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With less than a week until the 2024 presidential election, multiple reports have been released about the suppression of Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop scandal four years ago, which potentially, and very likely, affected the entire outcome of the 2020 election.
First, from the New York Post: Facebook execs suppressed Hunter Biden laptop scandal to curry favor with Biden-Harris admin. The FBI warned major US tech companies ahead of The Post’s first reports on Hunter Biden’s laptop in October 2020 that Russian agents were preparing a strikingly similar document dump — and once the scoop materialized, Facebook executives discussed calibrating censorship decisions to please what they assumed would be an incoming Biden-Harris administration, a congressional investigation found.
The new details — contained in an interim report by the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on the weaponization of government — are emerging as former President Donald Trump leads in polls ahead of the Nov. 5 election and as his allies urge a house-cleaning at the FBI and possible new regulations or antitrust actions to punish and restrain platforms like Facebook.
“FBI tipped us all off last week that this Burisma story was likely to emerge,” an unidentified Microsoft employee wrote on Oct. 14, 2020, the day The Post published the first in a series of bombshell stories on the Biden family’s foreign dealings, according to the congressional report.
Internal Facebook communications, including a chat log, show that employees quickly discounted The Post’s reporting because it was the “[e]xact content expected for hack and leak.”
“Obviously, our calls on this could colour [sic] the way an incoming Biden administration views us more than almost anything else…,” Facebook’s then-vice president of global affairs Nick Clegg wrote on the same day to vice president of global public policy Joel Kaplan.
The NY Post points out that the FBI had been in possession of Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop since December 2019, and knew it didn’t come from Russia, but they kept silent while 51 former intelligence officials released their letter falsely claiming it was ‘Russian disinformation.’
Next, from the Daily Mail: Two IRS whistleblowers have claimed they were banned from investigating Joe Biden amid the government’s probe into his son Hunter.
Gary Shapley And Joseph Ziegler sat down with veteran journalist Catherine Herridge for an interview where they claimed the IRS looks the other way when it comes to the country’s powerful elite, which they call ‘sensitive persons.’
Ziegler said prosecutors specifically told IRS investigators ‘that they didn’t want to ask about the big guy, because they knew it was Joe Biden.’
The whistleblowers said the IRS, FBI and DOJ knew Hunter Biden’s laptop was real but they were not allowed to look into it.
‘There were a lot of overt investigative steps that we were not allowed to take because we had an upcoming election,’ Ziegler added.
Investigative journalist Catherine Herridge announced Tuesday:
BREAKING: IRS Whistleblowers Involved in Hunter Biden Tax Case Reveal IRS, DOJ, and FBI Knew Laptop “Was Real” Immediately; Claim Prosecutors Demanded They Not Ask Questions About Joe Biden Ahead of 2020 Election
“There were a lot of overt investigative steps that we were not allowed to take because we had an upcoming election.”
“The prosecutors…told us that they didn’t want to ask about ‘The Big Guy.’”
“We corroborated that ‘The Big Guy’ was Joe Biden. Yes.”
“There was no question ever that ‘The Big Guy’ was referring to Joe Biden.”
“It was for the purpose of affecting that [2020] election.”
WATCH:
BREAKING: IRS Whistleblowers Involved in Hunter Biden Tax Case Reveal IRS, DOJ, and FBI Knew Laptop “Was Real” Immediately; Claim Prosecutors Demanded They Not Ask Questions About Joe Biden Ahead of 2020 Election
“There were a lot of overt investigative steps that we were not… pic.twitter.com/WKyS8Pi5pj
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) October 29, 2024
Internal IRS email shows supervisor celebrating Hunter Biden conviction after whistleblowers allege IRS retaliated against them for exposing double standards and preferential treatment throughout investigation.
“Those are words that are not supported by the actions of the agency.”
“This to me was someone who knows that [an] IRS watchdog right now is looking into the way that they’ve handled this and they see the writing on the wall, and this really is an example of just covering their backside like a true bureaucracy.”
EXCLUSIVE: Internal IRS email shows supervisor celebrating Hunter Biden conviction after whistleblowers allege IRS retaliated against them for exposing double standards and preferential treatment throughout investigation.
“Those are words that are not supported by the actions of… pic.twitter.com/wgrxGCQ3Uv
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) October 29, 2024
IRS Whistleblowers say investigators “corroborated” early in the case that ‘The Big Guy’ was then candidate Joe Biden. They say the FBI, IRS, Justice Department knew, “There was no question ever that ‘The Big Guy’ was referring to Joe Biden.”
“How do these foreign officials pay US politicians? By paying their families.”
The FBI, DOJ and IRS declined to comment, or did not respond to our questions.
Empowr Oversight represents the IRS whistleblowers. They are raising money for this defamation suit and others like it.
http://DEFENDWHISTLEBLOWERS.COM
IRS Whistleblowers say investigators “corroborated” early in the case that ‘The Big Guy’ was then candidate Joe Biden.
They say the FBI, IRS, Justice Department knew, “There was no question ever that ‘The Big Guy’ was referring to Joe Biden.”
“How do these foreign officials… https://t.co/3jowOAxtFF pic.twitter.com/YxPElX0EZD
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) October 29, 2024
Herridge had reportedly been investigating the Hunter Biden laptop scandal before she was fired by CBS News and had her personal files seized by the network in February 2024.
She is being commended for her continued independent reporting on the case.
Incredible reporting.
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) October 29, 2024
There are few, true investigative journalists like yourself still out there. Excellent work!
— Brent Bozell (@BrentBozell) October 30, 2024
Absolutely infuriating. Thank you @C__Herridge for this. Proud subscriber! Everyone should support your work.
— Eric Spracklen🦆🐈 (@EricSpracklen) October 29, 2024
Wow. Incredible reporting and professional interview setup. Thank you for continuing your work independently!
— Andy Ngo 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) October 29, 2024
KH remains true to her commitment to share truth and facts! She’s not like the 99% filth in her profession.
— Bruce Ballou 🇺🇸 (@VetBruce) October 29, 2024
Every single one of the 50 former intel officials who signed that letter claiming it was Russian disinformation need to be charged for election interference and a lot more.
— Frasier (@timfrasier) October 29, 2024
Never forget that Bill Barr was in charge of the DOJ at that time, and he covered it up because he was a closet, Never Trumper, who wanted Biden to win.
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) October 29, 2024
From journalist Breanna Morello:
Facebook was looking to earn favors with the Biden-Harris regime when they censored the Hunter Biden laptop story. I’ve just obtained the full 82-paged report that the Judiciary Committee is about to release.
“Obviously, our calls on this could colour the way an incoming Biden administration views us more than almost anything else…” said Faecbook’s then- Vice President of Global Affairs Nick Glegg in an internal message.
One Microsoft employee said the, “FBI tipped us all off last week that this Burisma story was likely to emerge.” This happened on October 14, 2020. That’s the same day The New York Post released the story.
Before the Hunter Biden laptop story broke, one Facebook employee sent this message on July 15, 2020:
“But, when we get hauled up to [Capitol] hill to testify on why we influenced the 2020 elections we can say we have been meeting for YEARS with USG [U.S. Government] to plan for it.”
Before the Hunter Biden laptop story broke, one Facebook employee sent this message on July 15, 2020:
“But, when we get hauled up to [Capitol] hill to testify on why we influenced the 2020 elections we can say we have been meeting for YEARS with USG [U.S. Government] to plan for… pic.twitter.com/WaRLu9s1xs
— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) October 30, 2024
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