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The computer repairman who brew the whistle on the Hunter Biden laptop scandal is taking action against politicians and media outlets that falsely accused him of being part of a Russian disinformation campaign.
What is the background?
After the New York Post broke the laptop story just weeks before the 2020 presidential election, Democrats and the media worked overtime to dismiss the story as Russian disinformation.
For example, the media peddled a letter from more than 50 former "senior intelligence officials" that claimed, without evidence, the laptop story had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."
Then-Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, however, quickly disputed these claims, explicitly saying the laptop was "not part of some Russian disinformation campaign." Still, the media doubted the veracity of the story until news outlets began quietly authenticating the contents of the laptop hard drive.
What is happening now?
John Paul Mac Isaac, the owner of the Delaware computer shop, filed a defamation lawsuit on Tuesday against Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), CNN, Politico, and the Daily Beast, the New York Post reported.
Mac Isaac purportedly took possession of the laptop in 2019 after it was dropped off at his repair shop but never retrieved. The FBI took possession of the computer in December 2019, but Mac Isaac retained a copy of the hard drive. He then gave a copy to Rudy Giuliani, who provided it to the New York Post.
Mac Isaac filed the lawsuit in Montgomery County, Maryland. His attorney, Brian Della Rocca, told the New York Post that his client is seeking "at least $1 million in compensatory damages [and] punitive damages which will be the much bigger number and will be determined at trial." Mac Isaac was forced to close his business and temporarily move after the story broke.
Specifically, Mac Isaac accuses Schiff of sharing "with CNN and its viewers a complete and utter lie" when he told CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer after the laptop story broke that the "whole smear on Joe Biden comes from the Kremlin."
The lawsuit accuses CNN of broadcasting a "false and defamatory story" that essentially amounted to accusing Mac Isaac of "committing an infamous crime, i.e., treason by working with the Russians to commit a crime against the United States of America by attempting to undermine American democracy and the 2020 Presidential election."
Meanwhile, the lawsuit knocks the Daily Beast for describing the laptop hard drive as being "purloined" and targets Politico for the story about the former intelligence officials who claimed the laptop was part of a Russian disinformation campaign.
Rocca told the Post that Mac Isaac "suffered immensely at the false statements spread about those who brought the information on Hunter Biden’s laptop to everyone’s attention.
"He has lost his business, friendships, and his honorable standing in his community. This lawsuit is to attempt to repair a small portion of that damage caused by the defendants in the suit," the lawyer explained. "We intend to show that their actions were intentionally malicious."
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Computer repairman at center of 'Biden laptop' scandal takes new legal action against Twitter
The former Delaware computer repair shop owner who found himself at the center of controversy involving Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, last year has taken new legal action against Twitter.
What are the details?
John Paul Mac Isaac filed a new lawsuit in federal court on Thursday against Twitter, claiming the social media platform defamed him by declaring that a New York Post story reporting the existence of the laptop included "hacked" material.
According to Mac Isaac, the classification damaged his reputation, forcing him, in part, to shut down his Delaware business.
"Plaintiff is not a hacker and the information obtained from the computer does not constitute hacked materials because Plaintiff lawfully gained access to the computer, first with the permission of its owner, Biden, and then, after Biden failed to retrieve the recovered data despite Plaintiff's reuses, in accordance with the Mac Shop's abandoned property police," the lawsuit reads. "Plaintiff, as a direct result of Defendant Twitter's actions and statements, is now widely considered a hacker."
Mac Isaac released a video last year stating that being labeled a "hacker" is a "death sentence in my industry."
"For the record, I am not, nor have I ever been, a hacker," Mac Isaac declared.
When the Post's story broke last October — alleging the laptop proved Joe Biden knew about Hunter Biden's overseas business dealings — Twitter swiftly moved to stop the story from circulating on its platform by claiming the story contained hacked material, thereby violating Twitter's rules.
However, Mac Isaac has maintained that he did not hack anything. Instead, the Post obtained a copy of the laptop hard drive from Rudy Giuliani, who was given a copy by Mac Isaac. The computer repairman made copies of the hard drive when Biden never returned for the hardware.
Hunter Biden has never denied the laptop belonged to him, the Washington Examiner noted.
Anything else?
This is the second lawsuit that Mac Isaac has filed against Twitter.
The first lawsuit was thrown out by a judge last December over a lack of jurisdiction. That suit, also for defamation, demanded $500 million in damages.
The new lawsuit attempts to resolve the jurisdictional concerns by stating Twitter operates in Florida and that Twitter damaged Mac Isaac while he was conducting business in the Sunshine State.
The new lawsuit claims Twitter's defamation caused damages of at least $75,000.
"Twitter's actions and statements had the specific intent to communicate to its users, including its Florida resident users, that Plaintiff is a hacker and/or hacked the published materials," the lawsuit states.
Mac Isaac also demands that Twitter "make a public retraction of all false statements and to issue a public apology."
Mac shop owner caught up in Hunter Biden's laptop scandal sues Twitter for $500 million
The computer repairman at the center of the Hunter Biden laptop scandal is suing Twitter for defamation, alleging the social media company falsely labeled him a hacker and forced him to close his business.
John Paul Mac Isaac, the former owner of the Mac Shop in Wilmington, Delaware, filed the lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida on Monday, seeking a whopping $500 million in punitive damages from the company over its handling of the New York Post stories involving him.
In October, Mac Isaac was publicly identified as the computer repairman in original possession of a laptop belonging to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, after the Post published a series of bombshell reports about a laptop belonging to Biden that contained highly sensitive materials about the Biden family and their overseas business dealings.
Biden had reportedly dropped off the now infamous laptop and hard drive at Mac Isaac's shop in April 2019 but never returned to retrieve it. Mac Isaac, after discovering the sensitive material, reportedly made copies of the hard drive and handed them off to the Post — through President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani — and to the FBI.
Upon publication, Twitter acted quickly to censor to the reports on its platform, locking the New York Post's account and restricting users' ability to share the stories. The company initially justified its actions by claiming the reports violated its "hacked materials" policy. That policy has since been updated in the wake of the scandal.
In the lawsuit, Mac Isaac now claims Twitter made that decision to "communicate to the world that [he] is a hacker," adding that his business began to receive negative reviews and that he began to receive death threats as a direct result of the company's actions. Because of Twitter's moderation decision, he is "now widely considered a hacker," he states.
"[But] plaintiff is not a hacker and the information obtained from the computer does not [constitute] hacked materials because Plaintiff lawfully gained access to the computer, first with permission of its owner, Biden, and then, after Biden failed to retrieve the hard drive despite Plaintiff's requests, in accordance with the Mac Shop's abandoned property policy," a portion of the lawsuit states.
In a video posted on YouTube in December, Mac Isaac spoke out against assertions that he is a Russian agent and a hacker, saying that being a hacker is a "death sentence" in his industry.
"To imply that I'm a hacker or that information is hacked has an irreversible impact on my business and my character," he added.
Computer repairman at center of 'Biden laptop' scandal breaks silence after reportedly receiving death threats: I'm no 'Russian agent'
John Paul Mac Isaac, the computer repairman at the center of a reported Biden family scandal, is speaking out against any assertions that he is a Russian agent or hacker.
Mac Isaac made the remarks in a new video shared to YouTube on Saturday.
What's a brief history here?
Mac Isaac previously stated that he was in receipt of a laptop computer and hard drive containing highly sensitive information regarding former Vice President Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden, and purported business dealings with Ukraine.
In November, Mac Isaac's lawyer, Brian Della Rocca, said that Mac Isaac closed his Wilmington, Delaware, computer repair shop after receiving death threats. A neighbor also told the outlet that Mac Isaac left town.
Hunter has not spoken about the laptop, and the former vice president said that the allegations were nothing more than a "desperate campaign to smear me and my family." He did not confirm whether the laptop belonged to his son.
What are the details of the new video?
As highlighted by the New York Post, Mac Isaac spoke out in the video insisting that he is not a double agent.
"For two generations, the Mac Isaac family has fought for the entirety of the Cold War against communism in the '70s," he said. "That's why it's completely absurd that why anyone would ever consider me to be a Russian agent or influenced by Russians. I am proud of my family, I'm proud of my country. I am proud to be an American."
Elsewhere in the three-minute video, titled "The Truth," Mac Isaac added, "For the record, I am not nor have I ever been a hacker. Those guys make so much more money than I do. I was hired — never paid — to perform a data transfer from a MacBook Pro to an external hard drive. The signed paperwork clearly states the process and sets the expectations. There's no magic or Hollywood. The process is no different than dragging or dropping from a USB drive. The only difference is I had to perform some surgery on the Mac to get it to boot."
Mac Isaac also said that he is absolutely not a hacker, which he said would be a "death sentence" in his industry.
"To imply that I'm a hacker or that information is hacked has an irreversible impact on my business and my character," he added.
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Computer repairman at center of 'Biden laptop' scandal closes shop, disappears amid purported death threats
John Paul Mac Isaac, the computer repairman at the center of a reported Biden family scandal, has closed his Wilmington, Delaware, computer repair shop amid purported death threats.
Mac Isaac previously claimed he had a laptop computer and hard drive containing information about former Vice President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, and his international business dealings with Ukraine.
For his part, the elder Biden said the allegations were a "desperate campaign to smear me and my family," but did not confirm whether the laptop belonged to his son.
What are the details?
According to the Delaware News Journal, a "closed" sign now appears in the window of Mac Isaac's shop.
His attorney, Brian Della Rocca, told the outlet that his client closed up shop after he received several death threats. He has not elaborated on Mac Isaac's whereabouts at the time of this reporting, though a neighbor told the outlet that Mac Isaac left town.
In October, Mac Isaac said that he retained a copy of the hard drive's contents because he "feared he would be killed by people who 'work for [Joe] Biden' and having it was 'protection.'"
Della Rocca told the outlet that he did not believe his client would be involved in any potential lawsuits or investigations related to the laptop.
The outlet noted that Della Rocca "said his office has spoken in recent weeks with Wilmington FBI agents and with Delaware's Assistant United States Attorney Leslie Wolf" but that he "declined to describe the nature of the conversations."
"I've been in touch with federal law enforcement, yes," he told the outlet.
Neither the U.S. Attorney's Office in Delaware nor the Federal Bureau of Investigation commented when approached by the outlet for remarks on the allegations.
In October, the New York Post reported that Mac Isaac was asked to repair a computer that reportedly contained a variety of nefarious and possibly incriminating emails and photos appearing to confirm that a secret meeting between the former vice president and a top Burisma executive had taken place.
He later told Fox News, "I just don't know what to say, or what I'm allowed to say. I know that I saw, I saw stuff — and I was concerned. I was concerned that somebody might want to come looking for this stuff eventually — and I wanted it out of my shop."
Man who discovered Hunter Biden emails speaks out, says he fears for his life now
John Paul Mac Isaac, an independent Mac repair shop owner in Wilmington, Delaware, has spoken out about reports on emails purporting to show that Hunter Biden introduced a Ukrainian businessman to his father, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, when the elder Biden was vice president.
What's a brief history here?
On Wednesday, the New York Post reported that shop owner Mac Isaac was asked to repair a laptop computer that allegedly contained a variety of nefarious and possibly incriminating emails and photos reportedly confirming a meeting between the former vice president and a top Burisma executive.
The Post report said that the email appears to confirm that Hunter brokered the meeting between his father, then vice president, and Burisma executive Vadym Pozharskyi.
Mac Isaac was unable to positively identify the computer's owner, but said a Beau Biden Foundation sticker was on the laptop device.
The outlet also reported that personal, explicit photos of Hunter existed on the computer's hard drive.
You can read more on the contents as well as the ensuing controversy here and here.
The report from the New York Post sparked heavy controversy after Twitter blocked users from its link.
What are the details?
Mac Isaac said that an unidentified customer left three laptops for water damage repair in April 2019 but never returned for them despite multiple attempts at contact. The customer or customers also reportedly did not pay the $85 bill for recovering the computer's data.
Mac Isaac said that he was able to retrieve the data from just one of the laptops despite the damage. When he recovered the files, Mac Isaac said "it was a mess."
"I would have been responsible for dragging and dropping the contents onto a hard drive," he said, pointing out there was a bevy of personal information on the laptops.
According to the Daily Mail, Mac Isaac, who spoke with reporters on Wednesday, said that he feared he would be murdered after he turned over the laptop computers to FBI investigators.
During one instance, Mac Isaac said that he contacted FBI agents over the laptops, but in a second instance, he said that FBI agents came to him in 2019.
According to the Daily Mail — which describes the man as a Trump voter — Mac Isaac said he retained a copy of the laptop's contents because he "feared he would be killed by people who 'work for [Joe] Biden' and having it was 'protection.'"
As the year progressed, he said he became concerned over the media coverage of the alleged ties between the Biden family and the Ukrainian businessmen.
"Middle of summer, I started to get concerned because you see stuff in the papers and the news and online," he said.
Following the related news stories, Mac Isaac said he reached out to a friend and asked for advice.
During an interview recorded by a Daily Beast reporter, Mac Isaac said, "I was afraid, I reached out to some people that I trusted that could possibly get me in touch with the FBI. Then they showed up."
The outlet reported that two FBI agents with a subpoena showed up at his shop in December and took the laptop.
Several weeks later, Mac Isaac said he heard from the agents.
"One of the agents called me up three weeks later," he said, and revealed that the agent warned him against speaking to anyone who came asking about the laptop or its contents — specifically "anybody representing Hunter."
He passed the laptop information to Rudy Giuliani
The outlet noted, "Mac Isaac said he had acted to pass on the laptop to [Rudy] Giuliani because he feared being killed because of what was in his possession saying: 'I'm pretty vocal about not wanting to get murdered.'"
He also insisted that he believed those who work for Joe Biden could possibly place his life in danger, and suggested that he didn't want to be shot while "jogging in the morning."
"I think that it's not the government as an entire entity, but I think there's a history in this country of people with political motives doing horrible things," he admitted. "I don't want to be on the receiving end of that."
On Wednesday, the Post reported that it was President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, who turned over the information to the outlet.
Giuliani reportedly obtained the information from his own personal lawyer, Robert Costello. According to reports, Costello obtained the laptop's contents from Mac Isaac himself.
It is unclear at the time of this reporting how Mac Isaac got in touch with Costello, or vice versa.
As highlighted by the Daily Beast, "Mac Isaac refused to answer specific questions about whether he had been in contact with Rudy Giuliani before the laptop drop-off or at any other time before the Post article's publication. Pressed on his relationship with Giuliani, he replied: 'When you're afraid and you don't know anything about the depth of the waters that you're in, you want to find a lifeguard.'
"Seeming to realize he'd said too much," the outlet reported, "[H]e added: 'Ah, s**t.'"
The outlet concluded, "So Rudy was your lifeguard? the reporters asked. 'No comment,' he replied."
'I just don't know what to say'
According to Fox News, at least one of the laptops reportedly contained "disturbing" items.
On Wednesday, Mac Isaac told the outlet, "I just don't know what to say, or what I'm allowed to say. I know that I saw, I saw stuff — and I was concerned. I was concerned that somebody might want to come looking for this stuff eventually — and I wanted it out of my shop."
Fox News reported that a spokesperson for the FBI declined to comment on the matter, "citing the bureau's practice of neither confirming nor denying the existence of an investigation."
"Representatives for Delaware's U.S. Attorney's office did not immediately respond to multiple requests for comment," the outlet reported. "When contacted by the New York Post, a spokesperson for the Delaware U.S. Attorney's office said, 'My office can neither confirm nor deny the existence of an investigation.'"
The Biden campaign has previously denied all related allegations, and has continually insisted that no such meeting was found in the former vice president's schedules from 2015.
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