Hunter Biden sues computer repairman for invasion of privacy over handling of laptop
Hunter Biden is suing a Delaware-based computer repairman for invasion of privacy and publication of private information. The counterclaim lawsuit, which also responds to a defamation lawsuit by John McIsaac’s repairman John McIsaac, argues that McIsaac invaded Biden’s privacy. 2019 by accessing and improperly sharing your personal data with multiple individuals.
McIsaac has said he got the information from Biden. Laptop Legally and said Biden himself left her in April 2019 and never came back to claim her. McIsaac has said he waited 90 days and then gave up.
Biden’s lawsuit argues that McIsaac’s 90-day waiver provision in the repair agreement is inconsistent with Delaware law, and further that the line is “in small print font at the bottom of the page, below the signature line. ” The counterclaim asserts that Delaware law states that real property is not abandoned until a full year has passed, and that before another party takes possession, the court must But the owner must post the notice and post the notice in “five or more public places.” Advertise the application “in a newspaper”.
The lawsuit is the latest move in one. A strategic shift by the president’s sonThe move is intended to push back aggressively after years of withering attacks by allies and aides of former President Donald Trump. It comes at a time when Republicans in Congress are stepping up investigations into the overseas business dealings of Hunter Biden and other members of the Biden family while he was vice president.
In conjunction with the lawsuit, Hunter Biden’s legal team is asking the court to allow him to obtain sworn testimony from several figures in Trump’s orbit.
Biden’s lawyers argue that in September 2019, McIsaac wrote to Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani and “planned to create a flash drive from the data in his possession that contained a summary of important documents that he wanted to know about.” believed that would help prevent the impeachment of President Trump.”
Biden’s attorney, Abby Lovell, noted in a counterclaim that in addition to Giuliani, McIsaac shared the data with his father, his uncle and Giuliani’s attorney, Robert Costello. The lawsuit alleges that Giuliani provided a copy of the computer drive to former White House strategist Stephen Bannon, and that Bannon gave some of the data to Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui, who passed the information on to his followers. It was spread on WhatsApp. Lowell also accused McIsaac of using the data for commercial purposes, to make money by including parts of the data in the book.
McIsaac’s attorney declined to comment.
Among the people Lovell is trying to oust are Trump allies Bannon, Giuliani, Costello and Vengoi, who was arrested earlier this week. for allegedly masterminding an unrelated $1 billion fraud scheme in New York City.
Biden’s counterclaim was filed amid increased legal and congressional activity surrounding the president’s son. Rep. James Comer, the Republican chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee, released information Thursday showing that from 2015-2017 — a period that includes two years when Joe Biden was vice president — President Biden’s family members, including Hunter Biden, $1.6 million was paid. by a Chinese energy company.
A spokesman for Biden’s legal team said Comer was “tacky.”[ing] Some old and tr[ying] Wrapping it up in a wild and baseless right-wing conspiracy and making it new.”
“Hunter Biden, a private citizen who has every right to pursue his own business endeavors, joined several business partners in China seeking a joint venture with a privately owned, legitimate energy company,” the spokesperson continued. kept “As part of this joint venture, Hunter received his share of goodwill seed funds that he shared with his uncle, James Biden, and Hailey Biden, with whom he was involved at the time, and expenses shared. By Rep. Comer Hunter, belonged to his uncle and Hallie — and no one else.”
And U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware Hunter has been investigating Biden since at least 2019. A federal subpoena this year sought Hunter Biden’s bank records dating back to 2014, when Joe Biden was vice president. According to sources familiar with the matter, investigators are looking into whether Biden used income from a controversial period as a board member of the Ukrainian energy company Brisma during his father’s vice presidency. Tax is due.
Graham Cates contributed to this report.