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George II

(67,782 posts)
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 06:07 PM Oct 2020

Man Who Reportedly Gave Hunter's Laptop to Rudy Speaks Out in Bizarre Interview

Source: The Daily Beast

Updated Oct. 14, 2020 5:57PM ET / Published Oct. 14, 2020 3:52PM ET

On Wednesday morning, the New York Post published a story alleging that Hunter Biden dropped off a laptop at a Delaware computer store for repair and that the device contained nefarious emails and photos.

The item was immediately viewed with suspicion, both for the timing of it—coming less than three weeks before the elections—and the path the laptop supposedly took. The Post said that “before turning over the gear,” the owner of the computer repair shop, “made a copy of the hard drive and later gave it to former Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s lawyer, Robert Costello.” The story alleged that the Biden son was setting up a meeting between a top executive at a Ukrainian energy firm on which he served and his father, who was then the Vice President. The Biden campaign has said no such meeting was scheduled.

On Wednesday afternoon, a group of reporters, among them a journalist for The Daily Beast, spoke with the owner of the shop, a man named John Paul Mac Isaac who lives in Wilmington, Delaware. The audio of that nearly hour-long question and answer session is below.

Mac Isaac appeared nervous throughout. Several times, he said he was scared for his life and for the lives of those he loved. He appeared not to have a grasp on the timeline of the laptop arriving at his shop and its disappearance from it. He also said the impeachment of President Trump was a “sham.” Social media postings indicate that Mac Isaac is an avid Trump supporter, and voted for him in the 2016 election.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/man-who-reportedly-gave-hunters-laptop-to-rudy-speaks-out-in-bizarre-interview?ref=scroll



The best part of this article is it includes a 52 minute audio recording of the interview.

LOTS of holes in this story.
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Man Who Reportedly Gave Hunter's Laptop to Rudy Speaks Out in Bizarre Interview (Original Post) George II Oct 2020 OP
Sounds like Hunter can sue him for invasion of privacy kimbutgar Oct 2020 #1
Narrator: Hunter had zero to do with any of this greenjar_01 Oct 2020 #3
Is Biden a public figure exboyfil Oct 2020 #7
I don't know if Hunter is considered a public figure. George II Oct 2020 #18
The thing is it's a fake incident. Hunter was in California the day the laptop was "dropped off"! George II Oct 2020 #4
I didn't know that kimbutgar Oct 2020 #10
Lol theyre trying to give the appearance of impropriety to sway the election onetexan Oct 2020 #38
Not Hunter's laptop so probably not. But maybe libel. yellowcanine Oct 2020 #12
Ummm... this is probably completely fake. Happy Hoosier Oct 2020 #30
Probably? The world press knew it Hortensis Oct 2020 #42
Seems legit! BusyBeingBest Oct 2020 #2
THE ABSOLUTE 100% SIDE-SPLITTING LAUGH ABOUT THIS.... AZ8theist Oct 2020 #41
John Patsy Mac Isaac. Another republican fall-guy goes down. C_U_L8R Oct 2020 #5
Afraid for his life because he might crack & blow up the fabricated story he was bribed to tell? Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2020 #6
Eactly! Cha Oct 2020 #15
Sounds Like A Burkman/Wohl Productin,Sir The Magistrate Oct 2020 #8
Wouldn't it be illegal? dawg day Oct 2020 #9
That's what I was thinking.. why wouldn't it be stealing? Cha Oct 2020 #16
Well This Guy Is Going To Lose His Business.... global1 Oct 2020 #11
That guy can kiss his livelihood good-by mercuryblues Oct 2020 #13
If I somehow managed to find child porn (say, restoring a HD then verifying file structures)... moriah Oct 2020 #23
Oh Shit.. a supporter of a Fascist Murdering Treasonous Cha Oct 2020 #14
i think mac issac is nothing more than a tool used by giuliani Gato Moteado Oct 2020 #24
Yes it does.. maggots "manufacture" dirt.. that's Why Cha Oct 2020 #26
If What He Said He Did Is True It Is Multiple Crimes DanieRains Oct 2020 #17
If he serviced it there was a receipt, no? Brand, serial number, OS remarks, diagnosis and owner Ford_Prefect Oct 2020 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove Oct 2020 #20
The sequence of alleged events... Tarc Oct 2020 #21
Crimes have been committed - by him, by Bannon (who originally got the drive) and Giuliani... George II Oct 2020 #22
Or, alternately (and more likely)... jmowreader Oct 2020 #25
My guess is that when Hunter Biden needs a laptop repaired this badly, HE BUYS A NEW ONE, or three. Captain Zero Oct 2020 #40
Medical condition that makes him unable to see who dropped it off? Historic NY Oct 2020 #27
A condition that in laymen's terms....drunk as a skunk ashredux Oct 2020 #28
As others have posted there is whistler162 Oct 2020 #44
I wonder who would want their laptop to be fixed by this guy. LisaL Oct 2020 #29
By all means snoop around inside someone's laptop. Aussie105 Oct 2020 #31
Just a Trump stooge.... SergeStorms Oct 2020 #32
I bet the e-mail videohead5 Oct 2020 #33
Show the evidence, or else.... kentuck Oct 2020 #34
K&R betsuni Oct 2020 #35
They didn't seem to plan this out too well Sapient Donkey Oct 2020 #36
Article on DelawareOnline.com..... KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2020 #37
Thanks for sharing this! It helps to clear-up a lot of things. NurseJackie Oct 2020 #39
Kicking Again! Cha Oct 2020 #43

kimbutgar

(21,147 posts)
1. Sounds like Hunter can sue him for invasion of privacy
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 06:10 PM
Oct 2020

A nice lawyer needs to draw up that lawsuit and sue the crap out of him.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
42. Probably? The world press knew it
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 11:35 AM
Oct 2020

was phony from the very beginning because they were there watching everything the nations trying to help Ukraine break from Russia were doing. (Every major journalism source had A teams there because of the global ramifications.)

Nevertheless they investigated the allegations and found nothing. Except that Hunter Was paid outrageous sums to be on the board of directors have a Ukrainian company who wanted the Biden name associated with them. Shame on Hunter, end of That story.

Since they were reporting on this, some also took the very unusual step of speaking to Vice President Biden’s very high — and well known — reputation for integrity.

How much discrediting of these lies is needed?

AZ8theist

(5,461 posts)
41. THE ABSOLUTE 100% SIDE-SPLITTING LAUGH ABOUT THIS....
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 09:54 AM
Oct 2020

Is he claimed the FBI CONTACTED HIM to help ACCESS A COMPUTER HARD DRIVE!!!!!!!!!

I literally hit the floor LAUGHING on that one!!!

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
5. John Patsy Mac Isaac. Another republican fall-guy goes down.
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 06:17 PM
Oct 2020

This bozo best get his affairs in order.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,001 posts)
6. Afraid for his life because he might crack & blow up the fabricated story he was bribed to tell?
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 06:18 PM
Oct 2020

As someone pointed out, his is the kind of business that rifles through customer files.
Who would want to send their computer to a business like that?

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
9. Wouldn't it be illegal?
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 06:34 PM
Oct 2020

Oh, well. It doesn't matter at this point.

And it gets Rudy frothing even more, that much closer to apoplexy.

mercuryblues

(14,531 posts)
13. That guy can kiss his livelihood good-by
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 06:58 PM
Oct 2020

Would you want someone fixing your PC, that views and copies your files? That is what he is admitting to doing. Or he is lying through his teeth.

Either scenario does not imbue trust. Stick a fork in him, he's done.

moriah

(8,311 posts)
23. If I somehow managed to find child porn (say, restoring a HD then verifying file structures)...
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 09:45 PM
Oct 2020

... yes, I'd turn that in -- and not be making any damn copies of anything first!

Beyond that... well, I'm not responsible for marital difficulties after a wife brings in a computer that got a porn-spamming virus on it and I answer honestly how it most likely got on there (either surfing pornography or illegal file-sharing). Especially when you're a preacher.

But I tell this story without identifying the town or the year, and especially not the preacher.

Cha

(297,211 posts)
14. Oh Shit.. a supporter of a Fascist Murdering Treasonous
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 07:08 PM
Oct 2020

Liar has supposedly stolen files from Hunter's laptop to help trump.

Fuck Mac Isaac to Rot in Hell.

 

DanieRains

(4,619 posts)
17. If What He Said He Did Is True It Is Multiple Crimes
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 07:25 PM
Oct 2020

Data theft is serious business.

He better come clean fast.

Ford_Prefect

(7,897 posts)
19. If he serviced it there was a receipt, no? Brand, serial number, OS remarks, diagnosis and owner
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 07:39 PM
Oct 2020

contact info would typically be on it. Among other reasons is it would be proof that the service shop looked at the machine. Copying personal content on the drive without the owner's permission is considered theft in most jurisdictions. The whole scenario is bogus for many more reasons, including that Biden wasn't there on the day. Where's the shop security footage showing who left the computer?

Response to George II (Original post)

Tarc

(10,476 posts)
21. The sequence of alleged events...
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 09:31 PM
Oct 2020

1. A computer fixit guy takes in 3 laptops, allegedly from Hunter Biden, but he cannot now positively identify.
2. Laptops fixed, contacts the alleged owner, gets no response.
3. For some reason, decides to peruse the hard drives.
4. Allegedly finds allegedly shady things.
5. Makes a copy of the hard drive(s).
6. Gives laptops to the FBI.
7. Gives hard drive copy to...Rudy Giuliani's lawyer.

or I dunno.

I pity the mind that puts weight on this, though I suspect I'm about to get an earful of it tomorrow from some righty coworkers.

George II

(67,782 posts)
22. Crimes have been committed - by him, by Bannon (who originally got the drive) and Giuliani...
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 09:35 PM
Oct 2020

...to whom he gave it.

It's been reported that Hunter Biden was in California at the time, so it's possible that they person who gave the computer guy the laptops could have stolen them. Another crime.

Computer fixit guy is in DEEP trouble.

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
25. Or, alternately (and more likely)...
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 10:06 PM
Oct 2020

Hunter Biden never sent his laptop for repair at this man's shop (because he was 3000 miles away on the day this happened), the shop owner made the whole thing up, and Trump is hip deep in this shit.

I have the strange feeling that when all this is over, Hunter Biden is going to be in the computer repair business.

Captain Zero

(6,805 posts)
40. My guess is that when Hunter Biden needs a laptop repaired this badly, HE BUYS A NEW ONE, or three.
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 08:53 AM
Oct 2020

Puhleeze. This never even happened.
They will find the laptops came from a pawn shop 3 blocks from Rudy's condo somewhere.

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
27. Medical condition that makes him unable to see who dropped it off?
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 10:14 PM
Oct 2020

Thats a good one. How does he repair computers then?

 

whistler162

(11,155 posts)
44. As others have posted there is
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 08:15 PM
Oct 2020

a condition https://www.medicinenet.com/face_blindness_prosopagnosia/article.htm

These are the two big takeaways.

"The focus of any treatment should be to help the individual with face blindness develop compensatory strategies.

Adults who have face blindness as a result of stroke or brain trauma can be retrained to use other clues to identify individuals. "


LisaL

(44,973 posts)
29. I wonder who would want their laptop to be fixed by this guy.
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 10:18 PM
Oct 2020

Why was he snooping around on the laptop? Making a copy of a hard drive? Contacting FBI?
Sure doesn't sound kosher to me.

Aussie105

(5,395 posts)
31. By all means snoop around inside someone's laptop.
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 10:57 PM
Oct 2020

Even print out supposedly incriminating emails.

And do whatever you see fit to do with them. (Hey! Information wants to be Free, right?)

But keep your head down, sleazeball, don't get identified!

Dude is now a target, and his fix-it business dead as a dodo!

Not smart. But, dude is a MAGA believer, and all that.

FBI will soon work out how legitimate the data on the laptop is, just look at the metadata.

But it's the Republican way. Can't find any dirt to throw? Just make some up. Easy!

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
32. Just a Trump stooge....
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 11:05 PM
Oct 2020

trying to ingratiate himself to "The Leader", or was bribed or put up to it by Ghouliani or one of his henchmen.

COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLSHIT, FROM START TO FINISH.

Sapient Donkey

(1,568 posts)
36. They didn't seem to plan this out too well
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 12:10 AM
Oct 2020

I mean, at least make a workable story before trying to pull off such a scheme.

This should be interesting to watch as it implodes.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,491 posts)
37. Article on DelawareOnline.com.....
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 12:41 AM
Oct 2020
Meet the Wilmington computer repairman who reportedly gave Biden laptop to Giuliani associate
Karl Baker
Delaware News Journal
Oct. 14, 2020

Link: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2020/10/14/meet-wilmington-repairman-who-reportedly-gave-biden-laptop-giuliani-associate/3655753001/

(snips)
A Wilmington computer repairman who reportedly gave a copy of Hunter Biden’s laptop hard drive to Rudy Giuliani’s attorney, Brian Costello, spoke cryptically Wednesday about his arrangement last month with the Republican operative.

In a winding interview with the media, John Paul Mac Isaac, owner of The Mac Shop in Wilmington, recalled how in April 2019 a man who identified himself as Hunter Biden brought three liquid-damaged laptops to his small repair shop in the Trolley Square shopping center.
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On Wednesday, a spokeswoman for Delaware’s federal prosecutors declined to confirm or deny the existence of any investigation into Hunter Biden's laptop. In the months after the alleged December subpoena, the FBI made no public statements about the contents of the hard drive. That discouraged Mac Isaac who had hoped such information could vindicate Trump and prevent his impeachment.

At various points in his interview Wednesday, Mac Isaac insinuated the FBI had covered up the information, though he provided no evidence to verify such a suspicion.

This is a real head-spinner for me but it sure as hell sounds very shady.

KY......... .......
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