New disclosures are demolishing the continued denials of President Biden that he had no knowledge and nothing to do with his son’s business interests. The emails (reviewed by Fox and The Daily Mail) include exchanges with at least 14 of Hunter Biden’s business associates while Joe Biden was vice president. They cast further doubt on the president’s repeated claims that he had no knowledge of his son’s foreign business dealings. In one almost plaintive email, Hunter actually complains to an associate that he had delivered on everything that was demanded of him in getting access to his father and the White House.
President Biden and the White House continue to repeat his denial from the campaign trail in 2019: “I have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings.” These denials have continued even after an audiotape surfaced showing President Biden leaving a message for Hunter specifically discussing coverage of those dealings.
Some of us have written for two years that Biden’s denial of knowledge is patently false. Indeed, it is baffling how Attorney General Garland can ignore the myriad of references to Joe Biden in refusing to appoint a special counsel.
There are emails of Ukrainian and other foreign clients thanking Hunter Biden for arranging meetings with his father. There are photos from dinners and meetings that tie President Biden to these figures, including a 2015 dinner with a group of Hunter Biden’s Russian and Kazakh clients.
People apparently were told to avoid directly referring to President Biden. In one email, Tony Bobulinski, then a business partner of Hunter’s, was instructed by Biden associate James Gilliar not to speak of the former veep’s connection to any transactions: “Don’t mention Joe being involved, it’s only when u [sic] are face to face, I know u [sic] know that but they are paranoid.”
Instead, the emails apparently refer to President Biden with code names such as “Celtic” or “the big guy.” In one, “the big guy” is discussed as possibly receiving a 10 percent cut on a deal with a Chinese energy firm; other emails reportedly refer to Hunter Biden paying portions of his father’s expenses and taxes.
The new disclosures only add details to the the extent of his knowledge and involvement. It appears that Biden met with at least 14 of Hunter’s business associates from the U.S., Mexico, Ukraine, China and Kazakhstan over the course of his vice presidency. That includes Hunter’s Mexican business associates, Miguel Aleman Velasco and Miguel Aleman Magnani who visited the West Wing on Feb. 26, 2014, and Joe was later photographed with Hunter giving Velasco and Magnani a tour of the White House Brady Press Briefing room.
Hunter is clearly eager to get photos as a deliverable for the visits. In one email in April 2014 to David Lienemann, Biden’s official photographer, Hunter asks “Do you have pictures from the lunch I had in dad’s office (I think on 2/26) with Miguel Alleman [sic] Sr. And Jr. And Jeff Cooper? If so let me know and I can send someone to pick them up. Thanks. How was Kiev?”
Other emails show Hunter using trips with his Dad to arrange meetings with business associates like Magnani. Indeed, in one exchange with Magnani, Hunter complains that he is not getting responses on his business dealings, objecting
“I have brought every single person you have ever asked me to bring to the F’ing White House and the Vice President’s house and the inauguration and then you go completely silent,. I don’t know what it is that I did but I’d like to know why I’ve delivered on every single thing you’ve ever asked – and you make me feel like I’ve done something to offend you.”
The cringeworthy email only adds to the embarrassment not of Hunter Biden but Merrick Garland who continues to refuse the obvious need for a special counsel. Indeed, the public could raise the objection raised by Hunter: what does it take?
From your vantage point of the destruction of everything the episode was overblown. For those that prefer building, the opinion is the opposite.
You don’t threaten the moderator and if you do, you don’t keep repeating the threat. The moderator is not here to engage in that silliness so his only other action is to try and get a person to act appropriately, and when that fails get rid of him.
As a guest on Tim Poole observed, the current deconstruction of America is not an accident, rather it is an intentional controlled demolition by an Administration that is directed by puppet masters of Marxist intent & revolution, and likely the Chinese Communist Party who have their hooks into Joe Biden so deep he is petrified by the blackmail material they might reveal.
That’s what happens when people vote for ANYBODY rather than Donald Trump — they can’t say they weren’t warned ahead of time about Biden & family.
I have seen several posts on this, But I still missed something.
What did Jeff do that warranted removal ?
And how is it that we know Jeff was removed ?
I think Jeff was a poorly informed idiot.
But I would oppose removing him – atleast for that.
I think JT should have at some point posted “No one else speaks for me” – though I doubt that would have ended the mind reading.
Regardless, I can not think of why Jeff would have been removed.
See Darren’s comment on July 28 7:58pm. The main incident he describes happened on the June 26th blog post.
Darren, Could you please identify the blog post where the Jeff S incident occurred in the last week (or so) so we can better understand the situation and context. The June 26th post while perhaps similar is to far away to be it. Thanks.
I thought Darren made it quite clear.
“You gave an implied threat and ultimatum to a website administrator that if we did not perform a task that you demanded, an administrator would be sanctioned by you. The language you posted included, “This is your final warning.””
RE:”I think Jeff was a poorly informed idiot.” My impression of Jeff is that of a serious personality disorder. He sees himself as the hub of the wheel upon which these conversations revolved, and indispensable to the point that he assumes an imprimatur to insert himself in the fashion that he is accused of doing, sitting at the right hand of Pharaoh, if you will, and ultimately exceeding his self-agrandized authority. YMMV.!
I try not to psychoanalize others – it does not serve much of a purpose.
Further i have justifiably criticised Jeff for his efforts to mind read others – it would be hypocritical of me to pretend to read his.
Emotions, feelings, etc. all have their place – inside the PRIVATE spheres of life.
If you think you are good at reading the motives and emotions and thoughts of others – you are free to do so. But NOT within the domain of FORCE – aka government,
One of the many reasons for limited government is because the use of FORCE driven by intuiting the thoughts, motives, emotions of others is immoral.
If you can only use force inside the domain of facts and certainty – which is the only place you can do so morally, you are constrained to a small domain.
The Biden/Maidan Spring, in the Obama World War Spring series, with “benefits” from Beijing to Kiev.
No one can effectively investigate this as far as jojo now, he’s out of it, he lost. This is like asking Reagan questions about Col North and Reagan didn’t have a clue, same thing! Jojos brain is toast and all the drugs they’re pumping into him, it’s probably fried what little brain is left. Senior abuse, doctor the idiot jill and most of his aides are guilty as hell! I’m old now and this is sick!
The absolute corruption of Joey 10% and his kinfolk are legion , let alone legend. Garland is a poisoned bullet that scotus dodged thankfully. As head of the Just Us Dept he has proven to be the great American quisling against our legal processes serving his own political bent and his masters well.
Imagine If any single one of Trumps children did even a fraction of what punter biden HAS and IS doing , the media would demand a public lynching. The media ,, the left , the dem party are all willing to look the other way as long as it’s them at them helm . So much for American and Americans first there huh. The prog left in America pillages and burns cities for two years plus… and the “just us dept” looks the other way. The threats to those whom do not condone the Abortion insanity , do not buy into that critical race poison and don’t tow the lefts line are growing again in leaps and bounds. The intolerance of the left in media and America is sickening. It’s mobocracy run amok . America is purposely being fractured , divided by the apparatchik state. Divide and conquer. Govt at all levels destroying the quality and content of education , increasing welfare statism , increasing illegal aliens coming in , increasing regulations on business , increasing laws restricting what Americans take for granted as freedoms. Divide and conquer. What America used to hold up as morality , freedom and values the progressive left and the lie-beral new world order consider wrong , deviant and totally against their progressive social/fascist agenda…. divide and conquer. Wake up sheeple joey , his son punter are just the tip of the distraction as they circle around to do us all in the back.
Barr new all of this and did nothing. He is the real traitor.
What we see now as “foreign Biz dealings” and “meetings with Joe”, will become clearer in the future, as a “creepy father & son traitor duo”, influenced by $$$ to give foreign enemies of the USA and our freedoms, all the ‘ammo and guns’ they need to weaken america so they can strike and take it down in one shot. By then it will be too late to do anything about it. Using words and odd definitions, that don’t really tell the truth, but bend whatever they say, to mean something else completely, is a trick “the liars in charge” have always used to get people to find what is going on as “more acceptable”, than it really truly is. The result of what is ‘really going on’ will, hit so hard, you won’t even know what led to it, or even think about it.
“There is a years-old pattern here. Every comment posted by a liberal is trolled by The Blog Stooge with obnoxious replies that would be considered totally inappropriate on any other site.”
I have been posting here for years and I have not seen this pattern
If your claim is true – I stand with you against censorship.
But doing so requires evidence. And you provide no evidence besides your feelings.
What is appropriate is not determined by the feelings of one side or another.
It is well known that this cite blocks posts that run affoul of WordPresses unacceptable words filter, and that this cite is using that filter “out of the box”.
That filter is applied to all posts – regardless of viewpoint.
That is NOT viewpoint censorship.
It is also well known that this site takes down posts with large excerpts from other sources.
This is NOT viewpoint censorship.
It takes but a cursory examination of this cite to establish that there is parity between obnoxious replies left and right, between stupid replies – left and right.
Any examination of this site shows no difference in the allowed posting conduct between those on the left and those on the right.
“Yet when a liberal commenter responds to The Stooge with similar language, ‘they’ are thrown off the forum while The Stooge remains, posting every 3 minutes under multiple names per day.”
Lots of claims with no evidence. You seem to have one poster in particular in mind – yet you do not identify that poster, nor is there any poster that fits your description.
I think it is stupid for someone to post under multiple names – it does not serve THEM. But it is not bad conduct.
You post as anonymous – that means you are a different identity with every post.
That comes with consequences – you have no identity, and no credibility.
But it is not morally or ethically wrong – it is not misconduct.
I have criticised anonynmous for requiring others to sort out their identity or for presuming they have credibility that an anonymous poster can not have.
But I will defend the right to post anonymously.
And I will defend those who I think stupidly post under multiple names – though I do not see consequential evidence of that
“One can only conclude that The Stooge is a paid employee and his obnoxious comments are a direct reflection of Johnathan Turley’s character.”
Large collection of nonsequiturs.
This is why those of you on the left get attacked for lack of critical thinking.
“One can only conclude” followed by a crazy conclusion that does not follow from the evidence, is a reflection of poor critical thinking skills.
As is the conclusion that ANY posts here reflect Turley’s character.
“When Turley preaches about the importance of ‘free speech’, he means, ‘free speech for conservatives’ (and no one else).”
It is self evident that there are as many if not more left wing nuts here as conservatives.
It is self evident that throughout the world the ugly head of censorship is targeting two groups.
Those on the left that challenge leftist orthodoxy.
Those on the right that have consequential influence.
When a final warning is issued the implied meaning is “or else”. Maybe the warning is made by a paper tiger but maybe not. There is no doubt that a threat by JeffSilberman was made. I will miss Mister oh so fare minded Mr. Jeff.
Anonymous:
If the email you mention is the basis of your complaint, in essence, you are asking Truly to investigate almost every complaint. The suggestion is the height of pettiness, especially when we look at the evidence and spin you bring to the table.
You rail against Fox and their journalism. I am not in love with Fox. They are not a right-wing publisher. They filled a gap in reporting and made it big because the gap was big, and Fox was more believable. We should hear you discuss the Washington Post which not only doesn’t include what you think is lacking in the Fox email, but it intentionally lies and spins on the front page.
You use ‘memorandum’ that spins left and chooses the same types of columns that lack exactly what you complain about. It seems to select columns with spin and lack of veracity which is exactly the opposite of what you want. Based on your rhetoric, you want only one side to be heard. I like hearing both sides, and that is one reason I read leftist comments, even though they are mostly empty and without thought.
“Has the Fox article done this? No.“
You do it. The fact that it has names means people will check it out. Even Hunter can check it out. They can then comment on the veracity. However, when the Washington Post headlines an anonymous person saying something, that cannot be checked out, you instantaneously believe it.
>>“They have been wrong on every major issue involving Trump.”
>”I assume this is either hyperbole or ignorance (because you don’t use those sites), so I will ignore.”
Of course, you will ignore it because you don’t want to hear it. How do you know what I read? You don’t. But even a person who never read the Washington Post can make a judgment based on what the Washington Post reveals on the net for free. How can a person do that? Simple. When the truth comes out, was the Washington Post right or wrong? They were wrong on the most significant issues involving Trump. I will be glad to debate that with you but you can’t, because the Washington Post lied and should have no credibility on political matters.
“Do you think Hunter’s laptop looks at both sides of the coin?”
The evidence from Hunter’s laptop is about the best we can get because it wasn’t written with the intention of spinning. Did you read Thucydides? It is great for more than what it says. It is one of the few excellent books written by one who appeared to lack spin and permitted the reader to make his own decisions. Hunter’s laptop though atrocious, is similar in that way. It’s testimony without a desire to prove anything to others or a court. I think there is a legal term for that type of evidence that I forgot.
“The laptop certainly doesn’t approach the topic from multiple perspectives….”
It’s not supposed to, and that is what makes it so important as a document to be trusted as something Hunter saw or did without thinking of self-serving interests.
” I really don’t think that is an unreasonable position given how terrible this Fox article is.”
Tell us precisely where it falls below the standards of the Washington Post. Tell us what factual information isn’t true. Has Hunter disavowed the email? Have any of the other three disavowed it? Does the email logically fit in with the truth? Yes. You only wish to destroy, not create so these questions won’t be discussed.
BECAUSE OF THE MANY SELF-DELETIONS BY AN ANONYMOUS POSTER, I AM POSTING THIS TWICE TO MAKE SURE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN. I DON’T APPRECIATE MY RESPONSES INTENTIONALLY BEING DELETED BY ANYONE WHO CHOSE TO USE A BANNED EMAIL ACCOUNT INTENTIONALLY CAUSING SUCH THINGS TO HAPPEN.
lucky him…that the DOJ, FBI and virtually every DC based government organization is 100% corrupt for Democrats and their cronies.
The rule of law is dead.
Move everything to the Heartland!
Professor, you blame Merrick Garland for refusing to apoint a special counsel. As it’s well known for a long time that then VP Joe Biden offered access and influence to his sons business partners: Why missed Jeff Sessions (resigned because of controversy about Russia interference in 2016 elections) and William Barr this opportunity (conflict of interests as the father was point man on Ukraine while his son served on the board of Burisma for a healthy salary [1]
BTW.: Who does keeping track where the Ukraine infusion of $ 40B from taxpayers money is going to?
[1] https://nypost.com/2021/05/26/hunter-bidens-ukraine-salary-was-cut-after-joe-biden-left-office/
Charles Atchley Jr., a federal judge in Tennessee, is pausing the Department of Education’s (DOEd) new Title IX regulations after 20 state attorneys general file a lawsuit against the Department, alleging that the new rules violate states’ rights.
Biden’s loosing streak in the courts continues.
On a side note, Bowser does understand she has to ask for the NG. She made that request yesterday, because Bidens open borders showed up in her backyard, so it became real.
It’s not a recession if Biden didn’t see his shadow.
It was rather impressive watching the same experts, economists and MSM pundits who declared in 2020 the definition of a recession was two consecutive contractions of GDP, now try to tie themselves into knots to deny that very definition.
They can try to gaslight the American public, but we see the real state of the economy every time we fill up at the pump, or goto the checkout line at the grocery store.
If Joe had taken Barack Obama’s advice and not run for president, he would have left government service with a reputation as a mediocre senator and vice president with a troubled son who used his father’s position to solicit bribes from foreign leaders but who somehow avoided prison. Now, however, Joe will leave government service as one of the worst presidents in U.S. history with a son who served time in prison for using his father’s position to solicit bribes from foreign leaders.
absolute power corrupts absolutely…democrats are showing it
“with a son who served time in prison..” Ha! Fat chance. If only that would actually happen – as it should- to the corrupt, lawless policial class and their entitled progeny. Equal justice for all is a myth.
There is no such thing as equal justice. That is impossible to achieve, yet the left fights for equal justice that permits releasing killers from prison to kill again. That is not equal justice. That is leftism.
We are equal under the law, and we base almost everything on the rule of law. That is what the left objects to. They equate equal justice to equality under the law and the rule of law. They are wrong. Such actions are evil even if the intention is otherwise.
JT and Darren, While some comments remain below on the Jeff Silberman removal (including mine), I don’t understand why you have removed other critical comments, including the response of “ridiculous”, especially when the importance of free speech is often emphasized in JT columns.
Karen S, your latest comment does not appear, just your listing in the sidebar.
I do not know how anyone can any longer in good faith support our Democrats – they are a regime intent on domination, period. The corruption is so absolute I honestly don’t know how we dislodge them at this point. I weep for my country.
At this point does it really matter, The Dems are out in November.
[Unless of course there is a mass election fraud – This Nov. will be the litmus test for 2024 Fraud(s)]
the Republicans can exact their revenge after the coming Nov. election.
Anyway, I think that the Republicans should be concerned about what they (Dems) are going to do with Joe. That is to say, If he is ‘resigned’ due to his cognitive health by the Party, When will it happen? (How close to Nov. 2024)
The Presidential Succession Act stipulates that the presidential line of succession goes down heads of Congress and then the president’s cabinet. The law, first enacted in 1792 and most recently amended in 1947 at the dawn of the nuclear age, is designed to ensure the peaceful transfer of power in all circumstances.
The line of succession:
Here are the first five people currently in line to take over in place of Biden:
Vice President Kamala Harris
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi D-Calif.
Senate President Pro Tempore Patrick Leahy D-Vermont.
Secretary of State Tony Blinken
Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen
What would be the Democrats most effective play/strategies for the 2024 Election ???
And WHO? – Harris/Newsom (Not going to happen)
Newsom / and Who???
Newsom has been groomed since he left San Francisco to become Gov. of California.
He is the iconic MATTEL® Ken Doll made for the Masses (product of Pelosi, Schumer, Feinstein, Hoyer)
Ref.:
https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-kamala-harris-nancy-pelosi-patrick-leahy-presidential-succession-2022-7
YOU JUST DON’T GET IT, DO YOU?
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“[We gave you] a [restricted-vote] republic, if you can keep it.”
– Ben Franklin
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“the people are nothing but a great beast…
I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.”
– Alexander Hamilton
That may be So,(of Greater Powers)
But Politics are the Game.
You can either PLAY OR SIT BY THE SIDELINES.
If Biden Doesn’t Run Again, the Other Candidates Lined Up Aren’t Much Better
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2022/07/29/new-poll-shows-which-dems-are-at-the-top-of-the-list-if-biden-doesnt-run-in-2024-n2610979
Newsom is absolutely pure PLASTIC.
Newsome has done so well in California.
California is proof that the left is capable of destroying paradise.