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.
Think it was FBI but secret service would make more sense as the one with the records.
Well, you did say Dana. She’s not the sharpest tool in the shed.
The referred to the agency in the most recent report. Just prior they were talking about secret service. Gig might be up if we are talking secret service.
Or, CNN is clearing the decks of potentially damaging stories now, long before the voting starts, to get them dismissed early. “Oh, that’s old news, nothing was found” will be the standard media response to stories like this when they are raised next year.
Or a roundabout way to go after President Trump and his family from a different angle. Did any Trump member make any money at all, even without knowing it, from their relationship to DJT? Just a possibility. Wouldn’t put it past the Dems.
Michael Beschloss is a HYSTERIAN! Also a HUGE LIAR!!WHY are so many Jews DEMOCRATS???
Do the Biden wives not OWN a COMB?? They have the messiest hair!
They do, but with all that SNIFFING going on....................well................
Biden sniffs little girls and feels their little breast area.
Yes, but there’s not always one available................😒
Yeah. WOW! That's SOME Hairdo!
That's great. And Jews? Like Catholics - WE have the smart Jews and the smart Catholics. Democrats have the nutty Marxists...
bump
That’s TRUE! BUT Only 50% of my fellow Catholics vote Demoncrat, but Jews vote 85% vote Demoncrat. Can’t understand it....they were almost killed off by Socialists!
And the Pope?
Marxist.
BINGO!
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