I've already read their scripts

"We'd already seen Russia interfere in the 2016 election and our sources told us this had all the signs of being another foreign attack on our democracy. We asked people in good faith to sign the letter based on what we knew at the time. We also felt that even if the laptop was Hunter's it was irrelevant to Joe Biden's presidential campaign. The polls were already against Trump and this looked like a desperate attempt from MAGA Republicans to smear an innocent lifelong public servant by making wild accusations over business dealings he had no involvement in. Even today the laptop may have belonged to Hunter Biden but there is still no evidence his father President Biden was ever involved in his businesses or was influenced in any way."

"Sounds fair enough. You're free to go"