Miranda Devine: Habitual liar Hunter Biden used Tucker Carlson’s platform to lie some more about his ‘laptop from hell’

Nypost · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Aug 12, 2026 · 1234 words · By Miranda Devine

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What to know about Legal Authenticity of Evidence

For Hunter and Joe Biden, lying becomes so habitual they eventually lose grip on reality.

Claims checked 14

Techniques found 4

Topics 3

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What happened

For Hunter and Joe Biden, lying becomes so habitual they eventually lose grip on reality.

Why it matters

Joe had power so people were inclined to believe his fabrications.

Common ground

Hunter is a former crack addict, deadbeat dad and pardoned felon so the only people he can get to swallow his lies are podcasters hungry for views.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

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eFinder identified 4 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence

Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.

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Name Calling / Labeling 100% confidence

Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.

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Exaggeration / Hyperbole 80% confidence

Overstating facts or claims to create a stronger emotional response.

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Ad Hominem 85% confidence

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Three months later his father gave him a retrospective presidential pardon covering all offenses committed from Jan 1, 2014”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

Wikipedia confirms that in December 2024, Joe Biden pardoned Hunter Biden for all federal offenses committed between 2014 and 2024.

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Claim 2: “The silver MacBook Pro 13 was displayed to the jury in the Wilmington courtroom on June 4, 2024 by prosecutor Derek Hines before he showed it to his first witness, FBI Agent Erika Jensen, who confirmed it was Hunter’s laptop from the serial number on the back.”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the specific courtroom presentation on June 4, 2024, or the testimony of FBI Agent Erika Jensen.

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Claim 3: “Hunter, Joe’s brother Jim, and partners made tens of millions of dollars monetizing Joe’s power in corrupt countries”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 4: “The jury in the Bidens’ hometown took three hours to find Hunter guilty on all three felony charges”

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Multiple independent sources, including the Office of Special Counsel David C. Weiss and news reports, confirm Hunter Biden was found guilty of three felony gun charges in Delaware.

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web search NEUTRAL — — A jury in Delaware on Tuesday found Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, guilty on three felony gun charges after a weeklong trial that focused on his history of drug addiction.
https://www.aol.com/news/hunter-biden-son-president-found-15…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hunter Biden in a Delaware courtroom on June 11.Biden called for tougher rules on gun purchases in his remarks, without mentioning the conviction of his son on firearms charges hours earlier. Politica…
https://www.dw.com/en/hunter-biden-found-guilty-of-federal-g…

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web search NEUTRAL — Robert Hunter Biden Found Guilty of Three Felonies Related to the Illegal Purchase of a Firearm. Tuesday, June 11, 2024. For Immediate Release.
https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco-weiss/pr/robert-hunter-…

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Claim 5: “Pretrial court filings for Hunter’s September 2024 tax fraud felony trial in California show prosecutors intended to use the laptop as evidence but Hunter pleaded guilty to all nine charges on the first day of the trial”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was provided regarding a September 2024 trial in California or a guilty plea to nine tax fraud charges.

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Claim 6: “Hunter’s signature is on the repair receipt (“Quote #7469”) for $85 from Mac Isaac’s store, for “Attempt data recovery from 3 macbook pros.””

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Both Fox News (via web search) and Miranda Devine report the existence of a repair receipt (Quote #7469) for $85 for data recovery from three MacBook Pros, though one source notes the signature itself has not been independently verified.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The family of Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, includes members prominent in law, education, activism and politics. Biden's immediate family was the first family of the United State…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_of_Joe_Biden

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Hunter Biden (born February 4, 1970) is an American artist, disbarred former attorney, and businessman. He is the second son of former president Joe Biden and his first wife, Neilia Hunter Bide…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Biden

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In October 2020, a controversy arose involving a laptop that belonged to Hunter Biden. The owner of a Delaware computer shop, John Paul Mac Isaac, said that the laptop had been left by a man who ident…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Biden_laptop_controvers…

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Claim 7: “Apelbaum, an Israeli-American “computer guy” who met with Mac Isaac on October 18, 2020”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 8: “Hunter is a former crack addict, deadbeat dad and pardoned felon”

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Multiple sources confirm Hunter Biden's history of crack cocaine addiction and his status as a pardoned felon. Wikipedia confirms the December 2024 pardon for federal offenses.

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web search NEUTRAL — Robert Hunter Biden is an American artist, disbarred former attorney, and businessman.In December 2024, Biden's father pardoned him for all federal offenses committed between 2014 and 2024, including …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Biden

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web search NEUTRAL — Hunter is a former crack addict, deadbeat dad and pardoned felon so the only people he can get to swallow his lies are podcasters hungry for views. Hence his newfound fame, this week courtesy of Tucke…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/12/opinion/miranda-devine-habitua…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hunter Biden made a comeback on X in May and immediately became the target of MAGA trolling for his crack cocaine addiction and shady dealings.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/hunter-biden-wi…

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Claim 9: “Apelbaum recently won a defamation lawsuit against someone who called him an Israeli spy.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 10: “this newspaper broke the story on Oct. 14, 2020”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 11: “The FBI seized the laptop on Dec. 9, 2019, after Mac Issac contacted them.”

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Wikipedia and web search results confirm the laptop was left at John Paul Mac Isaac's shop and that the FBI took physical custody of the device in December 2019.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Client is a 1994 American Southern Gothic legal thriller film directed by Joel Schumacher, and starring Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony LaPaglia, Anthony Edwards, Ossi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Client_(1994_film)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Steele Sessions (May 27, 1930 – June 12, 2020) was an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of …
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Claim 12: “Two agents arrived at his store with a subpoena signed by Delaware Assistant US attorney Lesley Wolf, whose boss David Weiss was running a money-laundering and tax fraud investigation of Hunter that had been launched by the IRS.”

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While the general investigation by David Weiss is known, the provided evidence does not specifically mention the subpoena signed by Lesley Wolf or the specific roles of the IRS in the seizure process.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James Brien Comey Jr. (; born December 14, 1960) is an American lawyer who was the seventh director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2013 until his termination in May 2017. During the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Comey

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alana de la Garza (born June 18, 1976) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Connie Rubirosa for the final four seasons of the initial run of the NBC television series Law & Order, as …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alana_de_la_Garza

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Epstein files are a partially released collection of millions of documents, images, videos, and emails related to the activities of American financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epst…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein_files

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Claim 13: “The FBI’s Computer Analysis and Response Team verified the authenticity and ownership of the laptop, assessed that “it was not manipulated in any way,” and deemed it fit for use as evidence in court, according to IRS Agent Gary Shapley’s 2023 testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee.”

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Multiple independent sources (Just The News, and other web results) confirm that IRS Agent Gary Shapley testified that the FBI verified the authenticity of the laptop and determined it was not manipulated.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), formerly known as the Behavioral Science Unit, is a department of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime that…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_Analysis_Unit

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG) is a division of the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). CIRG enables the FBI to rapi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_Critical_Incident_Response…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) kept records on the American singer Michael Jackson, which were declassified and released to the public under the Freedom of Information Act on December 22, 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_files_on_Michael_Jackson

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Claim 14: “The FBI geo-located Hunter’s cellphone to track him to the Sikar Cigar Lounge in Wilmington... on April 12, 2019, right before he dropped off the laptops at 6:50 p.m.”

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The provided evidence contains general information about the FBI but does not mention geolocation data, the Sikar Cigar Lounge, or the specific date/time of April 12, 2019.

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web search NEUTRAL — A leading American counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigative organization, the FBI has jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes. [4][5] The FB…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigatio…

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web search NEUTRAL — FBI is an American police procedural drama television series created by Dick Wolf and Craig Turk that premiered on CBS on September 25, 2018. [1] The show follows the cases and agents of the Federal B…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_(TV_series)

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web search NEUTRAL — The FBI investigates a broad range of threats including terrorism, cyber intrusions, public corruption, violent crime, and transnational organized crime.
https://www.fbi.gov/investigate

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