Lawyers for Hunter Biden are requesting that federal and state investigators look into those who accessed and spread his personal data from his stolen laptop, including Rudy Giuliani and a number of allies of former President Trump, in a series of letters sent Wednesday, according to multiple reports
The letters to the attorney general of Delaware, the Department of Justice and the IRS allege that a number of right-wing figures trafficked the information that was stolen from Hunter Biden’s laptop and used it to weaponize attacks against him and his family.
It is the first time Hunter Biden’s legal team has publicly acknowledged that it was his personal data that was found on an abandoned laptop at a Delaware repair shop. The offensive against these agitators marks a new strategy in Hunter Biden’s legal maneuvers as House Republicans have stepped up their investigations into the president’s son.
The letter to the Delaware attorney general accuses John Paul Mac Isaac, who owned the repair shop where the laptop was left, of accessing the computer in an unauthorized manner, which they say he distributed to the New York Post for a story before the 2020 election , according to CNN. The attorneys also asked for investigations into Giuliani and Steve Bannon.
Mac Isaac’s attorney, Brian Della Rocca, told The Hill that he was still “wrapping (his) head around” the letters but blasted the messages from Hunter Biden’s legal team as an attempt to direct attention away from Hunter Biden.
“After skimming the letters, the only thing I see is a privileged person hiring yet another high-priced attorney to redirect attention away from his own unlawful actions,” Della Rocca said.
Representatives for Giuliani and Bannon did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The existence of Hunter Biden’s laptop has been a fixation of conservative media and Republican lawmakers since President Biden began his run for office. The laptop appears to contain a massive record of documents, including business dealings, personal photos and emails.
In the aftermath of the stories about Hunter Biden’s laptop, conversations raged about its potential authenticity and whether the information being leaked from the supposedly stolen laptop could be trusted.
The FBI seized the laptop in December 2019, according to Mac Isaac.
And now the Republicans, in their new House majority, have sworn to investigate Hunter Biden and the Biden family. The promise of oversight of the president’s son was one of the party’s main campaign points in the 2022 midterm elections.
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