I have been watching the Hunter Biden saga, watching the Republicans cling to every piece of circumstantial evidence and blow it out of proportion. They mix facts with fiction and try to put together a story bigger than it is. So let's review what is known right now and we can revisit this to see how it plays out.
Fact - Joe Biden was Vice President from January 2009 to January 2017
Fact - Joe Biden President from January 2021 to ????
Fact - Hunter Biden Joined the BOD for Burisma in 2014
Fact - Hunter Biden leveraged his family name to get these deals.
Fact - Hunter Biden and associates got paid lots of money for doing what most board members get paid for.
Fact - Burisma was under investigation for potential crimes committed before Hunter joined the board - the prosecutor was sitting on the case (maybe getting paid under the table) and that is why Joe Biden, with the blessing of other countries - pressed for the firing of said prosecutor.
Fact - Hunter Biden left Burisma when his father became president.
Fact - When Hunter Biden made the claim my dad is sitting right here - Joe Biden was a citizen - not in office....
Fact - Hunter Biden has/had a drug problem
Fact - Hunter Biden left a laptop(s) at a store.
Questionable - Did the original hard drive(s) get in unmodified form to the FBI?
Fact - Hunter Biden screwed up his tax return - has paid off what was due - but is still in hot water over this.
Fact - Hunter Biden may have violated other laws - this is being investigated.
Fact - Hunter Biden got money from Chinese companies.
Not proven - That Joe Biden did anything against China or Burisma for personal gain - in fact maybe just the opposite
So where does this leave us? The Republicans still cannot point to any action by Vice President or President Biden that shows a quid pro quo.
In the mean time, they seem to over look:
Jared Kushner’s $2 Billion Saudi Check Appears Even More Comically Corrupt Than Previously Thought
So, it wasn’t that difficult for people to put two and two together and infer that Kushner’s firm seemingly got $2 billion to invest—and at least $25 million to pocket regardless of performance!—as a thank-you for being so good to a human rights-abusing autocrat. And a new story from the Times suggests, somehow, even further shadiness than that.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/jared-kushner-affinity-partners-saudi-arabia
China grants 18 trademarks in 2 months to Trump, daughter (While Trump was President)
SHANGHAI (AP) — The Chinese government granted 18 trademarks to companies linked to President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump over the last two months, Chinese public records show, raising concerns about conflicts of interest in the White House.
https://apnews.com/article/0a3283036d2f4e699da4aa3c6dd01727
Trump sold his DC hotel. GOP spending disappeared.
In June the Waldorf Astoria opened for business in downtown D.C.’s Old Post Office Building, replacing the Trump International Hotel, which for five years served as an assembly point for Republican officials, lobbyists and anyone who wanted to buy Donald Trump’s attention. Despite the fact that the Waldorf is in the same building and kept public and private spaces remarkably the same, political spending at the new hotel all but disappeared when compared to the years when it was owned by a sitting president.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/trump-sold-his-dc-hotel-gop-spending-disappeared/
Why was nothing investigated on these?
Hmm..
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