laptop in question.
If this was a Russian operation, it would mean the Russians have the most amazing and powerful intelligence capability in the world. Specifically, it would mean the following:
So there you have it. Proven liars like Jim Clapper and John Brennan, along with the likes of Mike Hayden, are claiming without one shred of evidence that emails validated by the FBI are somehow a magical Russian disinformation campaign. As I noted at the outset, it would be laughable were the claim not so dangerous to the security of the United States. They are the ones meddling in the Presidential election by using their status as former top intel officials as a platform for spreading a lie about Russian interference in hopes of persuading uninformed voters to accept this mendacity as fact.
This has nothing to do with Russians, except for the millions a wealthy Russian oligarch paid to Hunter. The truth of the matter is the Joe Biden used his son, Hunter, to enrich himself and his family. While Democrats continuously insist that Donald Trump is corrupt and unethical, the Hunter Biden emails provide devastating evidence that it is the Bidens, not the Trumps, who are engaged in corrupt and slimy business deals. Those are the facts.
UPDATED CONCLUSION — John Paul Mac Isaac has filed a defamation suit against Democratic operatives and media who spread the lie that the he was part of a Russian intel operation:
The Delaware computer repairman who blew the whistle on Hunter Biden’s laptop filed a multimillion-dollar defamation suit Tuesday against Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, CNN, the Daily Beast and Politico, saying they falsely accused him of peddling Russian disinformation. . . .
“After fighting to reveal the truth, all I want now is for the rest of the country to know that there was a collective and orchestrated effort by social and mainstream media to block a real story with real consequences for the nation,” the 45-year-old Mac Isaac told The Post.
“This was collusion led by 51 former pillars in the intelligence community and backed by words and actions of a politically motivated DOJ and FBI,” he continued. “I want this lawsuit to reveal that collusion and more importantly, who gave the marching orders.”
Thanks to Mike Morrell, J.P. now has the proof that this was a conspiracy and that the 50 intelligence officers colluded in that illegal act. I would not be surprised to learn that those intelligence officers will find themselves added as defendants to Mac Isaac’s lawsuit. I am enjoying the irony that the former head of the CIA has now implicated himself and his cohorts in a genuine conspiracy. And this conspiracy is not a theory. It is a fact.
And here is how Larry Johnson became involved with the Hunter Biden laptop scandal.
Larry wrote this in 2022:
John Paul, acting under Delaware law, understood that Hunter’s computer became the property of his business 90 days after it had been abandoned.
At no time did John Paul approach any media outlet or tabloid offering to sell salacious material. A person of lesser character might have tried to profit. But that is not the essence of John Paul Mac Isaac. He had information in his possession that he learned, thanks to events subsequent to receiving the computer for a repair job, was relevant to the security of our nation. He did what any clear thinking American would do–he, through his father, contacted the FBI. When the FBI finally responded to his call for help, John cooperated fully and turned over all material requested.
So here is where I enter the story. I got a call from Mac on 15 October 2020 and he was very worried about his son’s safety. Even though I had never met or spoke to JP prior to this night, Mac thought I could persuade JP to take necessary steps to protect himself. Here is JP’s account of that night (it is an excerpt from the early manuscript of the book coming out on Tuesday):
“JP, I’m Larry Johnson. I’m on the phone with your dad. Old Friends.
Trying to do a three way call.” read the text. I only knew my father to have 2
best friends, and Larry Johnson was not one of them. I hesitantly respond, “OK”
and waited. Soon my phone rang from the same number, “Hi JP, This is Larry
Johnson, I think I have your father on the call, as well. Colonel Mac, are you
there?” next my father barked, “I need you to shut up and listen to what this guy
has to say. He has experience in these situations and you need to do what he
says.” I replied, “I will.” In which my father yelled, “ He has killed people, have
you killed people? You will do more than “I will”.” I responded, “Yes sir. ”Larry made his introduction and then asked how I was holding up. After a brief
description of the last two days, Larry started in, “It is very important we get you
security and protection, your life is in danger and we need to make sure you are
safe.” I explained that I asked Bob for security last night, but yet to hear back
from him. I was instructed by Larry to call Bob immediately after I hung up and
demand I get someone to my house, Now!. Larry went on to warn me that I
couldn’t trust anyone. People would find a way to record me, catch me saying or doing something that could be twisted and used to attack me. If I was out in
public, don’t talk about anything. I was never to be left alone at the shop or on my
way to and from. Larry concluded, “Above all, get Bob to provided you with the
security he promised. He owes you that.”We hung up and at 12:31AM. I texted Bob, “ I know it’s late, but I have been advised to get some security personal down to me soon. Nothing is imminent, but things are getting heated. Also, I think it’s time I get a lawyer. If you can assist, that would be fantastic. Again, sorry to bother you this late. Cheers!” So much for a quiet and relaxing early night.
John Paul learned the hard way that the FBI cannot be trusted. Pains me to say that. The FBI dropped the ball and, by extension, the Department of Justice. Sadly, this is becoming a disturbing, repeating theme–the FBI through incompetence or malfeasance is not doing its job.
Here is a video where John Paul Mac Isaac tells the full story of his interaction with the FBI and their negligence. It is worth seven minutes of your time.
As you saw in the video, the FBI was inept, at best, in exploiting the Hunter Biden hard drive. And this is indirectly damning of Bill Barr’s incompetence in this matter I am sad to say. A Special Counsel is warranted when the son of President, is embroiled in serious allegations of tax fraud and violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and possible bribery by a foreign power.
I do not know if justice will ever be done. But JP has persevered and written a book that tells his side of the story and will remind readers that there are still some decent people in the United States. JP Mac Isaac is one of the best.
Larry was contacted by John Paul’s father – the rest is history.
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