He instigated a deception upon the American people, exploiting our trust in the political neutrality of public servants. There may not be a specific criminal statue broken, but his participation in this deception disqualifies him from any public trust.
Maybe, but it seems more like garden variety political spin to me.
At the time this happened neither Blinken nor the former intel guys had actually seen the laptop, so them saying "fake news" to support Biden should have been expected.
It's what campaign supporters do.