Below is my column in The Hill on the hearing today in Arkansas involving Hunter Biden and his daughter Navy Joan. President Joe Biden and the First Lady have refused to acknowledge their grandchild and her father is opposing her using the family name. A court will now have to decide whether this child can call herself a Biden and whether her father can reduce his level of financial support.
Here is the column:
This week, Hunter Biden’s defense team traveled to Delaware seeking an update on the federal criminal investigation that has dragged on for almost five years. The reason seems clear: Time is running out on Hunter and the Biden family.
After years of delaying disclosures and admissions, Hunter could now be pushing to cap off the criminal side of the scandal before more information is released in Arkansas and Washington. For the White House, even a criminal plea is preferred if they can avoid one particular claim — and they may be succeeding.
For years, the Bidens have worked (with the media’s help) to delay any recognition of the influence peddling and corruption that may be revealed on Hunter Biden’s laptop. Even this week, in child support proceedings in Arkansas, Hunter’s counsel continued to refuse to admit ownership of the laptop abandoned at The Mac Shop in Wilmington, Del., in April 2019.
It won’t work any more than his long refusal to acknowledge his fathering of his four-year-old child, Navy. Just as Hunter could not deny DNA, forensic and other evidence will soon make his laptop denials untenable in proceedings in which he and his counsel are required to tell the truth.
These proceedings are now colliding for the Bidens.
With the laptop being raised in Arkansas and being investigated in Washington by House committees, time is up and the Biden team knows it. An establishment of the laptop’s authenticity in one forum could produce cascading effects in the other forums.
There has already been a recent shift to a scorched-earth strategy, including reportedly threatening possible witnesses and calling for the IRS to investigate critics.
New leaks from the Justice Department investigation have indicated that prosecutors are considering four charges: two misdemeanor counts for failure to file taxes, a single felony count of tax evasion related to a business expense for one year of taxes and a potential felony count on falsifying a form linked to a gun permit.
Those four charges could well result in jail time, but the situation is likely to get worse for Hunter if the House reveals new evidence of foreign dealings and payments. That is why a capstone plea could control the damage for both Hunter and his father. A capstone is designed to protect against erosion and even help to hold together an arch that might otherwise collapse. This capstone plea could avoid a worse scenario (and charge) that would undermine years of denials by both Bidens.
However, there was one conspicuous omission from the list of potential charges that may also indicate a reason to push toward a plea. There is no mention of a charge as an unregistered foreign agent under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA). The Justice Department aggressively used this charge against Trump figures like Paul Manafort and, if the same standard is applied, it is hard to see the basis for discarding the charge in the Hunter Biden case.
The laptop shows emails from various foreign sources, including some with close connections to foreign governments and intelligence services. There are also records of visits of clients and business associates to the White House as well as pictures with then-Vice President Joe Biden. Finally, there are emails showing Hunter reached out to high-ranking officials like Antony Blinken for “advice.” Now our secretary of state, Blinken was then deputy secretary of state.
However, a FARA charge would be embarrassing to both President Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland. The claim that the president’s son was acting as a foreign agent would put a spotlight on the millions of dollars raised in alleged influence peddling.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky) has claimed that up to 12 Biden family members may have benefited from these foreign payments. Joe Biden was the object of that influence peddling, and the question would become what these foreign interests were seeking to get from their payments. Moreover, the most obvious reason not to register as a foreign agent was to conceal these dealings and avoid scrutiny over influence peddling.
While Democrats are now emphasizing that influence peddling is lawful, it is also clearly a form of corruption worthy of investigation. What’s more, efforts to conceal influence peddling are often criminal acts, including FARA violations. A criminal charge could put such motives before a jury — and the American public.
For Garland, a FARA charge would be equally embarrassing. The attorney general has refused to appoint a special counsel despite repeated references to the president as a possible recipient of these funds. There are even instructions to Hunter associates to use code names for Joe Biden like “the Big Guy” and “Celtic.” Some of us have criticized Garland for ignoring the undeniable need for a special counsel.
Capping off the scandal with a plea to a couple of tax charges and a gun form charge would minimize the damage before the 2024 election.
What happens then is anyone’s guess. As a first offender, Hunter could plead out such charges to minimal jail time. These are federal charges, so Joe Biden could pardon his son. Presidential pardons have a long and checkered history, including presidents using the power to benefit family members and political donors.
Notably, when President Clinton abused this power by pardoning his half-brother, he waited to do so until he was leaving office. Indeed, a criminal charge could create a weird end-game option for Biden. Hunter could wait to plead guilty. If he is not reelected, Biden could issue a Clintonesque pardon for Hunter on his way back to Delaware.
The pressures on the Bidens are both real and rising. With both the Arkansas court and the House committees threatening greater public disclosures, a bill is coming due, and the interest will only mount in the coming weeks.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. Follow him on Twitter @JonathanTurley.
Civil Rights trials in Mississippi in the 1960s proved that a jury of your “peers” can render a judgement that makes a mockery of the facts. I grew up in Mississippi in the 60s. I’m sure a jury of Hunter’s “peers” in DC or Delaware would be quick to render a “fair” assessment of the evidence.
Jonathan: It’s that time again. Another of your episodes in the continuing saga of “All in the Family”–this time the Biden family “corruption” scandal. Makes great day time TV drama but little else.
The Hunter Biden investigation has gone on for 5 years! That’s much longer than the John Durham investigation and we know how that ended. And what are the possible charges Hunter faces? Two misdemeanor charges and 1 felony for lying about a gun purchase. Nothing like Trump faces–something you don’t want to discuss. You admit that Weiss is not even looking NARA violations. Both the IRS and the FBI completed their investigations over a year ago. So why has David Weiss dragged this out for so long? Weiss was a Trump appointee. One theory is that Weiss is waiting to bring charges against Hunter until possibly next year–right in the middle of the 2024 presidential campaign–in an attempt to force the Biden administration to address a family “scandal”. That’s why Hunter and his attorneys met with Weiss this week to force Weiss to either charge Hunter or enter into a settlement. If the case is settled it goes away as an issue next year–and you would have nothing to talk about.
But even if the Weiss case is settled it will not stop you and the GOP House leadership from ginning up the alleged “influence peddling and corruption” scandal–none of which are crimes and have not be proven. House Oversight GOP Chair Jim Comer falsely claims: “It’s deeply concerning that the Biden administration may be obstructing justice by blocking efforts to charge Hunter Biden for tax violations”. “May” is the operative word. The evidence belies Comer’s claim. First, the fact that Hunter and his attorneys have met with Weiss indicates he is acting independently. Second, AG Garland has made it clear “[Weiss] has been advised he is not denied anything he needs”. If Garland was doing the bidding of the Biden administration he would have fired Weiss when he took over the DOJ. Besides, if Weiss thought his investigation was being hampered don’t you think he would have complained by now? So much for Comer’s false claims.
Whatever is the outcome of the Weiss investigation it will not stop you and Jim Comer from throwing around wild and speculative claims about the Biden family. It plays well with your base but, ultimately, will have little effect on the campaign next year. But I know you will keep trying!
And you too Dennis McIntyre will keep trying. Millions coming directly to the son of a Vice President from the Communist Regime of China doesn’t seem to bother you. You are always against guns but it doesn’t seem to bother you that Hunter possessed one illegally. To you this may be trivial but the law says otherwise. You raised holy hell about influence pedaling by the Trump kids but when it’s your guy it’s just trivial and it’s not a crime after all is your excuse. Like the picture of Dorian Grey it grows more and more ugly.
Thinkitthrough: I know you think I have skin in the game. I don’t. If Hunter Biden cheated on his taxes or lied on his application to buy a gun he should pay the penalty. I am not making any “excuses” for the guy. The Q I ask myself is why are you, Turley and the GOP so consumed by the Biden family? Because you want to bring them down so Trump can get back into office. It’s that simple.
Yes, Hunter engaged in a lot of influence peddling–using the family name to make money. So what? That kind of stuff goes on in DC all the time. But there is no evidence Joe Biden saw any of the money his son made in Ukraine and China. And most of the money Hunter made came after his dad left office–when Joe Biden was a private citizen. And none of what Hunter got from CEFC was illegal. Despite all the claims against Hunter it doesn’t appear he was really a good business man. That’s why he apparently is now devoting his time to painting.
Funny, you never want to talk about all the influence peddling and corruption inside the Trump WH. Trump was a walking and talking conflict of interest. Trump made it clear to domestic and foreign interests that if they wanted any influence with his administration they had to pay for the privilege–staying at Trump properties. Do you think when the Saudis bought him the yacht and bought his condos, they did that because they respected out Democracy? And it worked. For 4 years Trump defended the Saudis–even when the Crown Prince ordered the assassination of the journalist Jamal Khoshoggi. That’s what money will buy. Nothing that Hunter did even compares! There is no doubt that Trump turned the WH into a revolving door of influence peddling and corruption–not seen since Richard Nixon. And he was a piker compared to Trump! But that’s the part you don’t want to discuss. I have called Turley a hypocrite on this issue. Same goes for you!
Denise… again?
Seriously your TDS and libtard ways are showing yet again.
Can you say conspiracy?
Yes, conspiracy.
The burying of Hunter’s laptop story and the retired spooks who provided cover some of which were rewarded w positions within Biden’s administration… that’s a conspiracy.
Add to it lying to Congress, which is perjury… again goes to the conspiracy theory.
More importantly it is a CRIME for agencies of the US government to actively participate in elections.
When the FBI was trying to get SM to censor political speech – that is a CRIME.
When the CIA is trying to provide Biden cover for a debate – that is a CRIME.
We listened to years iof nonsense claiming that Trump colluded with a foreign power to win the 2016 election.
That proved a HOAX.
But you know what is WORSE than colluding with a foreign power – Colluding with the US govenrment to influence US elections.
It is not just that the Biden’s were getting money from Russian Oligarchs and chinese spies.
It is that they were ACTING Like Putin.
The American people accept that politicians will lie to their face – though we hope they will be less bold about it.
But colluding with US Government agencies to “influence” a US election is what Xi or Putin would do.
And in the US it is a crime.
@Dennis McIntyer: You were, as well, pleasantly conspicous by your absence yesterday.
ZZDoc: You apparently were taking your daily nap. I submitted 2 comments to Turley’s column “Federal Judge enjoins” and a reply to Thinkithrough–who often challenges me with inane comments.
Why has this dragged out so long ?
Jpoe Biden answered that in Florida Long ago – Because no one messes with a Biden – they are protected.
Acting CIA directors do their political bidding while they are out of office.
As does the FBI, and the IRS and just about every other Alphabet agency.
And NO nothing Trump faces comes even Close to what Biden faces.
Of course no one is looking at the NARA stuff regarding Trump – there is no there there.
The series of cases culminating in JW v NARA decided by AntiTrump judge ABJ makes it clear that if the President takes it with him from the White House when he leaves not only is it HIS property – but it does not matter if it is classified.
Maybe, just maybe you can get a higher court to decide differently – but you would STILL have the problem that you are trying to make into a crime something that several prior courts not only did not think was a crime, but that the documents were PROPERTY of the former president.
You have innumerable courts give you unconstitutional and favorable rulings. Your idiotic and baseless investigations have been blessed by judges who aparently can not read the constitution – and STILL NOTHING.
Even when you win – you LOSE. When you violate the constitution and peoples rights and come up empty handed you just keep looking worse and worse.
Biden is in far more trouble regarding Classified docs – as is Pence. They were not president at the time.
And if the Docs case fails everything even vaguely related fails.
It is very nearly impossible to get a counviction – much less get one upheld for abstruction of an illegal and unconstitutional investigation that yeilded NOTHING.
It is highly unlikely anything will happen in GA – first because there is nothing to actualy happen – Whether you like it or not asking Raffensbeger to find more votes is not a crime. Just as Clinton asking Electors to change their votes – which some did is not a crime.
And J6 is DOA – increasingly people are aware that the left has been lying about it for 24+ months.
You MIGHT get convictions against people no one likes infront of hateful politically biased DC juries,
But You are F#$K’d iof you try to change Trump -= and for What ?
Conspiring to legally overturn a rigged election ?
We have listened to this “Get Trump” nonsense for years. You have gotten NOWHERE.
Even the cases you “won” yeilded NOTHING. Trump’s tax returns which you illegally made public – pretty much assuring that SCOTUS is going to take a dim view of future “Get Trump” claims were a nothing burger.
Bragg is trying to make a crime out of perfectly legal acts.
What is wild and speculative regarding the Biden’s ?
We KNOW that there are 150 SARs filed regarding Biden transactions – even Drug Cartels do not engage in that much money laundering.
We KNOW that tens of millions went to atleast 9 member os the Biden clan from Foreign companies and foreign governments including Foreign spies.
We KNOW that an enormous number of people went to great efforts to cover all this up.
And in fact we KNOW that crimes were committed to cover it up.
The CIA can not participate in Political campaigns.
Nor can the FBI. The Hatch act is almost a century old. And it is not obscure.
We also KNOW that what the Biden’s were paid for was influence peddling.
While that CAN be legal. It also can be criminal.
And covering it is is criminal.
We also KNOW that Hunter violated FARA – which you used against Manafort – only Hunter’s FARA violations are far more egregious than Manaforts.
Personally I think FARA is unconstitutional – but how can I defende Hunter’s FARA violations when you jailed Manafort for his ?
Regardless, we all know that Biden will Pardon himself and his family if this gets too hot.
That is not a problem, we all expect that. We know that Joe is not letting his family go to jail.
But we also KNOW that when Joe Pardon’s his family the Biden clan is Done, and the election is over, and Republicans are going to clean house in the Executive branch whoever they elect president.
No one is trying to drag the Hunter case to 2024.
You may not like this but the best outcome for the country is that this plays out SOONER rather than later.
Biden is already very nearly a lame duck. His democrat support is weak.
Gavin Newsome is circling like a wolf waiting For Biden to bow out.
I beleive the futures market is giving less than 50:50 odds that Biden is the Presidential candidate in 2024.
Democrats need to dump Biden SOON, and work on whoever they are going to get to replace him.
The only one who wants Biden to be the Democratic candidate in 2024 is Trump.
Repubican prosecutors – such as Durham and Weis speak through the courts not leaks.
There is a significant difference between the US attorney’s chasing Trump and those chasing the Biden’s.
Why would anyone want to carry the name, Biden? Little Navy lives in Arkansas, how about Clinton? No, bad idea.
One of the biggest scandals is that garland never appointed a Special Prosecutor in these cases. Any Republican would have been hounded to death by a Special Prosecutor by now.
The Biden Strategy: Lie big, lie loud, consistently and forever.
Someone mentioned a rape case against Trump. I believe the civil action is actually defamation. A 30 yr old claim of rape is suspicious under any circumstances. I tend to give women a great deal of leeway in charges of rape or assault, having treated many through the years. But in 46 years in Medicine I personally never saw a rape case actually being reported 30 years after the fact. When a rape or sexual assault that old is brought forth when someone is involved in an election or public appointment then I have high grades of suspicion and if I was on that jury I would definitely say you have to provide actual proof and more than just their word. We have been doing rape kits and exams long before I ever went to medical school in the 1970’s. They are comprehensive and use state of the art means of providing proof as the science progresses. There is no excuse for that long a wait unless it never happened.
Also 4 other things to remember.
1- Patients, friends of patients and family of patients lie for a long list of secondary gains. You would be shocked at the lying that occurs.
2-This has been a common attack mode of the Democratic Party since the confirmation of Clarence Thomas.
3-your word is nice but your word and a positive rape kit and DNA match is much better.
4-Rape and sexual assault are the most common charges to be dropped after the accusation. Using actual police statistics. NYPD, I believe. The Professor as a defense attorney probably knows the stats even better than me. Far greater chance of being dropped than any other major crime, and usually dropped by the “victim”.
“Rape is an accusation easily to be made and hard to be prove, and harder to be defended by the party accused.”
~ Hon. Matthew Hale (1647)
mespo727272: And who was Sir Matthew Hale? The English jurist Alito cited several times to justify his contorted reasoning to justify overturning Roe. Hale was the misogynist of his day. He said that a husband could not be guilty of raping his wife. Hale’s jurisprudence was incorporated in US law until the 1970s when states began to realize even wives could be raped by their husbands. Hale even approved the burning of “witches”. Hale’s views still live on in the mind of Alito. Hale’s misogyny apparently lives on in your own mind!
GEB: or, as in this case, it could be that the State of New York passed a law that tolled the statute of limitations for one year, to allow rape cases for which the statute had run to be filed. And, seeing the abuse E. Jean Caroll has suffered, it’s no wonder that women don’t come forward. Trump is a pig who brags about being able to assault women and get away with it. I believe her over him because he is an established, proven liar and narcissist.
“While Democrats are now emphasizing that influence peddling is lawful, it is also clearly a form of corruption worthy of investigation.”
The Supreme Court made it lawful. It’ also the reason why Turmp’s own kids who have been doing the same things Turley accuses the Bidens of are ignored by Republicans as just business as usual. Turley seems particularly obsessed with this issue despite more serious issues regarding trump are on full display.
The fact that the Hunter Biden investigation has been going on for five years, which would qualify as a witch-hunt by now, has not produced any real evidence of a crime. The supposed “charges” have been pending for years. Meaning they don’t really have enough evidence to produce a conviction. It seems Turley’s frustration with the lack of progress on these investigations has morphed into a series of tabloid columns about illegitimate children and former strippers.
The more Trouble Trump seems to be in, the more Turley focuses on Hunter Biden as a cheap distraction.
I think it’s fairly clear that the Biden’s outrageous behavior toward their daugher and grandaughter outrages Professor Turley in a very personal way, and I’m with him. The mere thought of the way they have treated that innocent child literally makes my gorge rise.
@Svelaz: Was hoping you’d give us another day’s grace yesterday’s issue being one you were wise not to step on with a usual and customaryTDS diatribe. Tinfoil hat ever at the ready, the smoke from the Biden guns is so thick that you’d be wise to invest in a fire suit.
The fact that the Hunter Biden investigation has been going on for five years, which would qualify as a witch-hunt by now, has not produced any real evidence of a crime.
It is proof that the DoJ is corrupt. Regardless of D or R in the Oval, Lots of evidence. ~150 SAR is more that any single person/entity has ever triggered so much evidence of criminal activity.
Garland, Hunter, Creepy Joe are just rags cut form the same soiled cloth. They’re inveterately corrupt, egomanical and feel entitled to anything their eye beholds. That said, only one of them has the nuclear codes and is facing a humilating loss in Ukraine that will destroy NATO and regress American foregn policy for decades. I suggest we get the cabinet ready for a 25th Amendment episode if Putin crosses the Dniper River and The Penis Piano Player is in danger of being trapped. Joe’s likely to overreact and let his ego do the talking using his glow stick or perhaps he’s channeling FDR (as he’s said many times) and going to send American boys into Harm’s Way to appease his sense of grandiose destiny. Like Hitler in the Bunker, he’s best served by a figurative revolver, a figurative cyanide capsule and a real suggestion to do the right thing so other’s won’t have to do it.
In Merrick Garland’s DOJ, Democrats are free to cash in with their foreign “contacts” without worrying about the Foreign Agent Registration Act. Republicans go to prison. Garland will claim that Hunter did not show any “intent” to break the law (kind of like Jim Comey’s explanation about Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of top secret classified information).
It kills me to think about it, but with their choke hold on every branch of communication in country, the Democrats can manipulate public perception tremendously. We see how devastating proof of serious wrongdoing (the exposure of Russia collusion as a hoax, Joe Biden’s indisputable corruption, the laptop/Russian disinformation lies, and most importantly the government censorship exposed in the Twitter files) is de-amplified to almost nothing and their effects withering away. Without effective podium space, we are relegated to secondary status.
1. The introduction belongs to yesterdays “Daddy Dearest” column.
2. The IRS investigations are only the tip of the iceberg and concern only the person and not the conglomerate for which Hunter was partly responsible.
3. As usual without public perception and any consequences, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) gave a fiery speech on the Senate floor [1] last Tuesday once again saying this: “And as I noted last Congress, protected whistleblower disclosures to my office make clear that the FBI has within its possession very significant, very impactful and very voluminous evidence with respect to potential criminal conduct by members of the Biden family.”
4. Yesterday, Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) spoke to FNN’s Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures” about “Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns (9/23/20) and said: “Quite honestly, I didn’t have the full support of my committee or the conference to subpoena the Bidens. They thought it was too political.”
5. A year ago, GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik said: “If the GOP retakes control of Congress, Hunter Biden will be hauled before the House of Representatives and forced to reveal the identity of ‘the big guy’ and address other unanswered questions about the contents of his infamous laptop”
6. Last Saturday, at the annual WH press dinner. Brandon said: “The job isn’t finished, I mean it is finished for Tucker Carlson,” he said to audible boos from the crowd. “What are you booing about, like you think that’s not reasonable? Give me a break.”
[1] https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/remarks/grassley-democrats-offer-a-political-resolution-that-ignores-their-past-political-weaponization-of-the-fbi
[2] https://nypost.com/2022/03/26/house-republicans-will-subpoena-hunter-biden/
It should be remembered that ABC News is controlled by a Clinton operative, and Epstein friend, George Stephanopoulos. He is also the person in charge of the efforts to silence women who had stories to tell about Bill Clinton, before the 1992 Presidential elelction.
And The View is part of the ABC news division.
@edwardmahl…. clearly in that ABC just censored RFK comments for ‘wrong speaking’.
Dems spent literally years listening to people saying that the walls were closing in on Trump. I will believe something of substance will happen to a Biden, any Biden, when I see it.
In times past, a person who had no money was broke. In today’s world, they have a little cash flow problem. In times past if a person or company wanted a public official to act favorably on their behalf, they paid them a bribe. In today’s world, it is now “influence peddling.”
Call it what you will, it is still bribery and it is against the law. The attempted coverup would be comical if it were not so consequential. No wonder they push to shut down debate and cancel critics. They run like rats when light is shed on their actions.
“Bribery refers to the offering, giving, soliciting, or receiving of any item of value as a means of influencing the actions of an individual holding a public or legal duty. This type of action results in matters that should be handled objectively being handled in a manner best suited to the private interests of the decision maker. As such, bribery constitutes a crime and both the offeror and the recipient can be criminally charged.” (Cornell Law website)
The truth is that every human who occupies this planet is capable of the same depravity and much more. We are all guilty of something. One difference is that those who seek and hold public office are to be held to a higher standard of conduct. If they are not, then we lose our civilization and the rule of law is mocked.
Authorities are searching for an ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT from Mexico after he killed 5 in Texas. The ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT had been deported FIVE TIMES and he kept coming back into our country…and yet yesterday “Anonymous” spent al day long, in about 25 comments, saying that we don’t have an open border.
Every, well almost every American, we can’t count AOC, Bernie, Warren, Biden and and other radical Democrats, thinks that the border is a serious issue.
Inflation will come down at some point, crime will abate after remedial measures are finally taken, we may build up our military to counter the CCP and we will again start to pump out OUR oil, but once 20 million ILLEGALS are here they will be here forever and the attending problems will never go away.
@hillbobby: That’s because Anonymous’ sensors filter out anything not Mayorkas sourced.
Explain the ‘capstone’ legal reasoning. How would these 4 charges prevent new charges, as new evidence comes forward.
It doesn’t take a genius to understand that Hunter’s crimes will be plead out to a couple of misdemeanors with a suspended sentence by our very political DOJ.
the only Hammer Republicans have is to TAKE AWAY THE MONEY
cut 50% of Fed Gov, end all federal aid to cities and colleges…make them pay for failure, tax all non-profits where anyone gets more than $100k like Colleges, move 75% of fed workers from DC to the heartland. Democrats are fighting a CIVIL WAR
Let’s just take down the Biden crime syndicate.
Like the Clinton’s, Pelosi, McConnell and others are NEVER held accountable.
LOL…sure and this time Sen. Menendez will go to jail for this set of crimes
quesition…anyone go to jail for the Russian Hoax? Where Obama/Hillary DNC, FBI, CIA, DOJ, people in Congress and the media conspired working with a foreign spy and a Russian to OVER THROW the US President Election. The biggest crime in history?
The biden family…Every one of them….have been committing crimes for DECADES
The DOJ, FBI, IRS, CIA, etc are 100% corrupt for Democrats
Sorry Charlie Brown…Lucy don’t play that game
I agree with Guy on this one. D.C. and Delaware juries are in the tank for Democrat corruption.
If there were twelve Bidens who benefitted, it would be absurd to think the Joe had no involvement, and if Hunter is guilty of tax evasion, how is the “Big Guy” not? Still, I would be very surprised if anything came of it.