Days after the New York Post surprising report on emails retrieved from Hunter Biden's laptop revealing exchange of emails between Joe Biden's son and an official from the Ukrainian Burisma company, the internet has yet to examine another "scandalous" claim related to files found on Hunter's laptop; that is alleged child pornography videos.
Ron Johnson is on Fox News suggesting there's child pornography on the computer that purportedly belongs to Hunter Biden pic.twitter.com/rwvyL1UH4i
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 18, 2020
While the claim has not yet been supported by any official statements, many social media users have shared a video of a Fox News interview with a prominent republican senator pointing to this possibility.
Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin didn't confirm or deny speculations related to the FBI investigation into Hunter Biden's emails stumbling over unexpected videos that may contain child pornography" usually shared amongst pedophiles.
I owned a pc repair shop. There is no reason to hand over a customers computer unless child porn is discovered during data recovery. Techs don't care and don't have the time to snoop through emails, and if a pc/Laptop is abandoned..the drive gets nuked an pc/laptop get sold.
— Doc (@dvdsr9) October 19, 2020
The claims have been pushed online by the QAnon right-wing conspiracy theory group and are based on the fact that the name of the FBI agent, who has signed the Hunter Biden subpoena following the emails scandal, is the same name of an FBI agent who is known for working on child pornography and abduction cases for many years.
However, it's not known yet if this is merely a matter of similar names or an actual connection to Biden's laptop content.
Truly the GOP is now the QAnon Party. https://t.co/vYU7KGp8LK
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) October 18, 2020
Whoa. The Republicans tried to tie Hunter Biden to child pornography. This is a 100% FSB tactic. The FSB ALWAYS claims/plants Child porn on their opponents. So of course @SenRonJohnson carries Moscow’s water. He’s their made-man. https://t.co/xXMbsbjtHR
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) October 18, 2020
Following the interview, social media exploded with the news and many weighed on the possibility of this news being true or being merely another republican strike against the democratic candidate for the presidency only two weeks before elections.
Some Twitter commentators associated the accusations with Russian intelligence techniques, accusing the republican senator of spreading Russian propaganda to help the president Donald Trump score another term in the White House. Additionally, some argued that QAnon online publicists are "making up the story" to hurt Joe Biden's efforts to become the 46th president.
Ron Johnson’s insinuations about child porn on Hunter Biden’s computer do not square with comments made by the owner of the Delaware computer shop at which Hunter purportedly left his computer. pic.twitter.com/KGciZ7lnfC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 18, 2020
Meanwhile, as the FBI declines to comment on the issue, several websites have tried to look for interviews conducted with the owner of the laptop repair shop, saying that only he can confirm or deny such allegations.
According to the Washington Examiner, the owner identified as John Paul Mac Isaac "told reporters last week he "did not see" child pornography on the hardware."
