A full report on the ongoing federal investigation into Hunter Biden’s tax returns, published by the New York Times on Wednesday evening, confirmed the existence of the first son’s infamous laptop.
In October 2020, The Post exclusively published the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop that he dropped at a Delaware repair shop in April 2019.
The laptop’s hard drive contained a trove of emails, text messages, photos and financial documents between Hunter Biden, his family and associates – detailing how the president’s son used his political influence in his business dealings abroad.
The owner of the repair shop reported the laptop to the FBI, which confiscated the device and hard drive.
As part of their investigation into Hunter Biden, The Times reported that federal prosecutors reviewed emails between the first son and his former business partners that had been retrieved from the laptop.
The report said some of the reviewed correspondence related to Hunter Biden and Devon Archer, who, along with the first son, served on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
The Washington Post reported that Archer, who was convicted last month in an unrelated fraud case, “fully cooperated” with federal authorities in their investigation of Hunter Biden.
According to the Times, the emails between Hunter Biden, Archer and others regarding their international business came from files obtained by the publication “that appear to be from a laptop that Mr. Biden abandoned in a Delaware repair shop.”
People familiar with the emails and the investigation confirmed their authenticity to The Times.
The laptop’s confirmation was included in a Times report that also revealed how Hunter Biden had paid off more than $1 million in tax debt — a year after he announced he was the subject of an investigation for IRS fraud.
Hunter Biden has been under investigation for not paying taxes since his father was vice president, but the investigation expanded in 2018 to examine how his international business dealings intersect with President Biden’s political career.
