Stone Jr.”That is notable because many in the media picked up on the conspiracy theory despite ample evidence that the laptop was genuine. The Washington Post’s Phillip Bump and others pushed the conspiracy theory. The media report suggests that Chris Clark and Joshua Levy stopped working on the case as the false claims were being pushed. Clark withdrew shortly after he admitted that Hunter’s notorious 2017 WhatsApp text demanding money from a Chinese businessman was genuine. What is striking about the report is that the conspiracy theory is precisely the type of disinformation that the Biden Administration has alleged against critics to seek their censorship, throttling, and banning on social media.

Source: Washington Post February 18, 2024 15:26 UTC