From Legal Insurrection:
Man Who Repaired Hunter Biden’s Laptop Sues Twitter for Defamation
Computer repairman John Paul Mac Isaac provided the explosive information in The New York Post‘s expose on Hunter Biden after he gave Hunter’s hard drive to Rudy Giuliani.
Twitter stopped users from sharing the Post’s articles because it came from hacked material.
Now Mac Isaac has sued Twitter for defamation and wants $500 million in damages along with a public retraction.
In the lawsuit, Mac Isaac noted he talked to the FBI and Mr. Robert Costello, an attorney for Giuliani, between July 2019 and October 2020.
The Post received the hard drive from Hunter’s computer from Giuliani, not Mac Isaac.
Therefore, Mac Isaac did not know the Post had the hard drive. He did not want the Post to print his name or give anyone permission to report his name.
But the Post named Mac Isaac in its stories about Hunter along with a photo of his store The Mac Shop.
The story caught fire on social media, mainly because of the “hacked materials” explanation from Twitter. The platform locked the Post’s Twitter account.
I bet that Twitter will settle. I also bet that there will be an NDA on the terms of the settlement but that Mr. Mac Isaac will not have to worry about making money for the rest of his (and his heirs') life. Time to hold their feet to the fire. Repeal Section 230.
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