To say that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) gave just a first-class ass whoopin’ to the Assistant Director (Cyber Division) of the FBI, Bryan Vorndran, would be an understatement of massive proportions.
Just saying that Gaetz chewed-up Asst. Dir. Vorndran then spit him out would be like saying that end-stage gonorrhea is only a “somewhat concerning” medical condition
A helluva lot closer to what really happened; Gaetz made Vorndran look not only foolish and like a complete and total incompetent jackass, Gaetz figuratively pantsed Vorndran in front of the whole world.
When Gaetz asked the FBI honcho for cyber security if he even KNEW where Hunter’s laptop was (which was turned over to the FBI three-years ago), all Gaetz essentially got was shrugged shoulders.
With it painfully obvious that the cyber chief was not only ignorant of the laptop’s location, Vorndran consistently fell back on “That’s not my job.”
Nearly the end of Gaetz’s allotted time, the Florida Republican shocked everyone by whipping out a copy of Hunter Biden’s hard drive.
As reported by Elizabeth Elkind of London’s the Daily Mail (emphasis mine);
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) got into a heated spat over the whereabouts of Hunter Biden‘s laptop during a House Judiciary hearing on oversight of the FBI‘s Cyber Division on Tuesday.
The Republican firebrand used his allotted time to grill the division’s assistant director Bryan Vorndran, who repeatedly told Gaetz he didn’t have any information on where the hard drive belonging to President Joe Biden‘s son is currently located.
At one point Gaetz tried to enter the hard drive into the Congressional record but was blocked by House Judiciary Chair Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), who changed his mind a short while later.
‘Sir, I’m not here to talk about the laptop. I’m here to talk about the FBI’s cyber program,’ Vorndran told Gaetz after the lawmaker asked where it was.
The congressman, visibly irritated, tries again.
‘You are the assistant director of FBI cyber. I want to know where Hunter Biden’s laptop is. Where is it?‘ he pressed.
The FBI official replied, ‘Sir, I don’t know that answer.’
Gaetz called Vorndran’s claim ‘astonishing.’
‘Has FBI cyber assessed whether Hunter Biden’s laptop could be a point of vulnerability, allowing America’s enemies to hurt our country?‘ the lawmaker asked.
DailyMail.com had also authenticated the information at a time when many on the left wing were dismissing it as Russian disinformation.
Despite Vorndran on Tuesday insisting the laptop does not fall into his division’s purview, Gaetz pressed on: ‘I mean, Hunter Biden’s password on his laptop was ‘hunter02.’
‘And now you’re telling me right here that as the assistant director of FBI Cyber, you don’t know where this is after it was turned over to you three years ago,’ he added.
Vorndran said that was an ‘accurate statement.’
[Gaetz asked] ‘Is the first family sufficient cyber infrastructure to protect? You don’t even know if they’re compromised.’
The Republican turned his attention to Nadler, holding up what he claimed to be a hard drive from the president’s son’s laptop, and asked for it to be entered into the record.
‘I’m not –‘ Nadler begins to say before conferring with an aide.
The chairman then said he would object to Gaetz’s motion.
‘What’s the basis of that objection?‘ the Florida lawmaker challenged.
Nadler, speaking over Gaetz’s objections, said: ‘It may very well be entered into the record after we look at it further.’
After what Gaetz called a ‘consultation with majority staff,’ Nadler relented and allowed the hard drive to be entered into the record ‘without objection.