John Paul Mac Isaac Recounts Turning Over Hunter Biden's Laptop to the FBI in Albuquerque
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John Paul Mac Isaac Recounts Turning Over Hunter Biden's Laptop to the FBI in Albuquerque
John Paul Mac Isaac continues his account of what happened after Hunter Biden's laptop came into his possession, describing the moment he realized the data showed an enormous amount of money moving through Burisma in exchange for State Department favors. Too afraid to approach the FBI himself, he asked his father to hand a copy of the hard drive to the bureau's Albuquerque field office in October 2019, where Mac Isaac says an agent told his father to get a lawyer and stay quiet. He recounts the FBI later showing up at his home not with a technician to clone the drive, as promised, but with a subpoena to take everything, and his disappointment when the material never surfaced during the Senate impeachment trial. Mac Isaac details reaching out to Rudy Giuliani's office in August 2020 once he felt time was running out, watching the story get branded Russian disinformation and scrubbed from social media within hours of publication.
John Paul Mac Isaac describes what he found once the laptop became his property, including financial records he found alarming.
"I saw some things that were a concern, an obscenely large amount of money trading hands with Burisma in exchange for favors from the State Department, basically a pay-for-play scheme," Mac Isaac says. "I knew that between that and the embarrassing content that was on the laptop, I needed to get this to the authorities. I wanted to give it to the FBI because I feel like this is the proper channel, but I needed to do it in Albuquerque. I can't do it myself, I'm too afraid to do it myself. So I enlisted my father to do it for me."
Mac Isaac says his father approached the FBI's Albuquerque field office in early October 2019, where the response was not what they expected.
"He walked into an office where the FBI agent basically tells him to lawyer up, get the hell out, and don't talk about this," Mac Isaac says.
A Forensic Clone Turns Into a Subpoena
Mac Isaac says the relationship with the bureau remained strained until an agent named Joshua reached out to his father about a month later.
"We finally thought maybe somebody's going to take this seriously," Mac Isaac says. "The FBI met with me at my home and asked me about my concerns. Then they said they were going to come, and they wanted to make a forensic clone of the drive."
When agents arrived, Mac Isaac says the plan changed.
"Instead of bringing a tech guy with them, they brought a subpoena, and they're like, yeah, we're just going to take everything," Mac Isaac says. "I'm like, okay, great, take it, take it all. This is exactly what I wanted in the first place."
Watching for the Laptop During Impeachment and Finding Nothing
Mac Isaac clarifies a discrepancy in the timeline, noting that while the laptop reportedly came into his possession in the summer of 2017, Hunter Biden's own lawyer has said the drop-off happened in 2019, and that even Hunter Biden did not recall exactly when he left it at the shop.
Mac Isaac says he held onto hope that the material would surface during the Senate impeachment trial tied to a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
"My heart sank when the impeachment trial concluded and there was no sign of that laptop anywhere, because I had definitely seen stuff on that laptop that would have justified a phone call to Zelenskyy," Mac Isaac says, citing the money he says was changing hands. "There was a lot of pay-for-play."
Going to Rudy Giuliani When the Clock Ran Out
By August 2020, Mac Isaac says he felt he was running out of time and options.
"I knew the clock was ticking, and I finally had enough. I decided to reach out to Rudy Giuliani's office directly," Mac Isaac says.
Calling It Russian Disinformation Almost Overnight
Mac Isaac describes the reaction once the story broke publicly as swift and coordinated.
"The article came out at 6:30 in the morning, and by 9:30 it was like this digital iron curtain had descended, and nobody was allowed to talk about it. Nobody could tweet it. The New York Post account was blocked, Facebook was blocking it," Mac Isaac says. "And then it started happening: Russian disinformation, Russian disinformation. It was this coordinated effort by mainstream and social media all at the same time. My life was ruined in that process, but the nation is suffering."
Asked directly whether he is a Russian asset or was perpetuating Russian disinformation, Mac Isaac rejects the suggestion.
"For the entire Cold War, there have been Mac Isaacs flying planes going after communists. To be accused of being one of those communists, or even playing a part in that, is just absurd to me," he says.
Suing Politico, The Daily Beast, CNN, and Adam Schiff
Mac Isaac discusses his decision to pursue legal action against multiple media outlets and a sitting congressman over how he was characterized.
"I went after Twitter originally because they labeled me a hacker, and I never thought I would have an opportunity to defend my actions or hold those accountable again," Mac Isaac says. "That's one reason why I sat down and I wrote my book, because I knew that in the court of law I was destroyed, but maybe I still had a chance in the court of public opinion. I now have a second chance to..."
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