It appears that Hunter Biden’s art dealer believes that his art should be left entirely to the eye of the beholder — and not Congress. Georges Bergès reportedly refused last week to provide the House Oversight Committee with the identities of the buyers of Biden’s high-priced art work. While counsel William Pittard insists that the list of purchasers must remain secret, it is hard to see the viable legal basis to refuse the demand of the House Oversight Committee, if made subject to a congressional subpoena.
The Biden sales have long been a subject of intense debate over whether it is another form of influence peddling or money laundering. Even President Barack Obama’s ethics head has raised objections.
Former Obama-era ethics official Walter Shaub called the art sale a “terrible idea” and noted that “it just is implausible that this art from an unknown artist would be selling at this price if it didn’t have the Biden name attached to it.”
As a new artist, Biden is fetching prices that exceed the prices of some Picassos. The quality of the work will be left to others to debate, but the Oversight Committee has a legitimate interest in looking into whether the art is being used to funnel money to the family of President Joe Biden.
In January, House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-KY) requested that Bergès testify before Congress. Comer has long alleged that Chinese buyers are behind the sales, though there is no public proof to support that allegation. He has stated that “arrangement with Hunter Biden raises serious ethical concerns and calls into question whether the Biden family is again selling access and influence.”
Pittard wrote that “[i]n light of these considerations, providing the documents and information requested in your letter seemingly would defeat the efforts of Mr. Biden and the White House to avoid the ‘serious ethical concerns’ that you raise.” He added that “Mr. Berges hopes that you and Mr. Biden can resolve that tension.”
The question is what happens if they cannot “resolve that tension.” The Oversight Committee is investigating a host of avenues through which foreign interests were allegedly able to funnel millions into the Biden family coffers. It is hard to see how a court would find that these business records could not be subpoenaed by a congressional committee if they decide to move forward.
Berges could refuse to testify without a subpoena, but he must appear if so served. He could then invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination to refuse to testify.
What is interesting is that this is only the latest lawyer to defy Congress on a Hunter Biden inquiry. We previously discussed how Hunter Biden’s personal counsel Abbe Lowell refused a demand for evidence sought by the House.
These moves appear to be channeling the same strategy of Steve Bannon who was ultimately charged with contempt and convicted. At the time, I said that Bannon was asking for a contempt charge and Biden appears to be replicating this same ill-considered strategy.
These may be just the opening salvos to seek to negotiate with Congress, but they can backfire as they did with Bannon. The categorical refusals could expedite matters in pushing these conflicts before a court where Congress would have the advantage.
Further proof that Fox News knew Trump was lying,
“The documents allege that the former president dialed into on-air personality Lou Dobbs’ show the afternoon of Jan. 6, but that executives shut down Trump’s efforts to appear on air.
“Fox refused to allow President Trump on air that evening because ‘it would be irresponsible to put him on the air’ and ‘could impact a lot of people in a negative way,'” the filings said.”
…”The night before Jan. 6, Rupert Murdoch told Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott, “It’s been suggested our prime time three should independently or together say something like ‘the election is over and Joe Biden won,'” according to court papers. Saying so “would go a long way to stop the Trump myth that the election was stolen,” he added.
On the evening of Jan. 6, Carlson texted his producer, calling Trump “a demonic force. A destroyer. But he’s not going to destroy us,” court papers show.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fox-news-execs-blocked-trump-from-doing-jan-6-interview-amid-capitol-riot-filing-shows/ar-AA17EziV?cvid=aecf8d7d78b845ed93883a36ceb81f2a
It’s pretty clear even Fox News engaged in the type of censorship Turley is always squawking about. Fox News executives prevented trump to be interviewed. That seems awfully familiar.
Russia, Russia, Russia!!!
You go, boy!
Hunter Biden’s use of “art works” to raise cash is reminiscent of Jim Wright’s efforts to sell his autobiography to donors to raise campaign cash.
Jonathan: Art is truly in the eye of the beholder. You seem to thing the Oversight Committee led by GOP Chair Comer has a legitimate interest in private art sales. Why? Because Comer thinks Hunter Biden’s talents don’t warrant the high prices he is getting and, as you say, “the Oversight Committee is investigating a host of avenues through which foreign interests were allegedly able to funnel millions into Biden family coffers”. So maybe we should step back and analyze your claims that animated Comer’s investigation.
First, in the art world galleries typically keep the names of byers confidential–even from the artist. Why? Because other wise an artist could bypass the gallery and deal directly with the client. It’s in the interest of the gallery. Second, Georges Berges, who represents Hunter, is relatively new in the competitive art community of Manhattan. What better way for Berges to gain more recognition by representing Hunter–even though he is definitely no Picasso. Name recognition is important in the art world.
Third, when Berges took on Hunter, and with all the controversy surrounding the Biden name, the Biden WH insisted on a confidentiality agreement so the names of the buyers would remain confidential to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest. Berges even agreed to reject any offer he deemed suspicious or that came in over the asking price. Since these involved private art sales counsel for Berges and Hunter have told the Oversight Committee to basically pound sand–arguing the Committee had no legitimate interest in who buys Hunter’s art.
So where do we stand? Naturally, Comer can issue subpoenas and force Berges and Hunter to testify. If they both take the 5th where does that leave the Committee investigation? At a dead end. The Committee can refer the two to the DOJ for possible prosecution–like the Jan.6 Committee did with several reluctant witnesses where the evidence showed they had committed crimes. Does the Oversight have similar evidence, as you claim, that Berges and Hunter are funneling “millions into the Biden coffers”? So far, I have seen nada, zip evidence that would support criminal charges.
This is why this I think this is just a fishing expedition. It’s interesting that the Republican have shown no interest in either Jared Kushner or Ivanka who both held official position in the Trump administration. Their conflicts of interest are legion. The day after the end of the Trump administration Kushner parlayed his government position to set up an investment firm with $2 billion from Saudi Arabia. That’s the kind of corruption neither you nor the Republicans in the House show any interest. That’s why I don’t treat your allegations against Hunter Biden seriously.
DennisMcIntyre, behold Jared Kushner is taking the money from Saudi Arabia and investing it in firms in Israel. This would naturally cause a closer relationship between the two nations. If you would have told me that such a thing was happening twenty years ago I would have thought you were unhinged. There was no hiding this arrangement. However, in the case of Hunter Biden the donors don’t want to be identified. Please notice that I used the word donors rather than purchasers of fine art. Yet you come to Biden’s defense with a what about this argument that doesn’t withstand scrutiny when the details are revealed. Jared Kushner was already wealthy before Trump became president but Hunter gained his wealth after Papa Joe became more powerful. Put down The Huffington Post.
Dennis – You say: “Art is in the eye of the beholder.” The phrase is that “beauty” is in the eye of the beholder. The term “work of art” connotes something that art critics, or museums, or people in the art business, believe to have intrinsic value and usually market value. Indeed, the opinion of instrinsic value by the professionals can often create a market value. Can you identify any critics who praised HB’s works? Any museums that exhibited his masterpieces? Even great artists have had trouble to establish a market for their works. Van Gogh only sold one painting in his llifetime. Yet HB is able to command high prices from the beginning of his entry into the art market. A miracle or a con? You then say: “Third, when Berges took on Hunter, and with all the controversy surrounding the Biden name, the Biden WH insisted on a confidentiality agreement so the names of the buyers would remain confidential to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.” Obviously, they were not concerned about the “appearance of a conflict of interest”. The Bidens have gone far beyond appearances. They wanted to hide the reality of conflicts of interest, by hiding the source of the enormous sums spent on trivialities which any moderately talented child could surpass.
edwardmahl: I know the phrase. I phrase it the way I do because “beauty” is not always the criteria for judging art. I don’t know what the critics are saying about Hunter’s work. I have seen pics of some of his work and I am not impressed. The Q is what Georges Berges thinks. As I said in my earlier comment I think Berges took on Hunter, not so much because of the quality of the art, but because of the “Biden” name. So far Berges made the right bet. He has expanded he presence in Soho and if he is forced to testify before the House Oversight Committee his face will be on the cover of every newspaper and art magazine in the country. It’s really not a “con” but it’s every fledging art gallery’s wet dream.
As to conflicts of interest Turley wants us to believe that the Biden family is the most corrupt in American history. His premise is that “foreign interests” are funneling money through the art gallery and Hunter’s art to put money into Pres. Biden’s pocket. Do you really believe that? The kind of corruption Turley is talking about we saw during the Trump years when the Saudi’s invested in heavily in Trump’s real estate empire and Jared Kushner’s new investment business. The Saudis are continuing this by paying Trump to use his golf courses as venues for their new golf tournaments. That’s corruption with a capitol “C”. That’s something Turley doesn’t want to discuss. Biden is not a real estate billionaire so the opportunity for that kind of corruption doesn’t exist. If Biden were really corrupt there would be other ways to funnel money and gain influence with the Biden administration–like using “shadow” orgs to donate to Biden’s 2024 campaign. But the optics of the Hunter situation are such that if I were Joe Biden I would tell my son: “Sonny, paint all you want but don’t sell anything until your daddy leaves office”.
I think Van Gogh is overrated. He has been over-commercialized. But Van Gogh appeals to the masses–perhaps because he lived in poverty, had mental health issues and cut off his ear. Two of Van Gogh’s contemporaries, Gauguin Talouse Lautrec, were better painters in my humble opinion. Jackson Pollack was also overrated. But someone paid $140 million for Pollack’s Painting No. 5–a large “drip” painting using commercial paints. Go figure.
Which brings us back to Hunter’s paintings and what might motivate someone to buy his work. Besides the name recognition Hunter has a story. He recovered from alcohol and drug abuse. And he has mounting legal bills–the tax investigation and now having to hire expensive counsel to represent him in the dispute with the Oversight Committee. Maybe some are sympathetic to his situation and want to support him. Who knows. But I doubt it’s “foreign interests” who want influence with the Biden administration. Believe what you want. I think Turley’s is motivated by a desire to echo the GOP plan to make it difficult for Biden to run in 2024 because they think that he will be dogged by claims of “corruption”. So far that is not a top priority for voters.
The most accurate analysis of all of this – you nailed it.
A political masterpiece that could only have value as an emolument and redistributed payment.
Just as the biden family and its many businesses” need not comply with laws or subpoenas, the same goes for all their supporters, contributors, backers, etc.
Anyone with a functioning brain stem can see how this is just more of the biden family grifting; making money by providing services those who want favors and what a convenient way to launder money. Put it in whatever polite terms you may attempt – to anyone not withing the throws of prog/left ideology we know what is going on. It is a shame that there aren’t enough of us to undo this swamp before it undoes our nation.
“Sometimes, though, you have proof that someone knew one thing and said another. With Fox News, examples of the network’s commitment to knowingly misleading its viewers abound. There was the irresponsible hyping of anti-vaccine propaganda even as it imposed a vaccine mandate on its employees. There were the text messages from Fox hosts released by the January 6 committee showing that they saw Trump as responsible for inspiring the mob that sacked the Capitol, even as they defended him on air and downplayed the significance of the event.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/why-fox-news-lied-to-its-viewers/ar-AA17G2tb?cvid=8296eec7393347b690ec8f1e9d2047ce
How do we know Fox News isn’t lying again with these Hunter Biden “scandals” which were coming from Trump and giuliani? Fox already knew these two to be unreliable liars and kept peddling them for their ratings.
The Hunter Biden “scandals” should be no different and Turley is shamelessly enabling this pi$$ poor form or journalistic crap that he is always criticizing. That’s why he’s always and correctly called out as a massive hypocrite.
There was the irresponsible hyping of anti-vaccine propaganda
That which you call propaganda is nothing but facts.
The mRNA injection, is not a vaccine. Does not prevent contracting, or spreading any virus. Its efficacy as a prophylactic, or treatment is lacking any serious data. Injuries from its use is now starting to generate its own data.
In stead of ‘hyping vaccine propaganda’, it was facilitating free speech discussion, exposing the Biden Administration actual propaganda.
Svelaz always leaves out something important. Trump told his supporters to go to the Capitol and peacefully protest. Trump also asked for more Capitol police to be sent but Pelosi turned him down. It was Pelosi who got the riot that she wanted. A rewriting of history should be recognized for what it is.
Svelaz. Fox did not mandate vaccinations for its employees. The policy was that if Fox’s employees were not vaccinated they would be subject to daily testing for the virus. Thanks for your contribution Mr, Twist It.
“Svelaz. Fox did not mandate vaccinations for its employees. The policy was that if Fox’s employees were not vaccinated they would be subject to daily testing for the virus. ”
Fox Did mandate vaccination for its employees. It required it.
“Fox Corporation, the owner of Fox News, told employees on Friday that those working in New York City would have to show proof they’d had at least one dose of the Covid vaccine by Dec. 27, removing the option to get tested weekly instead.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/business/fox-vaccine-mandate.html
Let’s be Honest.. Let’s call a spade a spade.. The not so novel idea of using the buying-and-selling of ‘ART’ as a means of transferring money has been used by criminals of all classes for aeons. Some might call this ‘money laundering.’ So… what else is new. is this crime family saga…..
Predictably Turley runs to a Hunter Biden “scandal” to deflect from the fact that Fox News has been caught peddling lies to its viewers on a grand scale.
John B. Say says it’s about trust in the media and he’s correct in that one point. However just as Turley, he too is ignoring the fact that Fox News has proven to be one of the least trusted News organizations given yesterday’s revelations. Why should we trust the Hunter Biden “scandal” too? If they were willing to lie to their viewers knowing full well Trump’s claims of voter fraud were BS so they wouldn’t lose ratings how can you trust them about the Hunter Biden “scandals”? Let’s not forget that it was the SAME Rudy Giuliani who they KNEW was full of $hit that handed them the Hunter Biden “scandal”
Turley must either feel uneasy about continuing to peddle the BS or he’s just as guilty of knowingly peddling BS to inflate his own internet “popularity” based on the number of views. That’s no different than ratings.
I’m sure once the trial is over Turley will try to make excuses for why he wasn’t paying much attention to it or that somehow he was a victim of the deceitful nature of Fox News.
He has already humiliated himself in committee hearings.
Anonymous – you say: “Fox News has proven to be one of the least trusted News organizations givne yesterday’s revelations”. You should talk to your fellow Democrats. They don’t seem to agree. From Politico (2/02/22):
“Everybody knows Fox News draws Republicans the way mashed potatoes attracts gravy, but new viewership data from Nielsen MRI Fusion (written up in The Wrap, Forbes, The Hill and elsewhere) shows that the conservative outlet’s audience includes oodles of self-described younger Democrats. In October, The Wrap reports, Tucker Carlson’s primetime show was the top-rated news show among Democrats between 25-54. In total-day viewership, Fox News grabbed 42 percent of Democrats aged 25-54, CNN nabbed 33 percent, and MSNBC got 25 percent,’ The Wrap’s Lindsey Ellefson wrote. Tucker Carlson Tonight, Hannity and The Five ranked in the top four cable news programs with Democrats in the total viewer category.
Fox News also pulls in independents. The Nielsen data says that 58 percent of younger independents watch Fox during total-day hours, while only 25 percent tune in to CNN and just 18 percent choose MSNBC.”
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/02/02/democrats-fox-news-entertainment-conservative-liberal-00004843
The trust of the majority of Americans, including Democrats, in Tucker Carlson and others at Fox is not going to diminish but only increase.
No one should Trust Fox.
But in comparison to the rest of the media – Fox is beyond reproach.
You can pretty much count on WaPo, NYT, CNN, MSNBC to lie.
They are so consistently off that you can assume the truth is the opposite of what they say and be right most of the time.
Regardless, actual adults establish trust based on past record – not based on what they want to hear.
My advise today is the growing scores of independent journalists.
What lies has Fox been peddling ?
The “Big Story” – ho hum, is that many at Fox did not buy Sidney Powels claims that DVS Tabulators miscounted the votes.
Of all the 2020 election fraud claims that was the least plausible.
That said outside of Antrim, Windham and Maricopa counties where it actually was found not to have happened, there is even today no proof one way or the other.
Like the Fox personalities – I wanted hard evidence of the claim that DVS rigged the election.
Powel never provided that evidence.
At the same time – those 60 court decisions YOU Rant about – precluded any serious election fraud investigation most anywhere.
What we do know is that many many things happened that violated the law. That the law and the election rules were not followed,
That there was massive ballot harvesting which was illegal in every state except California.
That every major democratic city is missing chain of custody records for hundreds of thousands of ballots.
That every time it has been possible to check signatures – that more than 6% fail to meet even the most minimal standards.
What we do know is that The DNC, the Biden Campaign, the MSM and the alphabet government agencies colluded with Social Media to Censor negative stories about the Biden’s and to silence critics.
What we do know is that There was massive collusion to rig the election.
What we do know is that those involved in the conspiracy had no problems acting immorally, unconstitutionally and even illegally to rig the election.
Did they also rig voting machines – Probably not – but if so only because the odds of getting caught are too high.
Regardless, even that – We really do not know – because there has been no investigation.
The social contract does not work without Trust. Trust is the foundation of pretty much everything.
Destroy Trust and you will rapidly bring about anarchy.
But Trust is not an entitlement.
I honestly do not grasp your rant regarding Fox – “The recent revalalations” are that Fox did not place a high degree of confidence in the Dominion Stole the election claim.
That is not much of a revalation. As noted Carlson Grilled Sidney Powel on his show at the time.
Post election Fox was losing ground to OAN, NewsMax, and other news organizations that were more accepting of claims of election fraud.
So your claim that you do not trust fox seems to rest on the fact that intenal communications confirm the skepticism of the Dominion claim that Carlson made publicly.
I am not sure how that makes Fox untrustworthy.
Espeically given that while the Dominion Claim was the least likely allegation that was made.
Nor is the Dominion claim the sole or even the most fundimental claim of Fraud in the 2020 Election.
Further the HUGE problem with the 2020 election is that there is excellent reason to be skeptical.
Trump did significantly better than expected and predicted pretty much everywhere in the US EXCEPT for 6 large cities in critical Swing states.
These are places that Biden did not visit ONCE during the campaign. In Every one of these Biden did better than he did elsewhere in the country – most of the country he UNDER Performed Hillary in 2016 and most of the country Trump over performed 2016.
Except these 6 key cities in 6 swing states everyone of which Biden did much better than Clinton, and much better than he did nationwide.
These are also the places were 95% of the ZuckerBucks went.
These are the places where Democratic NGO’s essentialy took over the local elections.
None of the above is PROOF of Fraud. But almost any element above is a valid reason for further inquiry – which except in AZ Did not happen.
In Newark the courts looked thoroughly at and find massive fraud in the 2020 Democratic Primary.
More recently A democrats is under investigation for significant fraud in 2021.
There are myriads of examples of Courts conducted REAL Inquiries into elections in the US and elsewhere with Far weaker claims than in the 2020 Presidential Election.
Yet those 60 Courts that you claim all sided against Trump – not a signle one allowed actual inquiry into a highly unusual and definitely suspicious election.
Ultimatelyit is Government that must prove to Voters that elections are trustworthy. Not Candidates, Not courts.
Neither Trump nor Biden have a RIGHT to be president. But Voters have the RIGHT to an election that was conducted according to the law, and that THEY based on THEIR criteria TRUST.
2020 was not a trustworthy election.
As I have noted before – 37% of Democrats beleive the 2020 election was highly suspicious.
You have LOST this argument.
It does not matter whether people beleive the election was altered by DVS gaming the count, or by massive ballot harvesting, or dead people voting, or democratic operatives coercing mailin voters, or the Government, Democrats, Social Media, Media, the Biden Campaign, …. all conspiring.
It does not matter that people distruct the election because they have been persuaded that moon rats altered the outcome through mind control.
All that matters is that people – do not trust the election.
The duty to conduct elections that people will trust falls on Government.
It is Government that failed. You can debate the details of the causes of that failure. But it is beyond doubt that far too many people – likely much more than a majority, though the threshold for serious problems is significantly below a majority, do not trust not just the 2020 election – but our elections generally.
Trust is incredibly important – it is the foundation for the social contract, the legitamacy of government.
Distrust Fox if you want – that does not lead to anarchy.
Yesterday we heard about the Dominion versus Fox lawsuit in more than one post by our leftist poster who goes by Anonymous. Most of the links she provides are from The Guardian. Will she be posting this link from The Guardian today. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/breaking-sht-just-riddled-bugs-fox-news-filing-shows-dominion-knew-voting-systems-major-security-issues/.
Dominion’s Director of Product Strategy and Security, Eric Coomer, acknowledged in private that “our shit is just riddled with bugs.”
In 2019, Coomer noted that “our products suck.” He lamented that “[a]lmost all” of Dominion’s technological failings were “due to our complete f— up in installation.”
In another instance, he identified a “*critical* bug leading to INCORRECT results.”
He went on to note: “It does not get much worse than that.” And while many companies might have resolved their errors, Coomer lamented that “we don’t address our weaknesses effectively!”
In this day and age of different Linux platforms, how hard is it to lock down a linux load, and provide some kind of security and logs to track who had access to a machine.
And they should not even have networking hardware.
Thinkthrough Is Estovir!
Estovir is the ‘staff writer’ here who posts the vast majority of comments under such names as James, Upstate Farmer, Hullbobby, Ralph Chappell, Monument Colorado, and any commenter known as ‘Old’; such as Old Man, Old Lawyer and OldManFromKansas.
Estovir fancies that the ‘old’ designation endows such characters with timeless wisdom. Like we should all respect elders and not challenge any commenter known as ‘Old’.
Estovir also comments under several women’s names: Mistress Addams, UpscaleSuburbanWoman, Jaclyn, Jaclyn, and countless one-day women who pop out of nowhere to agree with related characters. In fact, Estovir creates so many one-day characters that one would be hard-pressed to tally them all.
But Thinkthrough is Estovir’s flagship puppet; the one he uses most to establish talking points all his puppets parrot. Estovir imagines this Thinkthrough name evokes images of a deep-thinking intellectual who has ‘thoroughly thought-it-through’.
Here Thinkthrough refers to this nemesis of an Anonymous as ‘she’, which is typical of all Estovir-related puppets. Never mind that Estovir routinely comments under women’s names. This nemesis of an anonymous must be referred to as ‘she’ for the sake of feminizing liberals. Because if you’re a beer-guzzling, tub-of-lard redneck in some jerk-water of a town, you naturally imagine all liberals as ‘she’.
Anyway, Thinkthrough thinks posting a dubious article from Gateway Pundit vanquishes the Dominion suit against Fox News. Never mind that Gateway’s claims are impossible to verify. We’re supposed to think this one article relieves Fox News of any malpractice. Because, after all, Thinkthrough thoroughly thought-it-through!
“Estovir is the ‘staff writer’ here who posts the vast majority of comments under such names as James, Upstate Farmer, Hullbobby, Ralph Chappell, Monument Colorado, and any commenter known as ‘Old’; such as Old Man, Old Lawyer and OldManFromKansas.”
Now I’m insulted. You didn’t include my name!
@Diogenes
It would be hilarious if it weren’t so preposterous. Rest assured, there is only one of me, and I only post a few times a day max, not every day, and not on every article, as time allows. Anonymous really needs to find a hobby/new job. Nobody here is buying it, and again, the mod can see the info we post with even if done so anonymously. I use the same email address every time, assuming there isn’t the rare typo.
Many of those who have been here long enough probably already know who this anonymous is.
Anonymous, the woman that won’t use a name that can be identified and therefore ignored, now claims that a whole bunch of us are one person. This is insane, this is juvenile, this is projection and this is ludicrous.
I generally make a point of not commenting to the various Anonymous that plague the good professor’s blog, but I must point out, I am in fact an individual and do not post under other names.
This Anonymous seemingly is under grand delusions and paranoia.
Interesting note, I think it was OLLY who commented that the conservatives who post on the good professor’s blog, all have to a degree divulged parts of their personal lives be it their professions, their families, where they live. We have personalities transferring through our comments that make us real, interesting, and at times even humorous. How many times have we seen or had our own discussions between one or two commenters that can even be OT to the good professor’s article that are interesting. IIRC Diogenes and one of the OldMan recently had one that was interesting to read their back and forth.
And then there is our various Anonymous, and the usual Leftists commenters. They on the other hand are devoid of personality. They are filled with hate. They attack the good professor on a daily basis. They are all about Trump, Fox, and whataboutism. They are devoid of facts, but full of misinformation, disinformation and in some cases, parroting MSM outright lies. They do everything they can to hijack the good professor’s blog and push their anti-1stA, anti-2ndA, anti-America narrative.
As a result, I have come to the conclusion that both James and TiT were correct; We need to push back against them. Confront them. Call them out.
I still will hold to that we need to go our separate ways, two societies, in parallel as I do not wish for a 2nd Civil War.
However, I am browsing for a new rifle . . . just in case.
Well Anonymous gives us another one of her conspiracy theories. It doesn’t take much examination to see that her claim that all of the conservative posters on this blog are actually just one person to be silly. Different writing styles, different syntax and obviously different life experiences. They’re coming to take her away ha ha. They’re coming to take her away hee hee.
“Will she be posting this link from The Guardian today.”
TiT, that link is from the gateway pundit not the guardian.
Read what TiT wrote, you under cooked chickenwing.
Anyone with a even minor degree of critical thinking can see what he meant.
That would exclude you, as is evidence by your moronic response.
Upstatefarmer, Hullbobby said, “Will she be posting this link from The Guardian today.”
The link Hullbobby posted was NOT from the guardian. If he was being sarcastic he did a pi$$ poor job trying to convey it.
Svelaz, sorry I got my left wing papers mixed up. My point is that even a left wing paper confirmed that Anonymous was wrong once again.
Eric Holder and Lois Lehrner have proven that contempt of congress is not an issue if you have an AG that is a partisan hack. Republicans go to prison, Democrats retire with full pensions.
If on a long shot a Democrat is indicted they will just be found innocent in a DC court. The game is rigged, the system is dying and the Democrats laugh all the way to the bank.
Watch as Svelaz comes on here and in only 200 comments tells everyone that having the president’s son, a known crook, selling children’s paintings for hundreds of thousands of dollars TO UNKNOWN BUYERS is not an issue.
They laundered money at the Penn Center, they laundered money at UPENN, they laundered money at Delaware, they laundered money in Ukraine and now they are laundering money at “art shows”.
Spiro Agnew resigned because he took some cash in envelopes, the Bidens have made millions and millions while the corrupt dementia patient was VP and now as he is president. This is so sickening as to be beyond belief.
hullhobby: It’s always nice to read a comment that says exactly what I would have said. You righteously stole my thunder! High five from Oklahoma!
Thanks Randy! It’s nice to hear from OK.
Hullbobby is just afraid of looking like an idiot.
Hullbobby makes a lot of claims without a shred of proof. Because it’s easy. It’s harder to provide proof and back it up. Hullbooby is annoyed at the fact that he doesn’t know how free speech works in this forum. She needs to calm down.
HullBobby is not wrong, as you often are.
I’ve written it in recent months and I’ll write it again here: there are a LOT of ‘inside the Beltway people’ who ought to be getting fitted for their Kevlar vest.
If they were smart, they would of retired to some place like Iceland, or Portugal.
If things were to go badly, the Beltway and I95 would be a traffic jam of people without means but still part of the swamp trying to get out of Dodge before the torches and pitchforks show up at their doors.
Let’s see, Hunter Biden paintings and classified documents – perfect together? Think Judy Hale in Dead to Me.
I can write the fourth season. Hunter flees to Mexico only to wind up in a Mexican jail. There he finds Judy and starts a torrid romance. She tells him she really is dying of cancer and that he should get her out so she can die with some dignity. Hunter sets out to blackmail his dad to get them both released, but China hires hit men to take Hunter out because they’re already blackmailing Joe quite successfully, and they want Hunter to stay off their turf. Jill then hires Ukrainian hit men to take out the Chinese hit men, but Vlad orders Russian gangs in the Mexican prison to kidnap Hunter so Vlad can blackmail Joe instead. The season finale is a massive shootout with a bone circling overhead.
Can Joe really go through with nuking the prison? Will Hunter survive the shootout?? Does Jill know what Joe knows??? Does Joe know anything???? Stay tuned for season five!
What is actually happening is Hunter is running around on Air Force One, selling BS art and bullying his accusers, while Sergeant Garland sees nothings, hears nothing, and knows nothing… but that is too implausible for anything other than the Twilight Zone.
Diogenes – you should pitch that. I hear Linda Cardellini is auditioning for roles right now. Come to think of it so is John Krasinski, which is perfect since it Jack Ryan may ultimately have to save the day. I would definitely be down for watching a couple more seasons, especially if Christina Applegate made a cameo or three.
I’m on it, buddy!
Well, sometimes, States Attorney Generals can act where congress and the DOJ fail to tread. The Bidens may slip up and do something seemingly outrageous in a Red State and then a state Attorney General can take action. The actions of the AG in New York against Trump and the local prosecutor in Fulton County, Ga also against Trump rate prime examples.
This argues for breaking up and shipping the D.C. bureaucracies to other parts of the country where malfeasance might actually get a conviction. Democrat prosecutors will not indict Democrats, and juries dominated by Democrats will not convict Democrats. The District of Corruption has become the Leviathan the founding fathers feared.
Gov. Desantis is now advocating exactly this. Draining the swamp:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/desantis-wants-to-move-feds-outside-d-c/ar-AA17G1AX?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=6be1bd85304f4c4bd10d54406350bae9
Let’s see how fast the FBI gins up enough “probable cause” to seize George Berges attorney’s cell phone. I mean, attorney-client privilege doesn’t apply to conservatives at Merrick Garland’s DOJ so we should be seeing Berges’ attorney proned out on the airport tarmack shortly right ? Thank you, Jonathan, for an excellent article.
Why are the Republicans helping the Bidens and Democrats run out the clock? Every witness should receive a document subpoena before the hearing. Why waste a month or more unless you have no real intention of doing what you said you would do.
Because it’s all a show. They don’t really have anything of value to investigate. All they are doing is putting on a show for their gullible constituents and MAGA nutties so they look like they are doing something about the conspiracy theories they believe.
Even if they somehow managed to recommend something to the DOJ there would still need to be evidence that selling art was a crime. This is nothing more than fishing for “suspected” crimes based on speculation instead of real evidence.
It is called money laundering. It is a crime
Iowan2, there’s no evidence of what you say. None. You assume it is because you want it to be. That’s what a witch-hunt is.
There is, in fact, lots of evidence in Hunters e-mails.
Why the hold up….issue the Subpoenas. That should have happened within the first week of the new Congress.
Allowing any delay In this process is simply a political scam to milk it for press coverage and does nothing to advance the “investigation”.
Welcome to Washington DC…..the Republicans know the Biden DOJ is not going to prosecute Hunter, the Art Dealer, or anyone else over anything the Biden Crime Family gets up to in their never ceasing efforts to sell their brand name to the highest bidder.
If you were to prosecute them you would have to go after every other Skunk in Congress and the Administration that is grifting…..including Republicans.
I only read the New York Times and watch Good Morning America/ABC World News. What is this Hunter Biden thing you’re talking about
I’m not sure, but I think this has do with the glowing reviews Hunter Biden’s art received from the Washington Post and MSNBC.
By the way, I have found that World News tonight spends a lot of its limited time talking about weather events.
Hunter Biden has a favorable DOJ – Bannon did not.
Who is going to charge Biden or any of these others if they defy Subpeona’s ?
Let’s not forget that Trump’s allies also had a favorable DOJ. Many republicans chose to ignore or defy congressional subpoenas. Jim Jordan did. So did mark meadows. They set the example for many. Why should anyone take their subpoenas seriously?
Besides what evidence does the committee have that the sale of the artwork is suspect? All they have is speculation. No evidence to even have probable cause. It’s a witch-hunt for anything to pin on Joe Biden.
Turley should be focusing on the journalistic failure that Fox News is embroiled in. They have been deliberately lying and peddling known false claims about voter fraud by Trump.
“Let’s not forget that Trump’s allies also had a favorable DOJ.”
In what world do you live ?
Are you paying the slightest attention ?
During Trump’s tenure as President – the FBI and DOJ openly investigated KNOWN Hoaxes that targeted Trump.
In what world is that a Favorable DOJ ?
Throughout his presidency just about every alphabet agency including DOJ and FBI has leaking FALSE stories about him constantly.
Thrtoughout these same agencies were plotting his removal.
Throughout these agencies were directing SM to Censor both him and those favorable to him.
With respect to Subpeona’s – what is it that you wish to discuss – the standards and practices that apply as a result of the conduct of the previous democratic congress and the court decisions that followed ?
Or the constitution and how the law actually SHOULD be applied ?
Given the standards set by the prior democratic congress – The House republicans are well within their power to do everything they have done so far, and they have done so in far closer to a properly inquisitive than politically driven way.
Democrats chose their own committee members, they are given equal time.
Normal rules are being followed.
As to Subpeona’s – there is no subpeona the Republicans in the house have issued that is nto far more justifiable than those of the prior democratic congress.
Personally,. I see the constitutional power of Congress to “investigate” – outside of its legitimate role of govenrment oversight as severly limited.
I would not support Congressional subpeona’s of private parties for private actions AT ALL.
I would not support prosecution for defying any subpeona that did not have an actual final order of a court requiring compliance.
Nor would I support Law Enforement prosecuting failure to comply with a subpeona until the Subpeona’s party got a court order requiring compliance.
But that is NOT the current state of the law.
The only thing that does not favor house republicans regarding the subpeona’s they have issued is that the same partisan DOJ that prosecuted Congressional subpeona’s issued by democrats will not prosecute those issues by republicans.
Otherwise the only differences favor republicans who have been far more reasonable than democrats.
“Turley should be focusing on the journalistic failure that Fox News is embroiled in. They have been deliberately lying and peddling known false claims about voter fraud by Trump.”
Nope the left wing nut “bombshell” is a total dud.
Wow, “secretly” Fox hosts and management did NOT buy Sidney Powells claim that DVS had altered the ballot counts to favor Trump, at the same time as Fox hosts like Carlson were critical of Powell Publicly on their shows and demanding evidence.
Sounds like Journalism to me.
I also find it strage that left wing nuts are constantly trying to make out that when people say the same things publicly and privately – that they are keeping secrets.
Or that one Allegation such as the claim that DVS equipment altered ballot counts is a strae man for ALL claims of election fraud.
By just after midnight election day in 2020 there was ample reason for people to be very suspicious of the election.
The ONLY acceptable, appropriate and trustworthy response by those running the election would have been to let the sunlight in.
That did not occur, and still does not, and that has caused a reasonable lack of public trust in elections.
If you want elections to be trusted you need to grasp that ease of voting MUST ALWAYS take a back seat to conducting trustworthy elections.
Dems are trying to run out the clock.
With less than two years to go, they might make it.
And the media mostly won’t pressure the Bidens (unlike the Bannon coverage).