I heard the FBI took possession of the laptop and gave the shop owner a receipt for it. It was the owner who had made the copy.
Yes...the Mac Shop guy is the one that made copies of the hard drive before the FBI took possession. He wanted an insurance policy. If he had not made copies, this would have never seen the light of day, except when the Deep State confronted President Joe Biden (assuming he was elected) and forced him to resign to save his son, wife and others.
The FBI had made a copy of the hard drive back in November of 2019, but they did not take possession of the laptop at that time. So, in November they knew what was not the har drive. They knew the mountains of evidence that was present. They did not act on it. They just sat on it. Insurance policy. Then Kamala withdrew. Then they took possession of the laptop.