laundering rules and hunter biden recently told associates he took out a loan to pay off more than $1 million in back taxes undoubtedly to minimize the chances of prosecution. >> bret: but why have these allegations got son little traction. >> let's remember when the "new york post" first reported on possibly incriminating enails prosecute a hunter biden laptop npr managing editor said we don't want to waste our times on stories that aren't really stories. politico ran a piece before the 2020 election the hunter biden story russian disinfo. joe biden agreed with that now discredited theory. what's more twitter blocked anyone from sharing the "new york post" reporting. and later admitted mistake. facebook retribution. the skeptical "new york times" has obtained and authenticated emails that appear to have come from hunter's laptop. >> bret: authenticated that's the key word from there. where does this case go from here? >> hunter biden has denied wrongdoing and the "times" says