According to CNN, none of this is a big deal because we have not seen bank records showing a direct payment to Joe Biden.“House Oversight Republicans laid out their intention to accuse President Joe Biden of corruption even without direct evidence that he financially benefited from Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings, a clear shift in their strategy that they said was launched to investigate the president,” the outlet said.
“This is a hollow claim no other American would be afforded if their family members accepted foreign payments or bribes,” the lawmakers said. “Indeed, the law recognizes payments to family members to corruptly influence others can constitute a bribe.” No, they’re not. They’re saying that enriching the family is benefiting Joe Biden. They point out that this could be illegal bribery by quoting federal law verbatim. All that is left is to show that Biden’s leadership decisions were somehow affected.
With the years' worth of context the media leave out, this defense becomes even more absurd. Hunter Biden once told his daughter in a text message that “Pop” made him give “half” of his salary to him. The proven list of sources of that salary range from criminals to people tied to the Chinese Communist Party.