Stop playing the victim, Hunter Biden! It’s about corruption, not addiction
By Post Editorial Board
Published Nov. 2, 2023, 1:03 p.m. ET
Sure, Hunter Biden sold himself to foreign companies in exchange for access to his father, the vice president of the United States.
Yes, he made millions from a Ukrainian gas company while his dad’s government portfolio included Ukraine, a flagrantly unethical arrangement that is still under investigation.
As an unregistered foreign agent, he shook down the Chinese for cash while threatening that “I’m sitting here with my father.”
Despite having no expertise, despite “My dog is smarter than Hunter,” as one executive said, oligarchs were happy to pay him for the opportunity to get Joe on the phone, or to stop by at dinner.
But don’t blame him. It was all the drugs!
So claims Hunter in a column that appeared Thursday in USA Today, titled “I fought to get sober. Political weaponization of my addiction hurts more than me.”
We’re searching for a word to describe this drivel. “Sanctimonious” undersells it. “Disingenuous” is true, but a little soft.
How about: “A load of bull!”
Hunter knew exactly what he was doing with his “consulting” business. He knew his only “qualification” was that his father was the second-most powerful man in America.
He spent much of the millions he made on drugs, yes, but that’s not the crux of the scandal.
The scandal is influence-peddling.
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