What’s the truth about Hunter Biden’s laptop?
The Inquiry
BBC
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Three weeks before the 2020 US presidential election a newspaper published contents of a laptop they said belonged to Hunter Biden, son of Joe Biden, who at that time was campaigning against Donald Trump to win the election. The contents allegedly revealed questionable business dealings that implicated Joe Biden, and lurid personal details of Hunter Biden’s life. Some media outlets refused to run the story and social media platforms blocked the content. Since then other newspapers have tried to verify the laptop data and it still remains controversial today with hints there are more revelations to come. Charmaine Cozier asks what is the truth about Hunter Biden’s laptop?
Producer: Louise Clarke-Rowbotham
(Photo: President Joe Biden embraces his son Hunter Biden at his inauguration in 2020. Credit: Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images)
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| 0:00.0 | I had this secret. I robbed banks in my spare time. |
| 0:06.4 | Live's less ordinary from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:09.7 | This is not a good thing to do because police are after you. |
| 0:14.9 | Find out more at the end of this podcast. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome to the inquiry on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:23.3 | Each week one question for expert witnesses and an answer. |
| 0:28.4 | October 2020. |
| 0:30.7 | With three weeks to go to the US presidential election |
| 0:33.7 | between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, |
| 0:35.9 | the New York Post, a famous American tabloid newspaper, |
| 0:39.6 | publishes an exclusive story about a big energy company |
| 0:43.1 | in Ukraine called Berisma and one of their former directors |
| 0:47.2 | who is Joe Biden's son Hunter. |
| 0:51.7 | The report centers on what it calls blockbuster correspondence |
| 0:55.3 | emails found on a laptop abandoned in a repair shop. |
| 0:59.8 | It suggests Hunter Biden traded on his family name |
| 1:03.0 | to introduce his father, who was US Vice President at the time |
| 1:06.8 | to a top adviser at the firm. |
| 1:09.6 | It also says Joe Biden pushed to fire Ukrainian prosecutor |
| 1:14.0 | who was investigating business dealings of Berisma's founder. |
| 1:19.2 | Donald Trump and his allies say the leaked material proves |
| 1:22.8 | Joe Biden is closer to his son's work than he admits. |
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