Hunter Biden’s laptop scandal is a little too convenient
By Monica Chen The New York Post’s bombshell story in October 2020 of Hunter Biden’s laptop, full of suspicious emails and much personal debauchery, was not “Russian disinformation” afterall. The New York Times confirmed on Wednesday that the infamous laptop does belong to Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden. Buried in a story updating the progress of the Department of Justice investigation on Biden’s taxes, the Times wrote: People familiar with the investigation said prosecutors had examined emails between Mr. Biden, Mr. Archer and others about Burisma and other foreign business activity. Those emails were obtained by The New York Times from a cache of files that appears to have come from a laptop abandoned by Mr. Biden in a Delaware repair shop. The email and others in the cache were authenticated by people familiar with them and with the investigation. Conservatives cheered the revelation as White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tried to shut down questions from reporters this week: No, Hunter Biden isn’t a government employee, but his father is. And when …