FBI’s Hunter Biden Laptop Internal Chat Logs Reveal Election Interference

Newly released internal FBI chat logs show that bureau officials actively worked to suppress information related to Hunter Biden’s laptop on October 14, 2020—the same day the New York Post published its initial report on the matter.

The FBI said it didn’t interfere in the 2020 election, but it did. It tricked Twitter & Facebook into censoring the Hunter Biden laptop story. Now, newly released chat messages show the FBI issued a “gag order” after an employee accidentally confirmed the laptop’s authenticity. pic.twitter.com/fTNk1A63OZ

— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) April 1, 2025

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The revelations, made public by the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, provide fresh insight into what lawmakers are calling a deliberate effort to downplay the story as millions of Americans were casting their votes in the 2020 election.

The documents include messages between senior FBI officials and analysts that appear to direct staff not to engage in any discussion about the contents of the laptop, despite the FBI having had the device in its possession since December 2019.

One internal message dated October 14, 2020, reads: “Please do not discuss Biden matter.” At that time, the FBI had already verified the laptop’s authenticity, according to congressional testimony.

In a hearing before Congress, Laura Dehmlow, who was then serving as the chief of the FBI’s China unit in the Foreign Influence Task Force, confirmed that Twitter had reached out to the FBI to ask whether the laptop was real.

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“Somebody from Twitter essentially asked whether the laptop was real. And one of the FBI folks… did confirm that, yes, it was — before another participant jumped in and said no further comment,” Dehmlow testified.

Chat logs show that the FBI analyst who confirmed the authenticity of the laptop was later told to “shut up” and received what has been described as a gag order from a senior FBI attorney.

BREAKING: FBI Imposed “Gag Order” About Hunter Biden Laptop After Employee Accidentally Confirmed Its Authenticity To Twitter

Newly released internal FBI chat messages reveal senior bureau officials actively shutting down discussion of the laptop’s credibility days before the… pic.twitter.com/PzaCUG6B7L

— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) April 1, 2025

One message from that day reads, “NOPE… just a domestic hit job, yay,” while another asks, “You guys are tracking the coverage of the laptop right?”

The response: “Tried to thread a smallll needle there.”

Messages involving the FBI’s Office of General Counsel stated clearly, “Nobody on call is authorized to comment.”

That guidance was repeated throughout the day with additional instructions such as “Please do not discuss Biden matter” and “We cannot comment.”

The FBI’s decision to restrict internal and external discussion of the laptop’s contents took place while social media companies, including Facebook and Twitter, were consulting with federal agencies on election-related disinformation.

Previously released internal Facebook communications showed that company executives discussed the suppression of the New York Post story in part to “calibrate” favor with a potentially incoming Biden-Harris administration.

The laptop in question was handed over to the FBI by Delaware computer repair shop owner John Paul Mac Isaac in December 2019.

It contained emails and files detailing Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings, some of which raised questions about the involvement of other members of the Biden family.

According to the Judiciary Committee, the FBI had already verified the laptop months before the Post report went live.

The FBI had Hunter Biden’s laptop, but on the day the NY Post story came out, the FBI refused to tell Big Tech the truth.

— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) April 1, 2025

In an interim report, the committee stated: “While the FBI eventually conceded that it had no indication the allegations in the Post story were Russian disinformation, the FBI still withheld the fact that it had seized and authenticated Hunter Biden’s laptop months prior.”

The report calls the FBI’s actions a form of interference in the 2020 election.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, criticized the agency last year for misleading the public and playing a role in the censorship of truthful reporting.

“If the FBI’s intent was truly to combat foreign interference, they would have told the truth — not imposed a gag order,” Jordan said.

The Foreign Influence Task Force, the unit responsible for the bureau’s so-called “pre-bunking” operations, has since been disbanded.

Fortunately, President Trump, @AGPamBondi, @FBIDirectorKash have ended the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force, which was responsible for this ‘prebunking’ operation.

We will continue to work with them to increase transparency and end the weaponization of federal law enforcement.

— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) April 1, 2025

That move came under pressure from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, according to statements from the Judiciary GOP.

The fallout from the suppression of the laptop story continues to raise concerns about federal influence over public discourse during critical election periods.

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