Computer repairman who handed over Hunter's laptop reveals he had to flee

The Delaware computer repairman who handed Hunter Biden's laptop over to authorities as well as Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani revealed on Wednesday night how he had to flee his hometown and close his shop

John Paul Mac Isaac, 45, told FOX News host Tucker Carlson that he had to flee his hometown in Delaware ahead of the 2020 presidential election as he was accused of spreading Russian disinformation.

'I had to get out of town before the election,' he said, adding: 'I had to close the shop in Delaware.'

Mac Isaac also spoke out against what he called 'collusion' by mainstream media outlets to accuse him of being a puppet of Russian President Vladimir Putin after the New York Post first published revelations from the laptop in the weeks leading up to the election.

'The collusion that took place in mid October of 2020 was just astonishing to me,' Isaac said. 'I couldn't believe it, it was just a unilateral decision to all call this Russian disinformation without even deciding if there was going to be collateral damage, which there was.'

'Initially, people just assumed I was a hacker or a thief mainly because of Twitter labeling the material from the laptop as being hacked, and then banning the subject matter completely,' he explained.

'But after 51 pills of the intelligence community decided to call me [part] of a Russian disinformation campaign, and Adam Schiff went on CNN to follow that up to express his concerns with the rest of the nation, it was pretty much from that point on I was labeled a "stooge" of Putin, and "Putin thanks me for my service."

Mac Isaac is now suing House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff, CNN, Politico and The Daily Beast for spreading the allegations - and is seeking damages of 'at least $1 million.

In the lawsuit - which was filed in Montgomery County, Maryland on Tuesday and has been obtained by DailyMail.com, Mac Isaac claims that Rep. Adam Schiff defamed him in an interview two days after the New York Post - and later DailyMail.com - began publishing revelations from the laptop.

In an interview with Wolf Blitzer at the time, Schiff said - without providing any evidence - that he believed 'the Kremlin' was behind 'a smear campaign' of both then-presidential candidate Joe Biden, and his son Hunter.

'Well we know that this whole smear on Joe Biden comes from the Kremlin,' he said. 

'That's been clear for well over a year now that they've been pushing this false narrative about the Vice President and his son.'

Mac Isaac now claims in his lawsuit that CNN knowingly broadcast the 'false and defamatory story,' which caused him significant damage including the closing of his laptop repair store.

He is also going after the Daily Beast, which claimed the laptop was 'purloined,' or stolen, in an article. 

Mac Isaac then reportedly sent a cease-and-desist letter to the outlet warning it not to print any false and defamatory information, but no redaction was issued, according to the lawsuit.

Daily Beast then reportedly published another article in December of that year titled 'The Seeds of Hunter Biden's Current Legal Woes Were Found on His Stolen Laptop,' at which point Mac Isaac sent another cease and desist letter, after which the Daily Beast changed its headline.

And, Mac Isaac claims in the lawsuit, Politico also defamed him when it reported that dozens of former intelligence officials believe the laptop was 'Russian disinfo.'

His attorney, Brian Della Rocca, told the New York Post on Tuesday that Mac Isaac is now seeking 'at least $1 million in compensatory damages [and] punitive damages, which will be the bigger number and will be determined at trial.'

The lawsuit states that Mac Isaac was forced to close down his computer repair shop near the Biden family homes in Greenville, Delaware following the reporting accusing him of spreading Russian disinformation - when people started throwing eggs, vegetables and even dog feces at his door.

He then reportedly went into exile in Colorado for a year. 

'CNN's broadcast of the false statement accuses the Plaintiff of committing an infamous crime, i.e., treason by working with the Russians to commit a crime against the United States of America by attempting to undermine American democracy an the 2020 Presidential election,' the lawsuit states. 

 As a result, Della Rocca told the Post: 'He has lost his business, friendships and his honorable standing in his community.

'This lawsuit is to attempt to repair a small portion of that damage caused by the defendants in the suit,' he continued. 'We intend to show that their actions were intentionally malicious.'

Mac Isaac, meanwhile, told the Post: 'After fighting to reveal the truth, all I want now is for the rest of the country to know that there was a collective and orchestrated effort by social and mainstream media to block a real story with real consequences for the nation.

'This was collusion led by 51 former pillars in the intelligence community and backed by words and actions of a politically motivated DOJ and FBI,' he added, noting: 'I want this lawsuit to reveal that collusion and more importantly, who gave the marching orders.'

He is being backed financially in his efforts by The America Project, a nonprofit founded by Trump loyalists Army Gen. Michael Flynn, his brother Joe Flynn and businessman Pat Byrne.

'[We are] honored to sponsor John Paul Mac Isaac in his fight against the injustice that has been done to him when the political elite coordinated with the leftist news media claiming the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation - which was a blatant lie,' the retired general told the Post.

'The synchronized efforts of these parties to wield their words like weapons are evident through years long continuous coverage that led to extreme backlash against JP and the closing of his

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