“The FBI lost Hunter Biden’s laptop.”
What PolitiFact found
An exchange between Matt Gaetz and an FBI official isn't proof that the FBI lost Hunter Biden’s laptop. While the official said he personally didn’t know where the laptop was, he didn’t say that the agency misplaced it
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump Jr. (son of President Donald Trump) made this claim around 4 April 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 April 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump Jr. has 18 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 11 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
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