It (Still) Ain’t Necessarily So

Note, that the request for investigation of this will make @jamescomer dick pic hearing more difficult.

[Fixed Comer's handle] https://t.co/uiD6lJhNKg

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 1, 2023

While Biden has previous deflected comment about whether the various emails and pictures were legitimate, the letters seem to acknowledge that at least some are- but said Biden is unsure of how much.

Well, maybe:

The letters say that evaluating the data has been "exceedingly difficult because, for months, neither the New York Post 'nor its source for the material, President Donald Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani, were willing to share' that data with the public. More recently, downstream recipients of what has been purported to be Mr. Biden’s hard drive have reported anomalies in the data, suggesting manipulation of it."

Biden does seem to acknowledge the computer is his:

file “Mr. Mac Isaac chose to work with President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer to weaponize Mr. Biden’s personal computer data against his father, Joseph R. Biden, by unlawfully causing the provision of Mr. Biden’s personal data to the New York Post,” the letter says.

That still doesn’t mean the copy of the hard drive is a true and correct one, nor explain why so many people have pictures and data they claim came from it. It also doesn’t mean the data was stolen and Biden’s privacy abused.

Asking for a criminal investigation is an interesting, and ballsy, move. I don’t necessarily approve of imprisonment. But information should be free, and the truth should be revealed.

So there’s that.  And the House is likely to find its asking questions about matters under criminal investigation, which pretty much ends their “investigation.”

I’m fascinated by this. The presumption was that Hunter Biden would never fight back and the House and Bannon, Giuliani, and the rest of the weirdo skel parade would hit without pushback.

Apparently not! https://t.co/CS9PkjGsjI

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 1, 2023