Posted on 01/19/2023 7:01:10 AM PST by Red Badger
CNN published a nearly 4,000-word story Tuesday outlining the Biden family network of influence peddling, in which clan members touted their relationship to Joe Biden for personal profits.
“A famous last name, business deals and a looming probe: Republicans ramp up investigation of Biden family,” read the CNN headline, which, as always, frames Republicans as the aggressors.
The story highlighted how President Joe Biden’s brothers, Frank and James, have leveraged the family name for years to land lucrative business deals both at home and abroad. Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, also infamously served on the board of a Ukrainian energy company raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars in excess compensation despite no prior experience in the industry.
Many of the details branded as revelations in CNN’s reporting, however, were already reported by The Federalist years ago.
In May 2020, Federalist Editor Mark Hemingway reported on a lawsuit alleging James Biden committed fraud and racketeering in deals with Americore Health, a health care management company focused on rural hospitals. Former Americore CEO Grant White claimed that James Biden promised to exploit the family’s name and political connections to drive tens of millions of dollars in international investment toward the company. Americore ultimately went bankrupt when said investment never came to fruition, White said, and the FBI raided his home.
Documents reported on by Hemingway allege James lined his own pockets instead with money that was promised for the company. According to CNN, James has since paid out $350,000 in a settlement.
Biden family business deals are currently under investigation by President Biden’s Department of Justice, both by the Delaware U.S. attorney’s office and in Pittsburgh.
According to Federalist Senior Legal Correspondent Margot Cleveland, the president’s appointed prosecutor appears to be allowing James Biden to escape a substantive federal investigation in the Western District of Pennsylvania.
“That the U.S. attorney Joe Biden appointed to the job, and who has since been nominated by the president to a federal appellate judgeship, is overseeing this investigation is scandalous,” Cleveland wrote. “Attorney General Merrick Garland should immediately tap a special counsel to investigate Jim Biden’s involvement with Americore.”
Garland appointed a special counsel to probe President Biden’s apparent mishandling of classified documents last week, but no special counsel has been appointed to delve into the potential corruption concerns of Biden family members leveraging their proximity to the president in shady business deals. The family business ventures were among Cleveland’s top 10 scandals to watch in 2023.
Transactions between James and Hunter Biden and influential individuals connected to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), meanwhile, were flagged in September 2020 by Senate investigators as potential criminal activity.
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Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.
Off topic but Dana Parino just announced the FBI will be supplying the names of visitors to Biden house. You know the house where the FBI said they did not have a log for.
Hunter looks more like Jim than Joe. I saw a photo once of them side by side. Identical.
I know in that family they like to screw each others wives.
Just an observation.
Isn’t this a log that the Secret Service ultimately creates and keeps around?
they like to keep it in the family..............😜😉
Was only a short (less than 30 seconds report) no detail.
But cnn somehow managed to be at Roger Stones house in the wee hours of the morning before the fbi even got there.......weird.
Since FBI agents are butt boys for white liberal 'elites' this means 'elites' have turned on Biden or the 'list' will make him look innocent. We know this much: the FBI isn't doing this because it's the right thing to do. It's for their master's benefit and power. Same with the thugs are the DOJ.
Longer report just finished. Seems the WH claims they do not have a formal list of visitors. The FBI does have an informal list. They will make it available if Congress asks for it.
The fact that now CNN is reporting this makes one think the fix is in to get Joe out of office.
It does appear the end is coming for the guy pretending to be Biden. Its going to get very interesting. 😏
There are few things that are guarantees, but one of them is that the Biden family traded influence for profit and most certainly have crossed legal lines. It is very common in politics. It happens in every town and every state legislature where someone actually gets prosecuted, the tip of the iceberg.
At this level the money and the stakes are enormous. The problem is at this level the parties yield power over the corrupt agencies and the agencies look the other way.
Of course there is a log, it could be as simple as a date minder book or a planner with a calendar. However, surely it will be incomplete.
Also there was word the Secret Service might have information they’re honorable. If they’ve got something we can trust it. It’s why Biden doesn’t like them.
We need to remember many in the FBI are still decent people - but following orders. Set up along paramilitary lines - necessary for law enforcement... The key is to get rid of the corrupt people at the top and that agency will be just fine - almost overnight.
But then they have to install The Giggler, who is as stupid without the dementia as Brandon is with it. OK, they install a replacement VP, and then get "Kneepads" to resign. But who?
FBI will be supplying the names of visitors to Biden house
Paper boy
Mail person
Pizza delivery
CNN’s less a ‘news channel’ and more like a ‘history channel’.
A history rewrite channel with Michael Beschloss as the historian.
FBI or Secret Service?
You're right... Good one Pro.
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