Recently, Mark Lanterman, a digital forensics expert, told CBS he believes that the laptop's contents are authentic and do indeed belong to the president's second son.
But signs began emerging in the months and years to come that indicated the contents of the laptop were real, and the the device really belonged to Hunter Biden. As we reported in an update to our 2020 story:
Lanterman, the expert tapped by CBS News, worked as a member of the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Taskforce before entering the private sector. He told the network he believes the laptop's contents to be authentic, pointing to a voicemail found on the drive left by Hunter's father while the latter struggled with a drug addiction. In the voicemail, Joe Biden told his son he loved him and that he needed to seek help for his addiction.
It would be"difficult, if not impossible to fabricate" that type of everyday use, reflected in the build up of files, like images of government-issued identification and the voicemail described above. The Lantermans said they didn't see evidence on the copy of the hard drive they reviewed that anyNevertheless, the laptop has been the source of hoaxes and misinformation, including a
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