Hunter Biden was not charged in the case. They worked to promote documents and claims by Tony Bobulinski, yet another unhappy former business partner of Hunter Biden. The New York Post articles based on the contents of the mysterious hard drive delivered by Mr. Giuliani failed to drive a broader narrative about Mr. Biden in the way that WikiLeaks did with the Clinton materials. The Drudge Report, which had driven huge web traffic to anti-Clinton pieces, has taken a hard turn against Mr. Trump. The foreign and domestic troll networks that carried the most outlandish anti-Clinton charges have been muted by tougher policing of their efforts from the social media platforms.

Source: New York Times October 31, 2020 18:33 UTC