Hunter Biden is once again reinventing himself with the help of an ever-enabling media and the Democratic establishment. The media is full of reports that people are rediscovering Hunter and finding him strikingly honest and refreshing. In his pitch, he assures viewers that now “it’s just me” and not some team of advisers. The problem is that, for some of us who have been critics of the Bidens for decades, there is nothing new about the new Hunter other than a podcast audience.
For the record, I have been a critic of the Biden family for decades as one of the most corrupt political families in U.S. history. Joe Biden and his family have been influence peddlers and self-dealers since his time in the Senate — enriching themselves with positions and shady dealings.
Hunter Biden was the ultimate personification of that corruption — both financial and moral. He spent his life attacking those who tried to investigate his dealings, including filing ruinous lawsuits against individuals who would not yield.
At the same time, he spent lavishly with money that he acquired by leveraging the access and influence of his father. Some of this conduct continued during periods of sobriety as well as addiction. That includes his disgraceful record with regard to his daughter Navy Joan, whom he fought not to recognize or support.
Hunter has repeatedly sought to reinvent himself with the help of an army of advisers. His current pitch is that everything that he did for literally decades was because he was an addict and that he is now proud and unafraid.
The problem is that the facts do not fit the pitch. Hunter was cashing in on the family business from the moment that he emerged from law school. He was entitled and eager to use his father to enrich himself.
For a party that often seems on a recurring loop of mantras condemning white privilege and entitlements, Hunter Biden would seem the last person that the left would embrace. However, the use of his identity as a recovering addict is drawing crowds and accolades. He presents himself as a virtual sage as a result of the struggle.
I have previously expressed sympathy for Hunter’s recovery and credited him for writing about it. However, his honesty about addiction is notably missing in his account of his influence peddling and corruption. He prefers to focus on how he spent the money and not how he got it.
We’re missing accounts of his strong-arming of foreign figures, such as BHR Partners CEO Jonathan Li. In the summer of 2019, Li wired $250,000 to Hunter Biden from Beijing, with Joe Biden’s Delaware home listed as the beneficiary address.
There were diamonds as gifts, lavish expense accounts, and a sports car, in addition to massive payments that Hunter claimed were “loans.” There are messages like the one to a Chinese businessman , openly threatening Joe Biden’s displeasure if money is not sent to them immediately. In the WhatsApp message, Hunter stated:
“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.”
Hunter puts all of these dealings and his attacks on critics into a deep memory hole while thrilling liberal audiences as the liberated voice of reason.
Hunter continues to twist history to fit his needs. In an interview with Gov. Gavin Newsom, Biden explained how his infamous pardon was simply proof of “how much you know my dad loves me.” He said that his father “chose me over his legacy.”
That last point may be the only unassailable point from his interviews. However, Hunter notably stuck to the same carefully crafted narrative put out by his family in interviews on the pardon — insisting that it was made necessary by Trump’s election to protect him from retaliation.
Hunter told Newsom:
“My dad said that he wouldn’t give me a pardon and he was absolutely 100% genuine about it…he said it at a moment in time where he thought that he was going to be the next president of the United States and there would be a Justice Department that would treat me fairly…It would have been like having a gun to my family’s head for the next four years at least, so that’s why he pardoned me. It’s a really incredibly rational decision and a really difficult decision.”
It is the same spin given by Jill Biden in her book and clearly was crafted by the family. She insisted (like Hunter) that Joe meant it when he repeatedly insisted that he would not pardon his son under any circumstances. He ran for reelection on the promise. “Then the Justice Department changed. And I think that the process was not fair to Hunter. When Trump was elected, we knew that he would target Hunter.”
Just one problem: It was her husband’s Justice Department, and two different panels of jurors, who convicted Hunter. Indeed, even juries in the Bidens’ home state of Delaware and the heavily Democratic state of California declared him guilty.
The only pending matter was his sentencing before the same judges that President Biden assured us would be allowed to resolve the cases. Indeed, even after those convictions, the Biden administration declared that the president would not break his promise and pardon his son.
What’s particularly galling is that Hunter Biden was allowed to escape charges for other federal crimes, including his alleged influence peddling that produced millions from foreign interests.
President Biden notably pardoned his son for any crimes that he may have committed from “Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 1, 2024.”
If the family was so afraid of retaliation by Trump, why didn’t Joe Biden pardon his son for all crimes except those for which he was convicted during his administration?
That would still have been an abuse of power, but it would at least have maintained the president’s promise to allow the prior cases to proceed without interference.
Yet, Hunter picked up the spin where Jill left off: “If it was in a Mitt Romney administration, if it was in a John McCain administration, if it was in anybody that was an actual Republican and not a tyrant or a fascist, my dad would not have pardoned me.”
Once again, all that was pending from the very same judges was the sentencing for his convictions. Hunter was already protected from even more serious charges over his being an alleged unregistered foreign agent.
With history rewritten, Hunter proceeded to hold forth on his view of American politics, assuring the public that they could support Graham Platner. Speaking with authority, Hunter declared that “I have not heard anything in any way that would say to me that he is an abusive, misogynistic, anti-Semitic, or racist person.” He declared, “I’m 99.9% certain Graham Platner is no Nazi.”
So apparently the matter is settled by the new sage of the left.
Count me out on the Hunter Biden love fest tour. Some of us have followed too many of the prior incarnations of Hunter Biden to think that this latest variation is anything more than the latest creation of the Biden image lab.
His new videos are polished and poignant as he proclaims, “it’s just me.” But that is precisely the problem.
How “that family” has treated HIS innicent daughter tells you everything you need to know…they are all dispicable…including “Dr.” Biden….
The DNC (Democratic National Committee) must be getting desperate should They be lining up Hunter Biden the new godfather of the Biden Crime Family for the 2028 Presidential Election. Or perhaps Hunter is delusional enough to think that he could run in 2028 (for any office).
Truth be known, Newsom doesn’t ‘want’ to be President in 2028 because there isn’t any Money left in the economy for him to ring-up, his credit card is maxed-out (Nat-Debt is 39T+ and counting). Neither does Harris on the same basis. There is Cory Booker, he would run for Dog Catcher if there was enough Glory in it. AOC would like a shot, but would come up short on character. Elizabeth Warren is having to much fun trowing stones, while she’s living in a Glass house. And the Teflon Granny is enjoying living high on the nefarious Horde, so why ruin a good thing.
Yep – the DNC will have to scrape the bottom of the barrel to find a schmuck to do the dirty-deeds of the 2028 Election.
We haven;t even had the Mid-Terms yet and there’s the smell of panic in the air.
Ano
Truth be known, Newsom doesn’t ‘want’ to be President in 2028 because there isn’t any Money left in the economy for him to ring-up.
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Are you sure. He killed Calif econ, and still spending like crazy.
Re: Dusty
Your right about his ability to Spend ‘Gov & Other Peoples Money’, and he want’s to run away from the debts as his term is over.
But only to greener $ pastures. If the U.S. economy is overly maxed-out and there is no more fiat to spend, He’ll quietly find a spot in the private sector and wait it out, until the Fiat Money flows again.
Between him and his wife’s connection there are plenty of options to find a nice hammock to lay around in.
He done playing ‘A Fools Game” ~ IMO
Between Hunter and Jill and her book tour, they are the reoccurring nightmare the Democrat party just cannot escape.
Hunter Biden and Graham Platner seem very similar: two sleazebags trying to paint a convincing portrait of themselves as “nice guys” so they put one over on everybody, again.
Wow, the hypocrisy in this article is so thick it stifles the mind.
First, the most corrupt family? LOL! The Trump family surpassed that a long time ago. Turley is enabling the same sort of corruption by ignoring Trumps massive corruption, bribery, and plain ol fashioned benefitting from his position. Some of us think Turley is either jealous or just peddling BS to avoid the fact Trump is wrecking the U.S. economy and more likely the world economy because he’s too stupid to understand what he’s doing.
Inflation is up bigly. Gas prices are going to jump soon. He’s draining the SPR at record rate just to avoid the high gas prices he caused. China is benefitting from it more by gaining influence and credibility as a more stable partner.
In 1983 is SPR was far worse.
It’s not 1983. Trump is draining the SPR because HE started a war he promised he wasn’t going to start. Lying and the costing Americans more money is what he will be known for.
OOOOOOOO Trump started a war. So did O-dumber and both Bushes.
Obama didn’t start a war. Trump promised no more wars on his watch. I guess breaking promises is ok again. He also promised to lower interest rates and food prices. I guess he broke those too.
U voted for Trump because he made those promises.
Why didn’t you save time and simply say “But what about Trump?”
wow. Quite a perspective you have there. YOU might get the TDS comment of the day award if you just let your hatred consume you more. The last thing you should speak on is stability, that’s A LOT of TDS. feel better? but there’s more there isn’t there? it never goes away, that feeling in the pit of your stomach that Trump is coming for you. boo
Hatred? No. Just pointing out something so obvious even hardcore Trump supporters have a hard time ignoring. He did promise no more costly wars and regime change adventures. So he lied? It’s all on him and professor Turley keeps bringing up the Bidens and anything not Trump despite the growing problems caused by Trump and his administration.
Hunter is a great asset for Republicans. Every time he appears on TV, he reminds voters of the corruption and misfeasance of the Biden administration. It also reminds people of the corrupt and fake news outlets that buried the laptop story. Oh, and don’t forget the 51 “intelligence experts” who signed on to a fraudulent claim that the laptop was Russian disinformation. It took CBS two years to admit that Lesley Stahl was wrong for dismissing the laptop story during her interview of President Trump. I don’t recall her ever apologizing for that one. Hunter brings all this back into focus and reminds us why the Democrats are corrupt, evil, and anti-American.
Hunter Biden has been amply and thoroughly demonstrated to be a delusional, unprincipled, lying scumbag. Why anyone with an even partially functioning brain would pay the slightest bit of attention to anything that he says or writes completely escapes me.
So has Trump, so what’s your point? He’s been lying so hard he’s starting to glitch.
The putz interviews the scumbag! Nothing more, everything less.
Come On Man! This is your new Secretary of Health and Human Services under President AOC and Vice President Mamdani! Fentanyl and crack may have medicinal benefits per Secretary Biden so let the test experiments begin with the Secretary first in line! HAHA.
Typical addict behavior, Always thinking of ‘must somehow improve’ themselves. Always on, trying to stay disciplined enough to not fall back into the old way of thinking that led to .. well you know. Many have OCD behaviors to “keep them on track”. You can really see it in Hunter, his cavalier attitude is part of what led him to drugs and his constant reassertions that “it’s all in my past” help him cope with the real fact that he wants it and he knows he wants those drugs. desperate people do desperate things, no surprise there.
But if I remember correctly, you testified before congress that you voted for Biden in 2020.
I’m impressed at how the Democrats dig deep, search far and wide and then present to us as their best figures like Bidens, Hillary, Harris, Newsome, Platner, Talarico, Spanberger I could go on practically forever.
Much like the former #1 draft choice of the Indianapolis Colts (Art Schlichter), Hunter Biden is a name I hope to never hear of again. Addiction (gambling there as opposed to drugs) results in a cruel life and not easily beaten. All of this new fame (and fortune) could easily result in the old Hunter, which is something no one shuld want to see
Don’t look too closely at Hunter then because the old Hunter is right there. for one his smugness is what told him “I can handle drugs and not get addicted”. It’s still there. He has no humilty and isn’t even grateful for the incredible break that luck of birth has given him with a illegitimate pardon.
When Hunter says “it’s just me”, does that count as an ad hominem attack?
There is an expression for the new Hunter Biden persona: “De este agua que no beben”. Do not drink this water.
Why hasn’t the US House required Hunter, James, all the pardoned Bidens to testify under oath? They cannot plead the Fifth, and their testimony would provide riveting theater and open doors to criminally refer so many.
Show trials are more of a democrat/commie thing…
“he spent lavishly”
Jealousy.
Corruption is when one seeks payment for services rendered. It seems a lot of people gave small amounts of money in hopes of getting something in return, but nothing happened in return. Look for contrast at the billionaires throwing cash at Susan Collins to keep her voting to their benefit.
You missed this part.
That includes his disgraceful record with regard to his daughter Navy Joan, whom he fought not to recognize or support.
Navy is just proof that old Hunter still cannot emotionally face the troubles he himself created in this world like a man should. That’s all ego and no humility. He doesn’t HAVE to remain an absent father TODAY, does he? He needs more therapy.
Ladies, find a man who looks at you the way Greasy Gavin looked at Hunter Biden during that podcast.
Having different talking points does not make one honest or refreshing. Unless the Democrats are tiring of their own talking points and lies.
The Biden’s. . . .an accurate example of a corrupt family. Politics have always included shady deals with others so they could continue to be viewed as ethical leaders in the political process. I’m glad they are now being shown as the example of what is wrong with politics and corruption.