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This story isn’t over. Heads should roll over this elaborate plot to muzzle the Hunter Biden laptop story, which the FBI knew was authentic from day one. Michael Shellenberger, Alex Gutentag, and Catherine Herridge wrote in Public about the now-released, though heavily redacted chats, the bureau had among top officials and the agent who acted like the liaison between the FBI and Silicon Valley. The bureau had an extensive team working with social media companies to suppress certain opinions and stories while trying to influence public opinion. That operation has blessedly been obliterated. We also learned that an FBI official authenticated the laptop in October of 2020, which was when the gag order was issued (via Public):
In2024,anFBIofficialadmittedtoHouseinvestigatorsthatanFBIemployeehadinadvertentlyconfirmedtheauthenticityofHunterBiden’slaptoptoTwitteronaconferencecallthemorningofOctober14,2020,thedaytheNewYorkPostpublishedastoryaboutit.
“Irecallthatwhenthequestioncameup,anintelligenceanalystassignedtotheCriminalInvestigativeDivisionsaidsomethingtotheeffectof,‘Yes,thelaptopisre
