I'm not sure if this is actually the document (who knows these days with all the photoshopping, etc.) signed by Hunter Biden, but it is purported to be the contract for the repairs.
Posted on 03/17/2023 8:49:27 AM PDT by Red Badger
President Joe Biden’s son on March 17 sued a laptop repairman for allegedly invading his privacy.
Hunter Biden countersued John Paul Mac Isaac, who owned a computer store in Delaware at which Hunter Biden was said to have dropped off his computer years ago.
Mac Isaac’s sharing of information from Hunter Biden constitutes invasion of privacy, the 42-page filing states.
“No matter how they came into his initial possession, Mac Isaac improperly accessed files that he admits were ‘none of [his] business’ even though he was never given permission by Mr. Biden to access or review any data of Mr. Biden’s,” it says. He later made copies of the data and distributed the copies to others, including former President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
“Mac Isaac’s knowing and intentional distribution of Mr. Biden’s personal and sensitive data was not carried out for any reasonable or legitimate purposes, but rather to try and expose Mr. Biden’s data to those that he knew or should have known would intend to create embarrassment and harm for Mr. Biden,” the countersuit says.
“In addition, Mac Isaac decided to use the data in his possession for commercial purposes and to make money, which he has done by including portions of the data in his book and making reference to and/or making some or all of the data available at appearances he has made.”
The filing, lodged in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, asks for a jury trial.
Mac Isaac’s lawyer did not respond to requests for comment.
Original Suit
Mac Isaac in 2022 sued Hunter Biden, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and news outlets for alleged defamation.
Mac Isaac said he was defamed by statements about himself and how he handled a computer he says was dropped off by Hunter Biden.
Hunter Biden committed defamation, according to the suit, when he said in a televised interview: “There could be a laptop out there that was stolen from me. It could be that I was hacked. It could be that it was the—that it was Russian intelligence. It could be that it was stolen from me. Or that there was a laptop stolen from me.”
The filing includes an email from Hunter Biden’s attorney George Mesires to Mac Isaac’s repair shop. “Thank you for speaking with me tonight. As I indicated, I am a lawyer for Hunter Biden and I appreciate you reviewing your records on this matter,” Mesires wrote.
“Hunter knew it was his laptop,” the suit states.
Mac Isaac dropped the Daily Beast from the case after it apologized to him and corrected some of the claims it had made.
Hunter Biden Response
Hunter Biden admitted Mesires was his lawyer. He said in the new filing he was “without knowledge sufficient to admit or deny the allegations” that he knew the computer was his, but denied knowingly offering defamatory information.
According to a document Mac Isaac has filed in court, Hunter Biden on April 12, 2019, asked for a quote for data recovery from three MacBook computers. Mac Isaac recovered the data and notified Hunter Biden of the development. He also sent an invoice. But Hunter Biden “never returned” to the shop to retrieve the data nor did he pay the invoice, according to the suit.
Hunter Biden’s attorneys confirm that Mac Isaac has come into possession of materials from Hunter Biden.
“This is not an admission by Mr. Biden that Mac Isaac (or others) in fact possessed any particular laptop containing electronically stored data belonging to Mr. Biden. Rather, Mr. Biden simply acknowledges that at some point, Mac Isaac obtained electronically stored data, some of which belonged to Mr. Biden,” the new countersuit states.
They noted that Mac Isaac initially said he didn’t get a clear look at the person who dropped off the computer but later claimed he was “100 percent sure” it was Hunter Biden.
The Biden CRIME Family is CORRUPT and EVIL!
This is a stalling tactic by Hunter’s legal team. They are trying to tie this up in the courts and get a judge to rule on their behalf before the discovery phase.
> But Hunter Biden “never returned” to the shop to retrieve the data nor did he pay the invoice, according to the suit. <
The repair guy has no right to access Hunter’s private computer information…unless the computer is abandoned. Then it becomes the property of the repair guy, to do as he wishes. And that’s just what happened here.
It’s no different than if you never come back for your car after dropping it off at a repair shop. The shop can sell it, junk it, whatever.
I had heard he needed to hire security. That poor man. All for trying to do the right thing.
Seriously? It will be a Delaware judge. Time to flee the neighborhood!
I'm not sure if this is actually the document (who knows these days with all the photoshopping, etc.) signed by Hunter Biden, but it is purported to be the contract for the repairs.
BitemeSpawn is represented by Winston & Strawn, whic keeps certain company:
“Several other leading firms have chimed in with statements of concern following the violent clash, including Jenner & Block, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Winston & Strawn, and Perkins Coie—home to partner Marc Elias, a leading election litigator with the Democratic side. None of the firms have called for Trump’s removal.”
The judge should jail Hunter Biden for contempt of court for filing a frivolous lawsuit in Federal Court.
France would be my Last Choice,Brudda !
Ridiculous- the only thing this will accomplish is to give more public attention to the lap top.
Hunter signed documentation which gave the laptop and its contents to Mac Isaac. At that point, he was free to do what he wanted. He’s not responsible with what Rudy did.
Actually HB consented to the access for the purposes of retrieving files from the inoperable PC’s. This was part of the Service Contract.
I hope it does because it brings up disclosure, and he can COUNTERSUE, which he should. The Biden’s have ruined his life and he NEEDS TO BE COMPENSATED FOR HIS SUFFERING!
How did they go from:
It’s fake news.
to
It’s Russian disinformation.
to
It’s not mine.
to
It’s an invasion of my privacy...............................?.........
How did they shamelessly make that convoluted journey? Simple. They are insane demorats and an incurious press.
What a bastard.
A lot of people on our side says he has complete rights to Hunter's computer and the left says it's simultaneously fake and stolen from Hunter, but I have never seen anyone point to the actual law or court rulings on it. At least it looks like Hunter is finally giving up the fiction that Putin hand typed the contents of the computer.
Normal people would display shame at this bald-faced transition.
But not Leftists. They are impervious to shame.
And the fact that they think this will fly is proof of their contempt and disdain for the people they purport to be the “champions” of.
At some point an item becomes unclaimed property and thus
becomes the property of the business where it was abandoned.
I would think the shop is on pretty solid ground.
I don’t believe the shop itself released any private
information. It either handed it over to a third party
or some arm of law enforcement. I believe it was law
enforcement.
The FBI supposedly had it in its possession.
Amazing.
Trump has his election stolen from him, then the left prosecutes him for attempting to stop the steal.
Hunter Biden leaves a laptop full of child porn and proof of felony corruption, then sues the shop for discovering it.
Amazing.
Isaac must be punished
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