Posted on 01/18/2020 1:31:07 PM PST by karpov
Political figures have long used their families to route power and benefits for their own self-enrichment. In my new book, “Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite,” one particular politician — Joe Biden — emerges as the king of the sweetheart deal, with no less than five family members benefiting from his largesse, favorable access and powerful position for commercial gain. In Biden’s case, these deals include foreign partners and, in some cases, even U.S. taxpayer dollars.
The Biden family’s apparent self-enrichment involves no less than five family members: Joe’s son Hunter, son-in-law Howard, brothers James and Frank, and sister Valerie.
When this subject came up in 2019, Biden declared, “I never talked with my son or my brother or anyone else — even distant family — about their business interests. Period.”
As we will see, this is far from the case…
Joe Biden’s younger brother, James, has been an integral part of the family political machine from the earliest days when he served as finance chair of Joe’s 1972 Senate campaign, and the two have remained quite close. After Joe joined the U.S. Senate, he would bring his brother James along on congressional delegation trips to places like Ireland, Rome and Africa.
When Joe became vice president, James was a welcomed guest at the White House, securing invitations to such important functions as a state dinner in 2011 and the visit of Pope Francis in 2015. Sometimes, James’ White House visits dovetailed with his overseas business dealings, and his commercial opportunities flourished during his brother’s tenure as vice president.
Consider the case of HillStone International, a subsidiary of the huge construction management firm, Hill International. The president of HillStone International was Kevin Justice, who grew up in Delaware and was a longtime Biden family friend.
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The key then is how to ensure we get the House flip, even though Biden will depress turnout, it's those freshman-Dems-in-Trump-districts we need to dislodge, and just Biden lacking coattails might not do it.
Ye shall know them - by their deeds and actions !
not their words
In this life there are takers , and there are givers
Good material NO editor! Sick of it!
It’s really rewarding being friends and family of a leftist with zero ethical standards.
bkmk
Hope Schweizer has more meat than he did with the Uranium One fluff.
The Reagan kids got the same deal. Privilege is a nice thing to have.
90% of both parties are corrupt..
Trump better watch the Turtle is is as corrupt as Biden
Trump has exposed them for what they are...they want him gone in 2020..
Before Barr does anything..if he ever does
This guy is a terrific writer and he has dozens of investigators working for years doing deep research.
The on trait that Peter has is no one has been to fault his facts.
The left hates this guy because he is so accurate.
Joe Biden is a bad father.
All those friends and he draws crowds in the low double digits...
WOW!!! What a story ! s/
"When this subject came up..."
"As we will see, this is far from the case…"
"Consider the case of..."
"There was, for example, ..."
"In real terms,"
"As it happened,"
"During his years in the Senate,"
If you dig that sort of thing, grand. For everyone else, here's a (slight parody) if Schedgy had the right kind of editor:
"Biden laid down the marker on Aug. 28, 2019: "I have never discussed, with my son or my brother or with anyone else, anything having to do with their businesses. Period."This limp assertion failed to assuage Democrat fears, as Trump had already picked up Biden's marker in the Ukraine call a month earlier and flung it in the Groper's dirty, groping face.
But to anyone with a pulse, Biden's grifting is no surprise -- his calendar of Senatorial fraud extending nearly HALF A CENTURY -- and involved his immediate Biden family from the very start from the Groper's ascension as a Delaware pol.
Brother James was finance chair on the Groper's first Senate campaign; and was soon a spectre on the Senator's many early congressional junkets to desirable holiday spots like Ireland and Rome.
When Biden secured the ultimate sinecure as the "Token White Guy" VP to Obama's Mau-Mau Administration, Jimbo had a seat of honor at South Korea's State Dinner on Oct. 13, 2011, and would return in Bobo's second term to shake the apostate Pope Francis' hand during a papal visit to the White Hut in September 2015."
Schweitzer’s new book details the corruption of each of the leading Democrat candidates. They are extensive and Trump will be able to use the contents in ads and the debates.
Any of the Democrats will be doomed by the debates and the wide-spread exposure of their corruption.
That’s what happens when you threaten the graft the elites see as their birthright.
Our politicians are in it for themselves, and for themselves only.
THAT is perfect!
Worth repeating: Why is the Second Amendment under such heavy attack in Virginia no less?
But HEY..NO CRIME HERE says the commie media since Joe Biden has a BIG D next to his name..so obviously NO scandal says the commie press nothing to see here moving on
Trump got impeached because the commie left can’t deal with the fact that they LOST in 2016..there was ZERO meddling in the 2016 election, just like there was no meddling in the 2018 midterm elections, cant have it both ways commies..but the left can’t get over the fact that Hillary Clinton, who honestly, they never did like but she has a D next to her name so she is better than Trump in their sick minds..who had the media in her back pocket, lost..that is why they impeached Trump, because he can beat any of those idiot candidates they are flailing around in November easily!
From the book PROFILES IN CORRUPTION: Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite by Peter Schweizer.
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