Hunter Biden’s laptop, previously denied, disparaged, and censored, is now being touted as evidence of a crime

The progression of denial surrounding Hunter Biden‘s laptop over the past three and a half years has been truly remarkable.

You almost need a visual aid to keep track of it all.

Initially, the laptop was dismissed as a non-issue (thanks NPR).

Then it was labeled as “hacked material” (thanks Twitter).

Followed by claims of “Russian disinformation” (thanks CIA).

Then it was deemed a “Russian plant” (thanks Joe Biden).

Next, it was suggested that the laptop was “stolen” by Russians.

(Hunter’s own response was vague: “I have no idea… There could be a laptop out there that was stolen from me. It could be that I was hacked. It could be that it was Russian intelligence. It could be that it was stolen from me.”)

Subsequently, it was alleged that the laptop was “hacked by Rudy Giuliani” (thanks Kevin “Sugar Brother” Morris).

And now, it is a key piece of evidence in the prosecution’s case against the President’s son in an upcoming felony gun trial in Delaware.

“The defendant’s theory about the laptop is a conspiracy theory with no supporting evidence,” states a prosecution document signed by Special Counsel David Weiss.

The existence of Hunter’s “laptop is real (it will be presented as an exhibit in the trial) and it contains substantial evidence of the defendant’s culpability.”

Weiss plans to use the laptop to help prove that Hunter lied on a federal form when he bought a gun in October 2018 and claimed he was not using drugs.

Hunter “has not provided any evidence or information that shows that his laptop contains false information, and the government’s evidence shows the opposite.”

Prosecutors have also informed the court that the laptop is “self-authenticating,” that Hunter left it at a computer store in April 2019, and that its contents are consistent with what was obtained from a search warrant of his iCloud.

It would have been much simpler for everyone to acknowledge the legitimacy of the laptop from the start, rather than censoring The New York Post and orchestrating an elaborate cover-up involving the FBI, CIA, and Big Tech, which only heightened suspicions regarding its potentially damaging content for Joe Biden.

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive,” as the old saying goes about the dangers of dishonesty.

It appears to be a lesson that the President and his party struggle to grasp.