{"id":92776,"date":"2020-10-19T21:32:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T18:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hunter-bidens-laptop-is-the-new-pizzagate\/"},"modified":"2020-10-19T21:32:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T18:32:04","slug":"hunter-bidens-laptop-is-the-new-pizzagate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hunter-bidens-laptop-is-the-new-pizzagate\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop is the new Pizzagate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ffb59a47d9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ffb59a47d9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hunter-bidens-laptop-is-the-new-pizzagate\/#How_years_of_QAnon_helped_mainstream_conservatives_believe_Hunter_Biden_tortures_children\" >How years of QAnon helped mainstream conservatives believe Hunter Biden tortures children<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hunter-bidens-laptop-is-the-new-pizzagate\/#Read_more_about_QAnon\" >Read more about QAnon<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop is the new Pizzagate<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-sub-head\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_years_of_QAnon_helped_mainstream_conservatives_believe_Hunter_Biden_tortures_children\"><\/span>How years of QAnon helped mainstream conservatives believe Hunter Biden tortures children<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content-wrapper\">\n<p>The story surrounding the alleged laptop of Hunter Biden, the son of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, has become the new Pizzagate\u2014only this time, the conspiracy theory is being promoted not from the depths of 4chan, but by mainline conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>Since the <em>New York Post <\/em>published what it claimed were emails written by Hunter last week, theories surrounding the alleged laptop have spiraled into increasingly conspiratorial territory.<\/p>\n<p>The laptop, which was supposedly dropped off at a computer repair shop in Delaware and never picked back up, is now alleged to contain videos of Hunter torturing and abusing underage Chinese girls. It\u2019s implausible, unlikely, and has not been proven. So where did this theory originate?<\/p>\n<p>Questions regarding the laptop\u2019s origins have existed since the beginning. The computer repairman who came into possession of the laptop claims to have given it to the FBI\u2014but not before giving a copy of the hard drive to the lawyer of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Post<\/em> says it was alerted to the laptop by none other than former White House advisor Steve Bannon before Giuliani, the personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, handed over the data.<\/p>\n<p>But the computer repairman, a pro-Trump conspiracy theorist himself, admits he didn\u2019t actually see Hunter drop off the laptop and has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/man-who-reportedly-gave-hunters-laptop-to-rudy-speaks-out-in-bizarre-interview?ref=scroll\">struggled<\/a> to keep his story straight. <\/p>\n<p>The alleged emails are also presented by the <em>Post <\/em>in pdf and image form, not in the actual email format that would be needed to help verify their authenticity. Although some of the laptop\u2019s alleged contents <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear to be legitimate, such as numerous private photos of Hunter, the rest of the data remains in question. <\/p>\n<p>Giuliani\u2019s ties to the story also raise red flags given that U.S. intelligence agencies reportedly <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/15\/us\/politics\/giuliani-russian-disinformation.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur\">warned Trump<\/a> last year that Russian intelligence officers were attempting to feed Giuliani disinformation in an effort to harm Biden\u2019s presidential run. Former National Security Advisor John Bolton even reportedly went as far as to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/john-bolton-warned-staff-to-stay-away-from-russia-aligned-rudy-giuliani\">warn his staff<\/a> to steer clear of Giuliani as a result.<\/p>\n<p>While no public evidence at this time suggests the laptop is linked to a foreign intelligence operation, numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> outlets, including Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/exclusive-fox-news-passed-on-hunter-biden-laptop-story-over-credibility-concerns\/\">turned the story down<\/a> after being approached by Giuliani due to concerns regarding its credibility.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by the <em>New York Time<\/em>s, Giuliani ultimately offered the data up to the <em>Post<\/em> because \u201ceither nobody else would take it, or if they took it, they would spend all the time they could to try to contradict it before they put it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even after being accepted by the <em>Post<\/em>, however, the story continued to receive pushback. The <em>Post\u2019s<\/em> first story on Hunter is said to have largely been written by an employee who <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/18\/business\/media\/new-york-post-hunter-biden.html\">refused<\/a> to have his name added to the piece due to verification and credibility issues.<\/p>\n<p>The expanding number of issues with the story has done little to deter conservatives, who believe the allegations against Hunter are key to defeating Biden in November.<\/p>\n<p>The story has since taken a dark turn and has seemingly morphed into its own updated version of Pizzagate, the conspiracy theory that led one man to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/local\/wp\/2016\/12\/04\/d-c-police-respond-to-report-of-a-man-with-a-gun-at-comet-ping-pong-restaurant\/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_comet-535pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&amp;utm_term=.06f38bf35123\">open fire<\/a> inside a Washington, D.C. pizzeria that he believed was operating a Democrat-run child sex trafficking ring.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, claims began spreading on sites such as 4chan that Hunter\u2019s laptop contained child pornography.<\/p>\n<p>The story took off after a 4chan user alleging to be Chanel Rion, the White House correspondent for the rabidly pro-Trump One America News Network (OANN), claimed that evidence of Hunter engaging in pedophilia was set to be revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Rion stating on Twitter that the anonymous post was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChanelRion\/status\/1317128040577683463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1317128040577683463%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_1&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vice.com%2Fen%2Farticle%2F7k9z4a%2Fqanon-is-running-the-pizzagate-playbook-with-hunter-biden\">not made by her<\/a>, the incident helped launch a tidal wave of conspiratorial claims online. It wasn\u2019t long before prominent conservative figures were repeating the claim on social media. <\/p>\n<p>In a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealWayneRoot\/status\/1317991077266124800?s=20\">tweet<\/a> on Sunday, conservative radio host and noted conspiracy theorist Wayne Allyn Root repeated the claim to his more than 100,000 followers. Root claims \u201csources\u201d revealed to him that the videos on the laptop show \u201cHunter raping &amp; torturing little Chinese children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tweet, which concludes that the elder Biden is unelectable due to being compromised and blackmailed, has been shared more than 38,000 times.<\/p>\n<p>The claim eventually made its way to Fox News, where host Maria Bartiromo <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1317849887438966784?s=20\">repeated<\/a> the claim that the laptop could contain child pornography during an interview with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.).<\/p>\n<p>The allegation appears to be a combination of two prominent conspiracy theories tied to Pizzagate. One, known as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/what-frazzledrip-hrc-pizzagate-conspiracy-theory-hillary-clinton-video-huma-1256257\">FrazzleDrip<\/a>, alleged that video existed on the dark web showing former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her campaign aide Huma Abedin torturing a child. The second surrounded the laptop of disgraced politician Anthony Weiner, which conspiracy theorists claimed was filled with similar exploitive material that ultimately led Clinton to murder numerous New York City police officers in an effort to keep the contents from becoming public.<\/p>\n<p>While such conspiracies were largely ignored by the conservative mainstream back then\u2014also right before an election\u2014the Hunter laptop allegations come at a time when such outlandish theories are commonplace in prominent right-wing circles.<\/p>\n<p>With the emergence of QAnon\u2014the theory that a secret military intelligence insider named \u201cQ\u201d is dropping hints online regarding a secret battle between Trump and a Democrat-run, child-eating, pedophile ring\u2014conservatives are more ready than ever to believe the evidence-free claims that Hunter is a pedophile.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the computer repairman who first obtained the laptop stated last week that no content related to child abuse existed on the device, the allegation has slowly become the focus of the entire laptop saga.<\/p>\n<p>Much like QAnon, which has survived despite an endless stream of failed predictions, the most conspiratorial claims regarding the Biden laptop story will live on in conservative lore well past the election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<h3 id=\"h-read-more-about-qanon\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Read_more_about_QAnon\"><\/span>Read more about QAnon<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>QAnon believers all think Trump\u2019s COVID-19 announcement means one thing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>All the times the secret \u2018military intelligence\u2019 poster behind QAnon fell for pranks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Trump refuses to denounce QAnon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>On the floor for the Red Pill Roadshow, a QAnon tent revival<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Did an IP address accidentally reveal QAnon\u2019s identity?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"dd-article-leadart-image-credit\">\n<p>                                                                                                <span class=\"dd-article-leadart-image-credit-segment\"><br \/>\n                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KX3LmkHrho4\">ABC News\/YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                                                                            <span class=\"dd-article-leadart-image-credit-segment\">(Fair Use)<\/span><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"dd-article-leadart-image-credit-segment\"><br \/>\n                                    <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/challenger23.com\">Remix by Jason Reed<\/a><br \/>\n                                <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n  <noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mikael Thalen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-22-at-2.57.05-PM-50x50.png\" class=\"avatar avatar-50 photo\" height=\"50\" width=\"50\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mikael Thalen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-22-at-2.57.05-PM-50x50.png\" class=\"lazyload avatar avatar-50 photo\" height=\"50\" width=\"50\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"author-name inline-flex\">Mikael Thalen<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/debug\/hunter-biden-laptop-pizzagate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop is the new Pizzagate &#8221; 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