Main Topic: Testimony suggests Hunter Biden used the Biden "brand" to his advantage while working for Burisma.
Key Points:
1. Former business partner testified that Hunter Biden put his father on speakerphone during business meetings about 20 times, but they never discussed business dealings.
2. Testimony suggests Joe Biden was put on the phone to sell the Biden "brand" and enrich the Biden family.
3. Testimony also states that there is no evidence Joe Biden ever discussed business with Hunter Biden or changed official policy in consideration of Hunter's business interests.
Main Topic: Testimony of Hunter Biden's business associate, Devon Archer, before the House Oversight Committee regarding Joe Biden's involvement in his son's business dealings.
Key Points:
1. Devon Archer testified that he has no knowledge of Joe Biden altering U.S. foreign policy to benefit his son.
2. Archer stated that he is not aware of any wrongdoing by Joe Biden in relation to his son's business dealings.
3. Archer described how Hunter Biden used the Joe Biden "brand" to protect Burisma legally and politically, but also agreed that Hunter's role had no effect on U.S. foreign policy.
Main Topic: Republicans criticize the appointment of U.S. Attorney David Weiss as special counsel in the investigation into Hunter Biden.
Key Points:
1. Republicans accuse Weiss of signing a "sweetheart deal" with Hunter Biden and question his trustworthiness as special counsel.
2. Republicans suggest that Weiss was appointed to inhibit congressional investigations into the Bidens and to avoid testifying before Congress.
3. Republicans vow to continue their own investigations into the Biden family's alleged corruption and insist that Weiss must still testify before Congress.
Main Topic: The appointment of a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe creates challenges for President Joe Biden's re-election campaign.
Key Points:
1. The appointment distracts from Biden's message and draws attention away from Trump's legal problems.
2. Republicans may attempt to exploit Hunter Biden's predicament, similar to how they weaponized Hillary Clinton's private email server in 2016.
3. The investigation into Hunter Biden's business dealings could tarnish President Biden's image and create potential pitfalls for Democrats.
Main Topic: Mike Pence welcomes newly appointed Hunter Biden special counsel and criticizes Justice Department under Trump administration.
Key Points:
1. Mike Pence welcomes the appointment of David Weiss as special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe.
2. Pence criticizes the Justice Department under the Trump administration for pushing a "political agenda."
3. Pence expresses confidence in Congress, particularly House Republicans, to continue investigating the Hunter Biden probe.
Main Topic: Rep. Dean Phillips suggests that the Hunter Biden probe has compromised President Joe Biden's image.
Key Points:
1. Phillips believes that the investigation will show that President Biden is not corrupt.
2. Phillips emphasizes the importance of public perception and the impact of news coverage on the president's image.
3. Phillips calls for a new generation of Democrats to step up and challenges Biden in the 2024 primary.
Hunter Biden attended multiple state dinners during the Obama and Biden administrations, including four while he was chairman of his investment firm and two while under federal investigation, with President Biden showing no signs of distancing himself from his son despite his legal troubles.
Federal prosecutors are planning to seek an indictment of Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, by the end of this month, although it is unclear what charges will be filed against him.
House Democrats have differing views on how to best address GOP allegations regarding Hunter Biden, with some wanting a more forceful response and others believing it is a distraction from former President Donald Trump's criminal charges; however, Democrats are confident they can defend President Joe Biden against a potential impeachment inquiry.
Despite facing mounting legal troubles, Hunter Biden appeared relaxed as he took a stroll in Malibu, just a day after Special Counsel David Weiss announced plans to seek an indictment against him for purchasing a gun while using drugs.
Republicans are continuing their investigations into Hunter Biden, with two IRS employees testifying privately about the federal probe into President Biden's son, raising concerns of interference from the Biden White House or Justice Department.
House Republicans accuse Hunter Biden's legal team of intimidating and harassing IRS whistleblowers involved in the Hunter Biden tax probe.
Some Democrats, like Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota, are distancing themselves from Hunter Biden while still supporting President Joe Biden, as they believe the evidence points to Hunter's guilt but not Joe's involvement in any wrongdoing.
Hunter Biden has filed a lawsuit against a former Trump White House aide, Garrett Ziegler, accusing him of illegally accessing and disseminating his data online.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to defend President Biden's interactions with his son Hunter's foreign business associates, following a CNN poll indicating that 61% of Americans believe Biden was involved in Hunter's overseas ventures.
House Republicans are moving to impeach Joe Biden as congressional investigators focus on a breakfast meeting he hosted in 2015 for his son Hunter Biden and two business partners, where conversation revolved around lobbying Biden to support his friend Karim Massimov to be Secretary-General of the United Nations.
About half of Americans lack confidence in the fair and nonpartisan handling of the Justice Department's investigation into Hunter Biden, while concerns about potential wrongdoing by President Joe Biden regarding his son's business dealings are split along political lines, with most Republicans expressing concern and most Democrats dismissing the allegations, according to a recent poll.
Hunter Biden's lawyer alleges that House Republicans' political pressure influenced the indictment of the president's son on charges related to gun possession.
Summary: The article discusses the impact of Hunter Biden's legal troubles on the Biden campaign, the need for investigations into Hunter Biden's influence-peddling, the challenges facing the impeachment process, the dysfunction of Congress, the departure of Senator Mitt Romney, and the breakdown of collegiality in the Senate.
Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden's legal troubles and potential trials stemming from his conduct during his drug addiction are raising concerns about how they could divide the president's attention during a crucial election year, as well as adding to the emotional toll on the Biden family.
Hunter Biden has been indicted and House Republicans have initiated an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, exposing the media's bias and their inability to protect the president from scandal.
House Republicans plan to subpoena President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, as part of their investigation into his business dealings, although the timing of the subpoena has yet to be determined.
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, claiming that the agency unlawfully released his tax information and failed to protect his private records. He is seeking damages, documents related to the disclosure, and attorneys' fees.
Despite Hunter Biden's attorney's claims that his client did not share money from his business dealings with his father, President Biden, text messages and emails from Hunter's abandoned laptop suggest otherwise.
Hunter Biden earned significant money from a Romanian real estate mogul while his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, pushed for anti-corruption reforms in Romania, and Hunter Biden failed to disclose his work as a lobbyist under the Foreign Agents Registration Act in Romania despite meeting with U.S. officials on behalf of his Romanian client.
Attorney General Merrick Garland appears before the House Judiciary Committee, defending himself against Republican accusations that the Justice Department is protecting President Biden and his son Hunter Biden, while also facing questions about the investigation into Hunter Biden and the indictments against former President Trump.
Hunter Biden has filed a lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani and Robert Costello, accusing them of violating computer fraud laws by accessing and disseminating potentially damaging material from a laptop that Biden claims is his.
Hunter Biden now acknowledges that the emails and documents found on his infamous laptop are his, as he sues Rudy Giuliani for allegedly hacking into the device, but he still refuses to admit that he voluntarily gave the laptop to a Delaware computer repairman.
The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed a bank for Hunter Biden's records and obtained two wire transfers from Chinese nationals to Hunter Biden in 2019 that listed President Joe Biden's home as the beneficiary address, marking the first time the committee has issued a subpoena specifically for his records.
House Republicans claim to have evidence that Hunter Biden received payments from Beijing that were listed under President Joe Biden's Delaware address, leading to questions about the Bidens' financial entanglements and national security concerns, although Hunter Biden's attorney denies any wrongdoing and attributes the transfers to loans and personal investments.
House Republicans released more than 700 pages of IRS whistleblower documents that they claim demonstrate Hunter Biden's use of his father's political position in a global influence-peddling scheme, fueling the House GOP impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden centered on his son's foreign business dealings.
Newly released documents confirm that Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, traveled internationally to sell influence and access to the Biden "brand" and that there was a campaign by the Justice Department to protect the Biden family from investigation, particularly actions taken by Joe Biden himself.
House Republicans released documents suggesting that IRS agents investigating Hunter Biden faced obstacles whenever President Joe Biden's name came up in the probe, though senior Justice Department prosecutors believed the investigators had legitimate reasons to avoid the elder Biden, and there is no evidence that DOJ officials acted at the request of senior leadership.
President Biden and his staff have faced backlash for claiming numerous times that Biden "never discussed" his son Hunter's business dealings with him, with evidence showing otherwise and GOP lawmakers accusing them of lying.
House Republicans have subpoenaed the bank records of Hunter and James Biden as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, escalating their investigation into the Biden family's business dealings.
A former aide to Vice President Biden, Fran Person, communicated with Hunter Biden through WhatsApp to discuss financial assistance from Fran's CCP-linked business partner, Bo Zhang, who was willing to wire tens of thousands of dollars to assist Hunter in paying off bills.
Joe Biden's defenders have been consistently making weak excuses for his family's influence-peddling business, but recent evidence of wire transfers to Hunter Biden with Biden's home address listed as the beneficiary address raises serious questions about the president's involvement.
Hunter Biden's daughter, Naomi Biden, worked as a lawyer for the government of Peru while living at the White House with her grandfather, President Joe Biden, raising questions about potential conflicts of interest.
House Republicans are raising concerns about a former Biden aide's messages to Hunter Biden in 2017, revealing that Hunter's CCP-linked business partner was willing to wire him tens of thousands of dollars, indicating potential influence peddling by the Biden family.
President Biden has nominated Hampton Dellinger, an old legal colleague of his son Hunter Biden, to head the US Office of Special Counsel, raising concerns about potential political interference in the investigation into Hunter Biden.
Hunter Biden, the president's son, is grappling with over $10 million in legal fees and is seeking new ways to fundraise for his trial on gun charges, while his father, Joe Biden, has not provided financial assistance, leading Hunter's team to explore potential obstacles in raising money without interfering with his father's re-election efforts.
James Biden, the brother of President Joe Biden, was heavily involved in the Biden family's corruption scandal, receiving millions of dollars from a Chinese energy company for "access" to Joe Biden and participating in meetings and communications with Hunter Biden's foreign associates, according to evidence and documents.
President Joe Biden's denial of discussing business with his son Hunter has been contradicted by new FOIA-obtained emails, revealing extensive communication between Joe, Hunter, and their respective firms during his vice presidency, adding to the GOP investigation into the alleged Biden family influence-peddling operation.
