Below is my column in the New York Post on the new allegations from whistleblowers of interference with the Hunter Biden investigation. This weekend, there are reports that, after the threatening WhatsApp message allegedly from Hunter Biden, a Chinese businessman with close ties to Chinese intelligence sent $5 million to his account.
In the meantime, the demand from figures like former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) for people to “back off” on the story is being heeded by some in the media, in again blacking out or downplaying the story . While many of us have stressed the need to authenticate these statements, Hunter Biden has notably not denied that he sent the message and the allegations from the investigation have self-verifying elements. The news blackout again raises concerns over a de facto state media in the United States that operates by consent rather than coercion. This is a major story either way it turns out but networks and newspapers are again showing a distinct lack of curiosity.
Here is the column:
This week, former U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) went on MSNBC to issue a furious warning to everyone looking into Hunter Biden and the influence peddling scandal: “Everybody needs to back off!”
Newly released evidence from the investigation indicates that McCaskill was not the only powerful figure issuing that warning. Two whistleblowers reportedly detailed highly disturbing actions from top officials to slow walk and undermine the investigation.
Many of us have already noted the absence of certain charges in the plea deal given to Hunter Biden. In addition to the lack of any charge as an unregistered foreign agent, there is no evidence that the Justice Department seriously investigated the influence-peddling efforts of the Biden family despite allegations of millions generated from foreign sources.
Now these whistleblowers are reportedly telling Congress that they were actively frustrated in their efforts to investigate as Merrick Garland was insisting that there was no interference or limitations.
This included preventing an effort to search a guest house of President Joe Biden. IRS official Gary Shapley allegedly recalled that Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf agreed that there was “more than enough probable cause for the physical search warrant there, but the question was whether the juice was worth the squeeze.”
Wolf allegedly said that they could never get approval for the search despite the sufficiency of the evidence.
Even more disturbing is the allegation that Delaware US Attorney David Weiss sought to bring charges against the 53-year-old in both the District of Columbia and Southern California last year and was denied both times.
That directly contradicts statements made to Congress by Attorney General Garland.
Democrats and pundits have repeatedly cited the fact that Weiss was a Trump appointee and thus the light plea bargain shows that there was no case to be made. However, these sources are suggesting that Weiss tried and was rebuffed in his effort to prosecute in two different jurisdictions.
There is also an allegation that Wolf gave Hunter’s legal team a “heads-up” that investigators were moving to search his Northern Virginia storage unit and that Wolf again objected to the effort to secure a search warrant.
The only way to establish the truth of any of this would be to call Weiss, Wolf, and others to Congress.
While such efforts are routinely refused by the Justice Department, these allegations (if true) would raise both potentially criminal and impeachable questions. That is an ample basis for Congress to use its oversight authority.
I recently wrote that Garland, by his own measures, has failed as Attorney General in restoring trust in his department. However, this is far more serious than allegations of negligence. It would constitute a knowing effort to delay and obstruct efforts to investigate the Biden family — and to mislead Congress.
The evidence also creates new problems for President Biden, who has repeatedly claimed as a presidential candidate and as president that he had no knowledge of any foreign dealings of his son.
Those statements were long ago proven patently false.
The laptop includes pictures and appointments of Hunter’s foreign business associates with Joe Biden. There is also a recording of Joe Biden discussing a Times report on Dec. 12, 2018, detailing Hunter’s dealings with Ye Jianming, the head of CEFC China Energy Company. He assures his son that “I think you’re clear” after lawyers worked on the New York Times before the story ran.
There is also a recording of his uncle James assuring Hunter that he and his father were going to arrange for “safe harbor” for him as his world began to collapse.
Now, there is a new contradiction. Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) read from an alleged July 30, 2017 Whatsapp message from Hunter Biden to one of his Chinese associates, Henry Zhao, the director of Harvest Fund Management and Communist Party official. Zhao was funneling money to Hunter’s firm BHR Partners.
Hunter is quoted as writing:
“I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight. And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang, or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.”
Again, the authenticity of this message has to be established. However, there remains a striking lack of curiosity among the Democratic members who have opposed every effort to investigate these allegations.
Even the recent disclosure of a trusted FBI source alleging a possible bribery scheme with a corrupt Ukrainian official has not reduced this opposition.
The lack of curiosity of Democrats in Congress is only matched by the media. A year after the New York Post broke the laptop story, I wrote a column marveling at the success of the Bidens in pulling off one of the neatest tricks in political history. I analogized it to how Houdini used to make his 10,000-pound elephant Jennie disappear on a stage in front of a live audience.
The key to the trick is that Houdini knew the audience wanted her to disappear. Jennie never left the stage but Houdini got the audience to invest in the trick by calling volunteers to the stage.
In the same way, the media wanted the Hunter Biden scandal to disappear — they still do. They are invested in the trick.
So, the Democrats and the media will continue to insist that there is a lack of evidence while opposing efforts to establish the evidence behind these allegations. After all, if there is an elephant behind this scandal, it is an indictment of their concerted efforts for over three years.
Of course, it still remains a challenge to hide an elephant if even one audience member goes looking. Polls show that the public overwhelmingly wants to pull back the curtain and see the elephant.
𝐅𝐓𝐗 𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 $𝟕𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 ‘𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬’
By: Ariel Zilber – June 23, 2023
https://nypost.com/2023/06/23/ftx-sues-former-hillary-clinton-aide-over-700-million-in-misappropriated-funds/
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐦𝐚𝐧-𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝’𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐝𝐮𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬
By Lydia Moynihan – January 19, 2023
https://nypost.com/2023/01/19/sam-bankman-frieds-ties-with-the-clintons-helped-dupe-investors/
– Not Backing Off –
Earlier this week, CNN, NBC, and CBS started going after the Biden Crime Family. They have been merciless in their treatment of the White House spokesperson. It’s about time
Can you say Michelle Obama?
Perhaps “Goofy Gavin” Newsom?
Barry is the root cause of this entire mess. He stacked the Agencies with his Marxist minions, purged the military of anyone not a yes man, and corrupted the entire rule of law. When it goes, billionaire Barry will go with it. It is rotten to the core and has been for years.
With this information shared by specos and the earlier articles shared by Brad, JT should update his post regarding media coverage.
“Even more disturbing is the allegation that Delaware US Attorney David Weiss sought to bring charges against the 53-year-old in both the District of Columbia and Southern California last year and was denied both times.
That directly contradicts statements made to Congress by Attorney General Garland.”
Special Agent Darrell Waldon’s 10/11/22 memo [1] is on the record [2]:
1. Though there is still a large amount of unreported “Burisma” income without mechanism to recover: No charges on ’14 & ’15!
2. Weiss’ request on Special Counsel status was denied by Main DOJ
3. Inconsistent with DOJs public statement and Garland’s testimony: Weiss stated that he is not the deciding person whether charges are filed (maybe it’s Monaco)
4. In 9/22 case was sent to central district of CA (Weiss has no authority to charge)
5. Referral to Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) was made.
[1] Exhibit 10 on pp 148: https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Whistleblower-1-Transcript_Redacted.pdf
[2] see also Estovir’s comment at 4:43pm
Impeachment isn’t enough – give US Blood 🩸💀🔥
1,000 up-votes!
lol – Just got that “Yakov Yurovsky” the man who killed the Czar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Yurovsky
Turley:
GARLAND: “Whistleblowers making allegations without proof. It’s pure hearsay.”
+++
Maybe Garland’s next career will be as a Mob lawyer.
Or perhaps he is one now.
More likely that you are.
Meanwhile in Montana a freight train has crashed into the Yellowstone River and is believed to be leaking hazardous materials.
Another majority White region in America being poisoned with toxic sludge.
These are not ‘accidents.’
WTH is going on?
You think someone planned it? You’re deluded.
ok it was another ‘accident.’ incompetence. infrastructure fail. inspection fail.
just one of those things that happens regularly. because we haven’t built back better, yet.
go with that.
ok it was another accident. go with that.
infrastructure fail. again.
inspection fail. again.
incompetence. again.
human error. again.
just another accident.
these things happen.
just don’t call it sabotage.
Sen Tester – is that you again??
Hunter has not denied the story just like he never denied that the laptop was his. In contrast, there are many on this blog who did deny that the laptop was indeed the property of Mister Hunter Biden. One would think that after it became common knowledge that the laptop did indeed belong to Hunter that there would be some apology for the willful misleading of others on this blog but instead because of the lack of any moral fiber they continue even when they are proven to be the continuing prevaricators of untruth. No one loves them but their mother but she should be jiven too.
Impeaching the Big Guy looks more likely.
#LongOverdue
Ted Cruz calls on House to investigate impeaching Biden over Hunter allegations: ‘Direct evidence’
Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz is urging the House to look into impeaching President Biden after an IRS whistleblower on the Hunter Biden probe told Congress that the president’s son invoked his father to pressure a Chinese business partner through WhatsApp and claimed the elder Biden was in the room while he was making deals.
Asked at what point the investigation and problems pertaining to Hunter Biden turn into an issue for the president, which could lead to impeachment efforts by Republicans, Cruz said: “It is right now.”
“Look, this WhatsApp is direct evidence of Joe Biden abusing his government power to enrich his son, and, assuming 10% for the big guy, to enrich himself,” Cruz continued. “Remember, this WhatsApp says ‘we want to know.’ This is not just me, Hunter, just mooching off my dad. . . . Of course the House needs to investigate it, but the stunning thing is what the IRS whistleblower says is [Department of Justice], Merrick Garland prevented an investigation even into this message.”
– Fox News
https://twitter.com/tristanleavitt/status/1671995493705039872
Because of the legal slow walking and hiding of evidence by the DOJ and FBI, I sure hope we can impeach Biden post mortem. If they can impeach someone after they have left office, we can surely dig someone up and then impeach him.
The whistleblower, IRS official Gary Shapley, is being represented by attorney Tristan Leavitt, who is, or was, previously with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC)….
https://web.archive.org/web/20171129235827/https://osc.gov/News/pr17-19.pdf
not an attorney, so I am not sure what the proper protocol is, but is any of the following pertinent, possible or actionable from a legal stand point? does the buck stop with the AG or can the AG be removed legally for lying? Seems like this is nor morphing into a “she said he said” scenario, and I am not sure if there is a legal remedy to any of this. Im confused. see twitter link for following thread properly formatted
https://twitter.com/HansMahncke/status/1672699949849489408
Tristan Leavitt Retweeted Leavitt
Hans Mahncke
@HansMahncke
On Oct 7, 2022, senior IRS, FBI and DOJ officials **including US Attorney Weiss** had a meeting at which Weiss said that DOJ/Garland were impeding the Biden investigation.
Darrell Waldon, who is in charge of IRS criminal investigations at the DC office, confirmed what happened.
(image copy/paste….not edited!
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Attachments:
Waldon Darrell I
Shapley Gary A Jr; Batdorf Michael T
RE: Sportsman Meeting Update
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 7:27:14 AM
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Good morning, all
Thanks, Gary You covered it all I am taking care of referral to TIGTA.
Mike – let me know if you have any questions.
Darrell
Darrell J. Waldon
Special Agent in Charge
Washington, D.C. Field Office
(C)
From: Shapley Gary A Jr •
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2022 6:09 PM
To: Batdorf Michael T
Cc: Waldon Darrell J
Subject: Sportsman Meeting Update
Mike,
Darrell asked me to shoot an update from todays meeting. Darrell – feel free to comment if
I miss something.
1.
2.
Discussion about the agent leak – requested the sphere stay as small as possible
a.
DOJ IG will be notified
b.
FBI – HQ is notified and they refer it to their Counter Intelligence squad in a
field office for investigation
C.
IRS-CI – We need to make a referral to TIGTA – What do you need from me
on this action item?
Weiss stated that he is not the deciding person on whether charges are filed
a.
I believe this to be a huge problem – inconsistent with DOJ public position
and Merrick Garland testimony
b.
Process for decision:
i. Needs DOJ Tax approval first – stated that DOJ Tax will give
“discretion” (We explained what that means and why that is
problematic)
No venue in Delaware has been known since at least June 2021
Went to D.C. USAO in early summer to request to charge there
Biden appointed USA said they could not charge in his district
1
USA Weiss requested Special counsel authority when it was
sent to D.C and Main DOJ denied his request and told him to
follow the process
Tristan Leavitt
@tristanleavitt
SA Shapley didn’t just TELL Congress he memorialized the October 7, 2022 meeting, he gave them the memorializing email, with another attendee’s response that it was a correct recounting if the meeting (Ex 10, p 148). So it’s Garland vs. Weiss, not Garland vs. the whistleblowers. twitter.com/jonathanturley…
Lying is a way of life in DC. The politician with the best lies wins the election. The bureaucrat with the best lies rises to highest title in the agency. Anthony Fraudci told some great lies for over $400k a year.
Is a private citizen like Hunter getting $5 million from a foreign businessman illegal? I mean, doing business involves transfers of money. Even if as you claim his then private citizen father was involved?
If so, you have shown an appalling lack of curiosity and news blackout on the $2 billion Jared got from the Saudis. Or the money he got from the Qataris. Or all the money Trump gets from foreign sources while in office and out.
Turley only thinks these things need to be investigated if a democrat is involved.
Lwopie. I find it interesting that you consider making money on investments in foreign nations as being the same thing as Hunter getting millions for doing absolutely nothing. Jared and Trump are qualified by their knowledge of Real Estate investment. If you would, please show us any information that qualifies Hunter Biden to give advice concerning the petroleum industry in China or the Ukraine. Short of doing so your post can only be considered as infantile blather.
Hunter failed to register as a foreign agent (FARA) which is a big no-no since he was clearly lobbying on behalf of various foreign countries (explicitly outlined and detailed in his own emails)… He was paid for his influence; Jared’s was the result of investments…we may disagree on that but until the laws change, it is what it is.
With the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NBC, etc. reporting on this story, it’s not clear what to make of the claim that there is a news media blackout.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/us/politics/hunter-biden-joe-business-deal.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/doj-officials-slowed-blocked-hunter-biden-tax-crime-charges-irs-agent-alleges-c3f73520
nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/irs-agent-tells-house-committee-was-meddling-hunter-biden-case-rcna90689
Trump supporters live in an alternate world where evidence-free conspiracy theory is fact. And they only see or hear what they already think they believe. And they are waiting to be shot on 5th Avenue, and even then, Hillary or Hunter took the shot.
FishStick,
Keep spreading your DNC talking points, misinformation, disinformation, and lies.
We see through you.
Stupidity is not a crime, so that’s good news for you, so you’re free to go.
FishStick,
Unfortunately for you, you have already displayed your stupidity as TiT points out.
We all see through you.
We all see through you.
Think of the children!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phSxxVJCZsc
NB: No, Peter Shill/Svelaz/Gigi/Wally/Brad/Lwoop/Dennis, you can not diddy the little children. Well maybe Gavin Newsom and Joe Biden allow you to do that to minors, so as to jack up the vote (pun not intended) but not in the laws that still govern the United States, Merrick Garland’s corrupt DOJ not withstanding
FishWings — God save the Queen, man.
God Save The Fish, Man!
The Queen?
—
When I was a child, my father cheated on my mother, and didn’t love her. Later, my parents divorced.
My mother died in a car accident, and my brother and I had to live in my grandma’s old house.
Grandma’s sister was an alcoholic
The whole family lived on my grandma’s savings.
Grandma died recently.
My Uncle Andy is barely keeping himself out of jail from day to day. My brother left home, and won’t talk to us anymore.
Dad, now 73, had to go to work to support the family, and eventually he is going to want me to do the same thing.
Yours sincerely,
Prince William
Just remember that FishWings told us that the laptop was not Hunter’s laptop. This fact alone is enough to know that the fish rots from the head first. FishWings, Anonymous, Svelaz, and Dennis McIntyre all said the same thing. When reading one of their posts you should keep in mind who they’ve proven themselves to be.
Let’s allow Svelaz back onto this blog to defend himself and for his critical commentary in response to JT posts and conservative commenters. Jeff Silberman should be allowed to come back for similar reasons.
Im here, Im queer, get used to it!
Almost never agreed with Svalaz or Silberman. But they absolutely should be allowed back. Not sure what either of them did to get banned.
They are posting and commenting as usual under numerous sock puppets. You can tell by the copious amount of vomitus they expel
If you truly believe not seeing usual sock puppets means those trolls picked up their pyrotechnic tools and quietly slithered away into Svelaz’s WeHo mancabe, then you really need to start using your cerebral cortex more often and less upvoting your own comments
I think Svelaz and Silberman were call up by their Russian bosses, and they are now serving somewhere in the front lines in Eastern Ukraine.
Svelaz on the front lines of Ukraine with sweaty, uniformed, testosterone driven soldiers:
FishWings has apparently left the building
No fact from this joker. All he does is produce slogans.
Yo Fishy — God Save the Queen, man.
President Biden is proud of his country….err….his son….err….the Queen….
You keep on believen’ Fishy….
In case they didn’t cover this news on MSLSD:
“President Biden unexpectedly ended a speech on gun control Friday by saying, “God save the Queen, man” — after warning his audience they could be liable for the actions of people who steal their cars.
The 80-year-old president’s signoff confounded listeners, including journalists in the room at the University of Hartford’s campus in Connecticut.
“Several of you have asked me why he might have said that,” Todd Gillman of the Dallas Morning News wrote in a pool report describing the moment.
“I have no idea. Other poolers likewise have no idea.”
https://nypost.com/2023/06/16/biden-bizarrely-ends-gun-control-speech-with-god-save-the-queen/
Evidence-free? Really.
Thanks for sharing the articles Brad. Perhaps JT should update his column or blog post.
Thanks for sharing the articles Brad.
Gee whillikers, that is something Gigi would say to Dennis! some coincidence huh!
🖕🏾
UpState Farmer heard in background: “I am looking forward to my comment being deleted”
🤣
I stand by my comment!
The New york times spills one drop of ink on the IRS whistleblower story after pouring thousands of barrels of ink on the fake RussiaGate story and Brad thinks that the Times one moment of truth is a big deal. This is commonly known as grasping at straws and should be seen as a malevolent attempt at equivalence. Too late Brad, the horse is out of the barn and somehow you now are just noticing it’s gone missing.
I didn’t suggest it was a “big deal” and am not defending the NYTimes. I was just replying to JT’s claim that there’s been a media blackout. Nothing more.
Brad, and Jake Tapper finally admitted the the FBI was exposed. So what. What’s really interesting is that the Times pay wall usually lets you read at least the headline but in this case your lucky to read the first two words. Just like Jake they say it with a muffled voice and the next day they go back to telling us that girls should just shut up when men are showing their Johnson in the girls locker room. My theory is that Democratic men like you are just waiting their turn to do the same. One can only hope that you don’t have a daughter.
JT: There’s a media blackout on this story.
Me: There are multiple MSM accounts of this that came out days before this blog post.
You: It’s not a big deal that NYTimes ran a story on this, and what about their past behavior?
Me: I’m not defending the NYTimes. Just replying to JT’s claim above.
You: One can only hope you don’t have a daughter.
I don’t think there’s much point in my replying any further. Take care.
Brad, if you hadn’t previously “met” Thinkitthrough, he’s one of the blog’s resident trolls. He gets off on insulting everyone he perceives as liberal.
oh, oh,….Svelaz is baaacccckkkkkkk!!!
“oh, oh,….Svelaz is baaacccckkkkkkk!”
IQ of the blog falls by 40 points.
The “fix” was in when the communist broadcasters began “coverage.”
They got the “all clear” from the Deep Deep State Swamp; possibly from William “Mr. Deep Deep State Swamp” Barr.
“Conservative” outlets and authors have been on this for years.
The communist, proletarian consumers of these propagators don’t care a lick about anything but their immoral, antithetical and unconstitutional baby-killing rights, welfare-everything and affirmative action.
Unnatural Selection
It’s like the longshoremen, truckers, etc., couldn’t care less who the Mob kills, as long as they get their irrational and incompatible, brain-surgeon wages for unskilled labor – kill, kill, kill ’til we’re billionaires!
America was designed and engineered to be a severely restricted-vote republic under the dominion of the Constitution, “If you can keep it,” Ben Franklin.
You couldn’t.
I always wondered why the FBI/DoJ conviction rate was equal to North Korea, but then I realized their elites are above the law, also.
NOT GOD’S LAWS. When bidens are judged in the public court MSM will be too!
Welcome to the real world of todays corrupt media. Glad to see you have arrived!
I agree. The liberal MSM wants to bury it and move on and they aren’t addressing any of the key issues that the plea arrangement failed to address.
But here’s the rub.
You haven’t posted one article opining the fact that less than 48 hours after Biden’s sweetheart deal, Trumps trial gets set in a district that overwhelmingly voted for him, meaning a sweetheart jury to give him a pass too.
Furthermore you haven’t opined over the fact that the judge in the trial is one who not only was appointed by Trump, but she is also a fan, and has voted favorably for him in the past.
You’re doing exactly what the left is doing. You’re opining and poo pooing one the left, while ignoring the exact same thing on the right.
Biden got off, so will Trump. Its a SHOW.
Its not a trial, no ones going to jail, no ones investigating beyond summarizing already available information favorably to their own designs.
Its a SHOW. Because they don’t care who you vote for, as long as its one of the two corporate darlings they put in front of you.
When are people going to be capable of taking off their partisan blinders and stop PARROTING each others party lines, and start LOOKING at how they’re so easily being played…
Jonathan Turley says the authenticity of the WhatsApp message is yet to be established. But neither Hunter Biden nor Joe Biden has denied that it is genuine.
What does any of that have to do with my comment?
They haven’t addressed it one way or another.
And even if it’s authentic, there’s no reason to think that a crack addict was telling the truth in his text message.
why are you two trolls talking to each other (or yourself) on my comment about something that has absolutely nothing to do with my comment?
“Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.”
– Warren Buffett
_____________
“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
– Declaration of Independence, 1776
_____________________________
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, Alexander Hamilton, John Dickinson, James Madison, John Jay, John Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere, Nathan Hale, John Paul Jones, Ethan Allen, Thomas Paine, The Marquis De Lafayette, Henry Lee, Betsy Ross et al….
GRABBED THE BULL BY THE HORNS.
Pusillanimous milquetoasts are incorrigibly affrighted to undertake that which is evident and necessary.
__________________________________________________________________________________
“To [Act], or Not to [Act], That Is the Question”
– Prince Hamlet, The Tragical History of Hamlet – Prince of Denmark, William Shakespeare
Dear Prof Turley,
It’s a trick! Pick a card, any card. It doesn’t matter how you count the votes, if only R&D can win. .. you can’t rob a thief.
Biden and Trump are two people separated by a common language. Democrats and Republicans are two peoples separated by a common mental disorder.
We all have something different in common.
*forget the elephant .. . when Biden and the media act they create their own reality.
Abracadabra! Ladies and gentlemen, colleagues, associates and small children,
Hunter Biden’s esteemed counsel retorts:
“Any verifiable words or actions of my client, in the midst of a horrible addiction, are solely his own and have no connection to anyone in his family.
Biased and politically-motivated, selective leaks have plagued this matter for years. They are not only irresponsible, they are illegal. A close examination of the document released publicly yesterday by a very biased individual raises serious questions over whether it is what he claims it to be. It is dangerously misleading to make any conclusions or inferences based on this document.”
*put that in your crack pipe and smoke it.
Feds built $2.2 million tax case against Hunter Biden dating to 2014 before being thwarted
https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/feds-built-case-hunter-biden-evaded-22-million-taxes-dating-2014
During an IRS investigatory warrant to search iCloud records a WhatsApp message from July 30, 2017 was discovered in which Hunter Biden was speaking to a man named Henry Zhao, a Chinese businessman involved in Biden’s shady dealings in China and also, reportedly, an official in the Chinese Communist Party.
In the message Hunter Biden told Zhao to “Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight. And Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang, or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.”
On Aug. 4, 2017 (five days after the message), Chinese firm CEFC Infrastructure Investment wired $100,000 to Hunter Biden’s law firm Owasco, according to a 2020 report published by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Then, just days later on Aug. 8, 2017, CEFC Infrastructure Investment sent $5 million to Hudson West III, a firm Hunter Biden opened with Chinese associates.
The 2020 Senate report also revealed that beginning on Aug. 14, 2017 Hunter Biden initiated a string of 20 wire transactions from Owasco to Lion Hall Group, a consulting firm linked to President Biden’s brother James Biden and his wife Sara. The transactions continued through Aug. 3, 2018, and totaled $1.4 million.
What do you say, Merrick Garland? Is this still not enough to warrant the appointment of a special counsel just as tenacious as Jack Smith and not someone who will be compromised like David Weiss to investigate Joe “The Big Guy” Biden’s role in his son’s affairs? Or will you remain in “back off mode” as hoped for by the illiberal Democratic Party?
Ron A. Hoffman,
Well said.
Where are the investigations?
The wrong doing, the corruption is obvious to all to see.
What Do You Say, Ron A. Hoffman? Why was it “not enough to warrant the appointment of a special counsel” as Bill Barr (R) was AG?
1. The main part is a copy/paste from this piece [1] without any reference to it!
2. From my post earlier today (and MANY others I wrote to this topic)
“This weekend, there are reports that, […] a Chinese businessman with close ties to Chinese intelligence sent $5 million to [Hunter Bidens] account.”
As it was “out of my purview”, I don’t know if this are new “bombshell” accusations or simple old wine in new bottles (which makes it easy for “Fact Checkers” to deny allegation as not Hunter Biden but law firm Owasco was beneficiary):
On 9/23/20 Senator’s Grassley (R-IA) & Johnson (R-WI) released a 87-report: “Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns”. On page 78-79 it says:
“On Aug. 4, 2017, CEFC Infrastructure Investment (US) LLC, a subsidiary of Ye Jianming’s CEFC China Energy Company that listed Gongwen Dong as its director, sent Hunter Biden’s law firm, Owasco, a payment for $100,000” (confidential document 7)
“On Aug. 8, 2017, CEFC Infrastructure Investment wired $5 million to the bank account for Hudson West III.” (confidential document 8)
“Between Aug. 14, 2017 and Aug. 3, 2018, Owasco sent 20 wires totaling $1,398,999 to the Lion Hall Group, a consulting firm that lists James Biden and his wife, Sara Biden, on the bank account (confidential document 12). This transaction was identified for potential criminal financial activity.”
Who was AG at this time?
[1] https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hunter-biden-linked-account-received-5-million-days-threatening-messages-sitting-here-father
I copied/pasted nothing from the Fox piece. The information in that piece is widely available elsewhere for anyone’s access.
For what it is worth given the politics they have to abide AG Barr was a much better AG than Garland.
“I copied/pasted nothing from the Fox piece.”
Without quoting passages that someone else has written you represent it as your own original work (in contrary to accelerators like Yahoo and MSN who reference their piece). It is particularly important to work this out here because you try to rewrite the narrative and pretend that the two whistleblowers have given the case a new twist, which is bogus: Garland (D) is supposed to make up for what Barr deliberately failed to do: “the appointment of a special counsel.”
If you compare the two plagiarized passages, you will see that they are indent except for cosmetic corrections. Everyone can judge whether this is pure coincidence or deliberate intention:
1. Your wording: “On Aug. 4, 2017 (five days after the message), Chinese firm CEFC Infrastructure Investment wired $100,000 to Hunter Biden’s law firm Owasco, according to a 2020 report published by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Then, just days later on Aug. 8, 2017, CEFC Infrastructure Investment sent $5 million to Hudson West III, a firm Hunter Biden opened with Chinese associates.”
FNN wording: “On Aug. 4, 2017, Chinese firm CEFC Infrastructure Investment wired $100,000 to Hunter Biden’s law firm Owasco, according to a 2020 report published by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Then, days later on Aug. 8, 2017, CEFC Infrastructure Investment sent $5 million to Hudson West III, a firm Hunter Biden opened with Chinese associates.”
2. Your wording: “The 2020 Senate report also revealed that beginning on Aug. 14, 2017 Hunter Biden initiated a string of 20 wire transactions from Owasco to Lion Hall Group, a consulting firm linked to President Biden’s brother James Biden and his wife Sara. The transactions continued through Aug. 3, 2018, and totaled $1.4 million.”
FNN wording: In addition, the 2020 Senate report revealed that, beginning on Aug. 14, 2017, Hunter Biden initiated a string of 20 wire transactions from Owasco to Lion Hall Group, a consulting firm linked to President Biden’s brother James Biden and his wife Sara. The transactions continued through Aug. 3, 2018, and totaled $1.4 million.
The intention of your hiding becomes transparent in the refusal to answer my simple question: Why was it “not enough to warrant the appointment of a special counsel” as Bill Barr (R) was AG?
Plagiarism is a Doctor™ Jill Biden thing.
No, it’s a question of ethics to attribute others’ work!
It wasn’t represented as my own. The information is not copyrighted and is made available to the public (just as it was to FOX and hosts of other information outlets) to be used as one wishes. File a frivolous law suit without your having standing if you think you have a case.
As to your “question”, with your lack of meaningful context, it does not require an answer more than what I offered. Don’t be a Spanish inquisitionist thinking your questions require answers you want. When you do not get your answers, accept it and move on.
After I got you red-handed, you wrote: “I copied/pasted nothing from the Fox piece.”
Next I have contrasted the two passages and shown that they are word-for-word, with the exception of cosmetic corrections.
Now you said: “The information is not copyrighted and is made available to the public (just as it was to FOX and hosts of other information outlets) to be used as one wishes. File a frivolous law suit without your having standing if you think you have a case.” It’s about copying someone else’s work without an attribute. It’s a pity that you don’t care about Code of Ethics!
To offer you something more of an answer to your question, I would venture to guess that since September 23, 2020 was less than six weeks from the presidential election that AG Barr followed DOJ guidelines not to initiate an investigation until after the election. Might he have done so after the election and upon being retained as the AG? We will never know, because Biden booted him.
Biden didn’t get a chance to boot Barr: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/14/attorney-general-william-barr-resigns-effective-dec-23.html
If foolishness is painful …
Those caught red-handed AND try to conceal this with outrageous excuses, run the risk of losing their small remaining credibility:
1. All those who have a little common sense know that the date of publication of a report on a one-year investigation is not the same as the date of the disclosure of facts.
2. Some have instinct, many learn it in practise, few remain ignorami: Always use the original source: One of many examples: “Oversight” has revealed several times that then AG Barr passed over one “1023” in 1/20 (!!) to attorney Brady in Pittsburg, PA. After confidential informant was questioned, Brady created another “1023” on 6/30/20 “based on another record based on 2017” [1]. “Oversight” said “assessment was closed in 8/20” [1]. “But that’s just not true [..]. Instead, the confidential human source’s claims detailed in the FD-1023 were sent to the Delaware U.S. attorney’s office for further investigation, according to Barr. ” [2]
3. Even with a lack of political instinct, it can be seen that the appointment of a “Special Counsel does not necessarily lead to results. Did you ever heard about the progress Robert Hur made in investigating of President Biden’s handling of classified documents?
Once you’ve lost your reputation, you have nothing left to lose!
[1] https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1666139848208523264
[2] https://thefederalist.com/2023/06/07/exclusive-bill-barr-confirms-rep-jamie-raskin-lied-about-biden-family-corruption-investigation/
Fox was not my MSM source. The Washington Examiner was. Just as the Washington Examiner had no ethical requirement to credit Fox nor did Fox the Washington Examiner. Both information outlets expect what they report to be freely disseminated. They both chose, as it is their prerogative to do, to quote their source which is the report Grassley and Johnson released. However, that report (which you seem to have missed) also expects its information to be freely disseminated. Fox and the Washington Examiner could have just as easily paraphrased it, but by quoting it much greater effect is given. That in a nutshell is the intent and only reason to engage in using quotations in this instance.
I now understand your methods. Your angst is due to the fact that I have argued very persuasively on a matter with which you disagree and it leaves you discomforted. Your only response is to go out of your way to try to impugn my reputation. If anyone’s credibility suffers in our exchange, it is yours. Your attempt to disparage me because you cannot effectively argue is contemptible.
Now, answer me as to the other subject. Was your question about AG Barr answered?
Charlotte Kingsdale,
Fox among many others is a site from which I too obtain information. The July 30, 2017 WhatsApp message I obtained from the Washington Examiner. While I had thought I obtained the information in the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Report also from the Washington Examiner, I was mistaken. After reviewing my draft notes, I see that I had obtained that information from Fox’s paraphrasing of the Committee’s report instead. None of that, however, changes the fact that there isn’t any ethical obligation to quote anything Fox or any other news organization that offers information freely. At best it might be as a courtesy, but not a matter of any moral obligation.
Just so that you understand,
William “Mr. Deep Deep State Swamp” Barr is Mr. Deep Deep State Swamp.
The totally corrupt Deep Deep State Swamp is an eminently lucrative enterprise.
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“The US collected $5.03 trillion in federal revenues in 2022”
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Globalist and communist-lite Bill Barr was forcibly imposed on Real President Trump by Advice and Consent as part of the Obama Coup D’etat in America.
Eminently corrupt and wealthy Bill Barr and his Global Headquarters, the Globalist Deep Deep State Swamp, were threatened by the independently wealthy and very incorruptible Real President Donald J. Trump.
There is no evidence, nobody can articulate exactly what the bribery allegation is. What was the quid pro quo?
Bank records are not proof. All Republicans have are allegations, insinuations, assumptions, and conspiracy theories galore. This is why many conservatives are frustrated, because they can’t prove any of it.
Please don’t call Trump supporters “conservatives” that’s an insult to real conservatives. Real conservatives believe in the rule of law and the constitution.
As we are seeing before our very eyes, the rule of law and the Constitution are two things this corrupt admin does not believe in and flaunts the obvious two tiered justice system in all American’s faces.
If a person libels another, the least he can do is provide evidence. Fishwings can’t do that which proves him to be ignorant.
Trump never violated the Rule of Law nor the Constitution. In fact Trump abided by it since he relied on our Judicial system, something the Biden DOJ forgot about.
You’re a fool
Bank records are prof of some kind of wrong doing, corruption.
What we have is a corrupt FBI, DOJ, IRS who slow rolled, thwarted, or outright stopped any investigations into the Biden Crime family.
That is what you are either to stupid to see or just a paid troll.
And we all know if it were Trump, you would be screaming it was.
The evidence to date is enough to warrant a DOJ assessment of the allegations followed by a preliminary investigation based upon the credibility of the allegations. With sufficient facts thus obtained in the preliminary investigation then follows a full investigation to uncovers all the facts. That three part process, as explained by John Durham in his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee this week, has long been the standard adhered to by the DOJ until the arrival of Merrick Garland.
Ron A. Hoffman,
Well said and factual.
Hoffman, the problem is the allegations have no credibility. They are just allegations without enough evidence of probable cause. Also, suspicion is not evidence or probable cause.
the problem is you have no credibility
Hard to know in the absence of a full investigation. Biden was then in charge of Ukraine policy for the US. Zlochevsky was an embattled oligarch and owner of Ukraine’s largest private gas company. Zlochevsky could benefit extensively from having Biden in his pocket. The 1023 also apparently suggests that Zlochevsky was coerced into the payments. Given Biden’s control of US policy in Ukraine, and Zlochevsky’s needs and vulnerabilities, coercion would not have been difficult. Much easier than in the case of the WhatsApp message to CEFC after Biden was out of power.
There is in Russian the word “klicha” which means roof. It is the person with political or other power who is paid handsomely to protect you when storms come. That person usually has political power or connections. That is what Biden may well have been to Zlochevsky.
“Hard to know in the absence of a full investigation”
You don’t know how spot on you are!
A month after President Trump phoned President Zelenskyy, Chairman Grasley (R-IA) recalled the CEFIUS approved Henniges Automotive acquisition by Chinese state-owned aerospace and defense conglomerate AVIC [1], four years earlier. “As with the Uranium One transaction, there is cause for concern that potential conflicts of interest could have influenced CFIUS approval of the Henniges transaction,” Grasley wrote to DOT Secretary Mnuchin, pointing at BHR, “formed in November of 2013 by a merger between the Chinese-government linked firm, Bohai Capital, and a company named Rosemont Seneca Partners. Rosemont Seneca was reportedly formed in 2009 by Hunter Biden, the son of then-Vice President Joe Biden, Chris Heinz, the stepson of former Secretary of State John Kerry, and others.” What was done to dispel Chairman’s concerns, I could not determine with reasonable effort.
In any case, in their year-long investigation, the Senators left Henniges out of the equation and concentrated on other areas with an “impact on U.S. Government Policy”. According to Senator Grasley/Johnsons’ 87 pages report “Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns” released on 9/23/20, their journey began the same day as CIA Director John Brennan flew to Kiev:
“On April 16, 2014, Vice President Biden met with his son’s business partner, Devon Archer, at the White House. Five days later, Vice President Biden visited Ukraine, and he soon after was described in the press as the “public face of the administration’s handling of Ukraine.” The day after his visit, on April 22, Archer joined the board of Burisma. Six days later, on April 28, British officials seized $23 million from the London bank accounts of Burisma’s owner, Mykola Zlochevsky. Fourteen days later, on May 12, Hunter Biden joined the board of Burisma, and over the course of the next several years, Hunter Biden and Devon Archer were paid millions of dollars from a corrupt Ukrainian oligarch for their participation on the board. Hunter Biden’s position on the board created an immediate potential conflict of interest that would prove to be problematic for both U.S. and Ukrainian officials and would affect the implementation of Ukraine policy. ” (p 4)
Of course, many have been warned that they have been caught up by “Russian disinformation”: FBI agents Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides about Grasley/Johnson’s report, Brian Auten and Timothy Thibault about “Laptop from Hell”, the general public from presidential candidate Biden using the infamous intel letter in 1st debate as proof for “Russian disinformation”.
Why did Barr accept the appointment to the AG when Trump is a “fundamentally flawed person […] a defiant nine year old kid who’s always pushing the glass toward the edge of the table, defying his parents to stop him from doing it. It’s a means of self assertion and exerting his dominance over other people. And he’s a very petty individual who will always put his interests ahead of the country’s, his personal gratification of his, you know, his ego, but our country- our country can’t, you know, can’t be a therapy session for you know, a troubled man like this.” [2] In SM are traded lists of who is the biggest traitor of Trump. Bill Barr is usually high ranked!
As every coin has two sides: As long as Biden runs for re-election (if he will send packing no one cares about his so called “influence paddling” up to ten years ago), we will be blessed with more “bombshells”, which of course must be checked for their truthfulness first. What is much more interesting is that there are still people who let themselves to lead through the ring by the nose-ring. Where there is no will, there is no path to integrity!
[1] https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/henniges-automotive-acquired-by-avic-automotive-systems-holding-co-ltd-of-china-300139934.html
[2] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/william-barr-former-attorney-general-face-the-nation-transcript-06-18-2023/
Actually the “hard to know without a full investigation” is not accurate.
The standard necescary to start an investigation si not only present – it has been since 2015 – unlike CrossFire Huricane.
Further, since finding the money from China transfered through shell corporations to the Biden family
A more likely than not standard has been met.
With the FBI 1023 release – the beyond a reasonable doubt standard is met.
The more recent IRS WB revelations are just piling on. And there is likely more to come.
Has it been proven beyond any doubt at all that Biden has been bribed (repeatedly).
Nope, but the beyond any doubt at all standard is not even for science – much less courts.
“What was the quid pro quo?”
Good, lord. How many times does that have to be documented, here and elsewhere? I’ll repeat just one: Biden’s reversal of Trump’s ban on the *Chinese* owned TikTok.
At the very least, JB should recuse himself from any decisions involving communist China.
“…a de facto state media in the United States that operates by consent rather than coercion.” I have to say – one, more, time – Jonathan has nailed it. I find myself going to these pages again and again expecting to come away with effective distillations of our polity. Elegant, accurate, trenchant.