Conservative commentator Dan Bongino has advice for President Trump leading up to the second and final presidential debate.
In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday night, the former Secret Service agent said Trump should confront Democratic nominee Joe Biden with a copy of the FBI receipt on the bureau’s interactions with the Delaware computer shop owner who received the laptop and hard drive that purportedly belonged to his son Hunter Biden.
“He should bring the FBI receipt with him, of copy, that they gave to the computer store owner. And he should read out the case number, Sean,” Bongino said. “Because the case number is 272D. Two-seven-two is the FBI, three-letter designation for money laundering. D means trans-national. And then BA is short for the Baltimore field office. And he should ask him, you know, ‘Why would your son be involved in a money laundering investigation. Does that have anything to do with the ‘big guy?'”
That was a reference to an email appearing to describe a business arrangement involving a Chinese company and the Biden family. The “big guy” mentioned, who is said to get a 10% cut of the deal, is believed to be the former vice president.
Bongino added that Trump should bring the signed receipt to the debate in Tennessee. “He should say, ‘Who’s signature is this, Joe? You want to go on the record?’ I’m not kidding. If they’re going to mute his mic, at least President Trump has props,” he continued.
The Washington Examiner has confirmed the FBI is in possession of those materials. Still, it remains unclear if the money laundering investigation indicated on the receipt was directly related to Hunter Biden or if the inquiry is still open.
John Paul Mac Isaac, the owner of the computer store in Delaware, gave the computer materials to the FBI but also gave a copy of the contents of the hardware to Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, who then shared the materials with the New York Post.
Joe Biden has called reporting on the materials a “smear campaign,” though neither he nor his son has denied the authenticity of the computer materials.
On Tuesday, a federal law enforcement officer confirmed to the Washington Examiner that the Justice Department and the FBI do not believe the Hunter Biden laptop was connected to a Russia disinformation campaign, siding with Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and countering claims from Democrats and former intelligence officials that the information can’t be trusted.
