The Laptop of MAGA Secrets

Clockwise, from upper left: Attorney Steven Biss’s former clients, Devin Nunes, FBI Director Kash Patel, Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, and Trump Media and Technology Group. (Getty Images)

Parts I & II: The Laptop & Devin’s Journey

Part III: Taking the Fifth

Part IV: Never Tweet

Part V: ‘Substantially, Objectively True’

Part VI: Dodecahedron

Part VII: The Conservator

Parts VIII & IX: Chain of Custody & ‘Zero Services Rendered’

Laptop of MAGA Secrets: The Podcast


Praise for this series from Telos News subscribers:

  • “An amazing John Grisham-like story.”

  • “Reminds me of Burn After Reading.

  • “Your investigative skills are amazing.”

  • “Better than an episode of ‘Dateline.’”

  • “I couldn’t put it down!”

  • “My favorite new word is ‘dodecahedron.’”


And from others:

  • “This is a mind-blowing story of abuse and legal, judicial and political corruption.” — Steve Schmidt

  • “The insane story of [lawyer Steven Biss’s] downfall reveals much about how any broken grifter can play the MAGA game. Wild and revealing tale by Ryan Lizza.” — Gil Durán, former Sacramento Bee writer who knows the characters in the piece

  • “There is a SECOND LAPTOP FROM HELL and it belongs to a Trumpworld lawyer.” … “Just nuts.” — Jacob Shamsian, Business Insider

  • “An extraordinary cautionary tale about how litigation is used as a political weapon against media critics, an approach now being expanded in the Trump administration.” — Elise Labott, Cosmopolitics