The NYT is pretty unambiguous that the laptop is disinformation:

> Russian intelligence officers were using Mr. Giuliani, who provided the hard drive copy to the tabloid, as a conduit for disinformation aimed at undermining Mr. Biden’s presidential run.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/us/politics/hunter-biden-...

Also, if you're going to break HN rules by using your account to do ideological battle and spread disinformation, maybe make it a little less obvious in your username?

Did you not read that the New York Times changed their mind a year after your story? Go read the article I linked that was published a full year after your article.

Shame on you for spreading misinformation.

Ctrl-F "laptop" in your article only comes up with a link to the one I quoted. Nice try.