Hunter Biden's lawyers sue computer repair shop owner over abandoned laptop data

The lawsuit seeks the return of any copy of Biden's data and compensatory and punitive damages from a Delaware computer repair shop owner. Biden's lawyers are also seeking depositions from Steve Bannon and Rudy Giuliani in the suit.

The court filings include a lawsuit targeting John Paul Mac Isaac, the computer repair shop owner who said Hunter Biden abandoned a water-damaged laptop at his Wilmington, Delaware, store about 18 months before the 2020 election. Biden’s attorneys are alleging invasion of privacy and argue Mac Isaac helped copy and disseminate Hunter Biden’s data for political and commercial purposes.

In the lawsuit, Biden is seeking the return of any copy of his data, compensatory and punitive damages for Mac Isaac’s “willful, wanton and reckless conduct,” as well as reimbursement of attorneys fees. The new suit alleges that Delaware law did not permit Mac Isaac to access or copy the data, drawing a distinction between abandoned “equipment” and data on or embedded within a device.

Hunter Biden and the Biden family finances are the subject of investigations led by Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the new chair of the GOP-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee.

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