Posted on 02/02/2020 11:16:04 AM PST by MAGAlady
Someone broke into investigative reporter John Solomon’s car parked near the White House the night before the senate impeachment trial began.
The thief stole John Solomon’s laptop which contained sensitive information on former Vice President Joe Biden and Ukraine.
The break-in, which happened across from the White House’s Eisenhower Executive Office Building, was described as a “professional job” and authorities believe the individual(s) used a sophisticated electronic jamming device to open the car’s lock.
“It’s a pretty professional job,” John Solomon told RCI of the break-in, “but it’s probably just a coincidence.”
“It was probably just a street criminal searching for pass codes,” he added. “Or it could be someone searching for my Ukraine stuff, we don’t know at this point.”
It appears to be a targeted political hit because Solomon said nothing else was taken from his car, including cash.
Paul Sperry of Real Clear Investigations reported:
On the night before the Senate impeachment trial began, someone broke into veteran Washington investigative journalist John Solomon’s car parked near the White House and stole his laptop, according to a D.C. Metropolitan Police Department report obtained by RealClearInvestigations.
The computer contained notes on Ukraine and former Vice President Joe Biden and other sensitive information, Solomon, 52, said in an interview. He said he was preparing to launch a new podcast and news site at the time.
Though the laptop has since been recovered, the investigation is still open. “The case has been assigned a detective and is under investigation,” MPD spokesman Sean Hickman told RCI.
The Secret Service is also involved in the matter, which appears suspicious. Break-ins are rare in the high-security area where the crime occurred, just outside the White House perimeter, and a sophisticated device appears to have been used to get into the vehicle.
The computer and bag, which also contained his U.S. Capitol press security badge, were discovered the next day nearly a block away from where his car had been parked. The contents of the bag had been dumped out on a picnic bench near the FDIC building. The location had no security cameras, so there is no known video surveillance footage that can be reviewed. Authorities described it as one of the few “dark spots” in the area.
Award-winning investigative reporter John Solomon has been targeted by Dem Rep. Adam Schiff for his explosive reporting on Ukraine and the Biden crime family.
In December, Schiff (illegally) obtained John Solomon’s phone records and published his call history in a report.
Schiff smeared Solomon as a reporter who published “conspiracy theories” to “push false narratives” about Ukraine’s interference in the 2016 election to help Hillary Clinton.
John Solomon said he is working with computer forensics to see whether his hard drive was scanned by the thief.
So know we know what Hillary did with the FBI files.
I presume someone John Solomon who is a pretty sharp guy would have his laptop backed up and encrypted, but one never knows.
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Yep, hopefully he had a MacBook with a strong pass code. The best the thieves will have is a brick to hold open Adam Schiff’s office door.
The evidence was in his car?
LOL! Those Zip drives were garbage—good riddance.
hope it was backed up and password protected
Being backed up is the least if the worries.
Heh, if ONLY...
At least he isn’t in the morgue like Seth Rich. When you challenge the Democratic Party elite and the deep state, there is a price to be paid.
He got off lucky. We have a very corrupt WA DC that is willing to do anything, including kill people to keep their secrets.
Striking case of incompetence on the part of Mr. Solomon. A laptop with information that critical should not be left unattended period, much less locked in a car parked on the street in DC, of all places.
Maybe he left it as bait.
Same question I had. Who proofreads this stuff?
Information security 101. DON’T LEAVE A LAPTOP CONTAINING VALUABLE INFO UNATTENDED.
Idiot.
laptop left in car in DC,,here fishy fishy..bait laptop
I like the guy, but I don’t buy this, at all. John also told us 2 men in black gave him secret info when the whole Russian coup started several years ago.
How dumb to leave your laptop in your car.
Considering he wasn’t too smart to leave his laptop with explosive information in his car, I’m guessing no.
Just stupid stupid.
I suspect he has a tracking device on his car as well.
What encryption program do you highly recommend?
Hoping he’s smart and it’s backed up on the cloud. Honestly though, how dumb are you to have all your crap left on only 1 device and you leave it in your car? Come on John. Hopefully it has a gps tag and you could at least track it!
Reminding me of story a couple years ago when a Secret Service agent’s laptop (left on her motorcycle) was stolen containing blueprints to Trump Tower.
Solomon better buy a new laptop. The stolen one probably got an injection of spyware, highly classified material, and kiddie porn.
I can only guess that Solomon had a meeting in a very secured location that did not allow laptops (at least not without major trouble and compromising them). Perhaps he has been being tailed. Perhaps someone who he’d be there set this up.
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