Are Republicans under estimating Joe Biden

[Dill]

(06-26-2023, 07:45 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Actually, what he is saying is the objective fact of the matter. Because of the circumstances of the acquisition of the laptop as well as it being obtained under questionable circumstances there is no way to verify the contents of the laptop originating from Hunter Biden and if they were the information obtained would not be admissible in legal proceedings.

Actually, I believe it is possible to verify some or most of the emails as HB's. 

The problem is, though, that the questionable provenance means that all kinds of stuff can be inserted
in them that wasn't original, leaving all original identifying tags.

Just as I could quote your post above and add "Go Trump" or "Hang Pence" somewhere in there,
then "prove" you were closet MAGA. Everyone would see through that on the forum, but the principle is
the same for the emails, though the process is much more complicated, and unlike our forum, U.S. voters
would have little access to evidence or understanding of the process.

For propaganda purposes, it means certain Fox commentators can claim the laptop or at least some of the emails
as "verified" HB. But it doesn't make anything particularly useful for prosecution unless they can really trace 
track every possession of the laptop and account for suspected or apparent changes. Those emails could focus
investigators' attention on something mentioned in them though, and perhaps find something of firmer legal
evidence. 

It also means they can claim that all those signatures to a public letter noting the similarity of the laptop finding,
and its subsequent use in U.S. media, to Russian agitprop had "lied," though in fact the similarity is really there, 
even if the laptop or emails turn out not to be tampered with. So not a lie. Supporters of stop and frisk should 
understand the principle here.