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President Biden’s Anti-Corruption Fight Was Over Before It Began
Townhall.com ^ | October 22, 2021 | Ted Harvey

Posted on 10/22/2021 7:24:36 AM PDT by Kaslin

Edited on 10/22/2021 7:43:44 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

President Biden really, really cares about corruption. Didn’t you get the memo?

According to the White House, “resident Biden definitely engages on—with a range of leaders—in advancing, you know, his foreign policy priorities, foremost amongst which are absolutely to address and combat corruption.” Ironically enough, those words were spoken by a Biden official on the day of his meeting with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, whose family is facing—wait for it—corruption allegations. Kenyatta and six relatives were recently exposed in the “Pandora Papers” leak as owners of 13 offshore companies, one of which holds $30 million in assets.

It is the perfect encapsulation of the failed Biden administration: Stumble and stutter your way through the talk, without walking the walk. In truth, resident Biden’s anti-corruption fight was over before it even began.

If the president was truly concerned about corruption, he wouldn’t need to look far. Focus on the family: This is the same President Biden who continues to shield his son, Hunter, from any and all criticism, and Hunter Biden just happens to be one of the most corrupt figures in U.S. politics. When he’s not selling $500,000 art pieces or cozying up to Russian oligarchs, Hunter is peddling influence in China and cashing in on sappy memoirs—promoted by the liberal media, of course.

At this point, Hunter’s corruption is so egregious and well-documented that even left-leaning news outlets refuse to defend it. According to Politico, “Hunter Biden complicates [the] White House anti-corruption push.” Even across the pond, The Guardian claims “Hunter Biden’s art project [is] painting the president into an ethical corner.”

This isn’t a Republican talking point. Walter Shaub, who served as ethics chief in the Obama administration, put it best: “These are legitimate questions. It’s disappointing to hear [White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki] send a message that the [White House] thinks the public has no right to ask about ethics.” Touching on Hunter’s art dealings in particular, Shaub blasted the blatant hypocrisy: “If this were Trump, Xi, or Putin, you’d have no doubt whatsoever that this creates a vehicle for funneling cash to the first family in exchange for access or favors.”

He’s right. As the 2024 election approaches, Biden family members and their enablers have countless questions to answer about their corrupt practices, especially after spending the entire 2020 cycle accusing President Trump of skirting the law. President Biden’s latest “anti-corruption” charade only makes matters worse, insulting the intelligence of American voters who know hypocrisy when they see it.

The next presidential election may be years away, but you can already bet on Biden-related corruption taking center stage. Earlier this week, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) opened an investigation into resident Biden, who allegedly broke the law by illegally raising and spending millions of dollars in post-election campaign funds. My organization, the Committee to Defeat the President, identified the Biden Victory Fund—the “Joint Fundraising Committee” for the Biden campaign apparatus—as illegally soliciting and accepting nearly $2 million in impermissible contributions. The ball is now in the FEC’s court, but campaign finance violations are clearly not beneath a political family so desperate for power.

Whatever the FEC determines, Americans cannot allow the Biden family’s corruption to slide. If American democracy truly relies on accountability and transparency to function, as so many anti-Trumpers have claimed in recent years, then President Biden surely needs to atone for the infinite examples of dodgy behavior in his personal orbit.

And, if resident Biden refuses to speak up (as usual), then American voters will need to pursue accountability and transparency themselves—by voting him out of office


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bidenadmin; hunterbiden; joebiden

1 posted on 10/22/2021 7:24:36 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
resident Biden’s anti-corruption fight was over before it even began.

The most corrupt president ever was going to lead an anti-corruption fight? Did anybody believe that?

Now we have the most corrupt AG ever testifying to Congress that his own Justice Dept says he is immune from ethics charges.. This is off the charts corruption and sleaze.

2 posted on 10/22/2021 7:35:55 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Everything Woke turns to shit.” ~ President Donald Trump)
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To: Kaslin
In which bablin' biden has gut wrenching flatulence moment.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1451351386516439040

3 posted on 10/22/2021 7:36:37 AM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Derelict at Large)
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To: Kaslin

Quit editing headlines and content. Post actual only.


4 posted on 10/22/2021 7:44:28 AM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: Kaslin

President Brandon could start fighting corruption by having himself arrested.


5 posted on 10/22/2021 7:56:32 AM PDT by CommerceComet ("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
...those words were spoken by a Biden official on the day of his meeting with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, whose family is facing—wait for it—corruption allegations. Kenyatta and six relatives were recently exposed in the “Pandora Papers” leak as owners of 13 offshore companies, one of which holds $30 million in assets.

6 posted on 10/22/2021 8:03:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Kaslin

Fertile ground under his own feet for Corruption investigations...but NEVER will happen to Biden Corruption Corporation.


7 posted on 10/22/2021 8:50:15 AM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: Kaslin
But Biden is corruption.

Why would Beelzebub cast out demons from himself? That’s just crazy.

8 posted on 10/22/2021 9:34:20 AM PDT by GBA (Endeavor to persevere)
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