Blue State Blues: The Biden Family Is Holding Democrats HostageJoel B. Pollak 12 May 2023
Democrats are stuck with a failing President Joe Biden because he will stay in office as long as it takes to protect and pardon his son, Hunter, and any other relatives found to be involved in his foreign influence-peddling scheme.
The New York Times and other mainstream outlets tried to dismiss the revelations by the House Oversight Committee this week that the Biden family took $10 million from abroad through a series of shell companies.
The Times claimed that Republicans found no evidence of wrongdoing by Biden himself — even though it had to admit Biden had “at times made misleading statements” (i.e. he lied) about his family’s business dealings.
Had the Trump family attempted anything like that, the Times would have devoted years of coverage to the story.
But never mind the bias: this is a problem the Times cannot wish away, and nor can the Democrats.
Spin aside, this is what appears to have happened. Biden, who for years prided himself on being the “poorest” man in Washington, decided to cash in when it seemed his political career was finally coming to a close.
Normally, a sitting vice president might think about running for the top job as the boss hit the two-term limit. But Biden knew he could not oppose Hillary Clinton’s historic campaign to become the first female president.
So Biden — perhaps under some pressure from profligate relatives like Hunter — decided, finally, to cash out. He set up what D.C. insiders call a “government relations” business, profiting from his name and contacts.
In “government relations,” there does not need to be a specific quid pro quo. The clients are paying for the relationship, in the hope that it leads to other introductions and opportunities. It is not necessarily illegal.
Biden operated quietly, and through “legitimate” channels like the University of Pennsylvania, lest he draw too much attention to himself or tarnish President Barack Obama’s legacy. He used friends and intermediaries.
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