John Paul Mac Isaac, the computer repair store owner who made public Hunter Biden’s hard drive data, is now preparing to sue Twitter for $500 million for defamation. He alleges that Twitter called him a “hacker” in a content review, causing him to suffer reputational damage and threats.
Isaac, who owns a computer repair store in Delaware, said a few weeks ago that he was forced to close the store after receiving death threats as a result of the laptop saga and the release of a video challenging claims that computers had been hacked.
In October, the New York Post exclusively revealed an explosive trove of documents on Hunt’s laptop that included details of the Biden family’s improper business dealings overseas. The information is now part of a federal tax investigation.
Isaac said the computer was left at Isaac’s repair store in April 2019, but was never picked up or paid for, and after repeated attempts to reach the customer, he looked at the repaired computer and found “disturbing” information on it.
Isaac first provided the information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for investigation in December 2019. Before turning the laptop over to the FBI, Isaac made a copy of the hard drive.
Several months later, Isaac’s copy of the hard drive was then provided to Giuliani, the former New York mayor and President Trump‘s personal attorney. Giuliani said that after three weeks of identification, the legal team believed the data was reliable and turned over some of the material to the New York Post for public release on Oct. 10.
However, after the New York Post story was published, the news was quickly blocked by Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms, preventing users from sharing it online. Twitter even claimed that the story relied on “hacked material.
Isaac is now suing Twitter for defamation in U.S. District Court, in which he claims the company “announced to the world that he [Mac Isaac] was a hacker.
The lawsuit (pdf) claims that he was “widely perceived as a hacker” and that he was personally threatened and his business was negatively perceived and threatened after Twitter restricted relevant messages.
The lawsuit alleges that Twitter acted with “malicious intent,” claiming that Isaac hacked into a laptop that appeared to belong to Hunter Biden.
Isaac’s lawsuit asks Twitter to publicly retract claims that he was a hacker and seeks $500 million in damages.
Isaac said in a video earlier this month that it was “completely ridiculous” for him to be labeled a Russian agent or under Russian influence.
However, technology news network The Verge reported Monday (Dec. 28) that unlike many lawsuits against social media, Isaac did not allege that Twitter removed the content, a choice that could be protected by the First Amendment, nor did he highlight that others had defamed him through Twitter. Essentially, his argument is based on the fact that Twitter claimed that the New York Post story was based on hacked material, thereby maliciously implying that he was a hacker.
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey was asked to explain their censorship of the articles and why Twitter blocked the New York Post for two weeks at a congressional hearing in late October.
According to emails and text messages uncovered by the New York Post, Hunter Biden has used his father’s position as vice president of the United States in China and Ukraine to make improper business deals and reap substantial benefits.
In September, Republican Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI), along with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), released a report on Hunter’s business affairs, stating that “[Hunter] and his family were involved in a vast financial network that connected them to foreign nationals and foreign governments around the globe.”
Federal investigators are currently looking into whether Hunter and his business associates, violated various tax and money laundering regulations.
Hunter Biden is under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware. Prosecutors declined to comment, citing the Justice Department’s policy of not commenting on ongoing investigations.
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