President-elect Joe Biden has promised to restore independence and public trust in the Justice Department upon taking office and wall himself off from any civil or criminal investigations.
Trumpworld seized on news of the Hunter Biden tax investigations to heap credibility on a widely discredited New York Post story about a mysterious laptop and the Bidens' Ukraine ties."If Hunter Biden didn't pay his taxes, that's serious and he should be investigated for that. But that doesn't mean there's some sort of international cabal run by Joe Biden," said one former prosecutor. "Only a lazy mind makes that kind of a leap.
The biggest question since the news dropped is how the investigation into his son may complicate the early months of the elder Biden's presidency, particularly given his pledge to restore independence and trust in the Justice Department following a period of extraordinary politicization under the Trump administration."I'm not going to be telling them what they have to do and don't have to do. I'm not going to be saying go prosecute A, B or C," Biden told CNN last week.
Elie Honig, a former federal prosecutor from the Southern District of New York, echoed that view, telling Business Insider that ideally, the Hunter Biden probe shouldn't pose any complications for the Biden presidency. That said, Hunter Biden has faced a series of legal issues related to his taxes and questions about his foreign business dealings.
Until 2019, he served on the board of the Ukrainian natural-gas company Burisma Holdings and was paid up to $50,000 per month for the role. George Kent, a deputy assistant secretary of state overseeing Ukraine policy,that he raised concerns about the optics of Hunter Biden working for Burisma while the Obama administration was focusing on getting the Ukrainian government to avoid conflicts of interest, but that he was rebuffed by one of then-vice president Biden's staffers.
Why should he? Trump used it.
Fuk that. trump changed the rules. Joe and family are untouchable.
Hunter Biden investigations is step one to remove Joe and install Kamala. It’s why they suppressed the stories before election, but are covering it now. I give Biden till 4/30/21 before he’s removed and Kamala is POTUS.
Joe has had his hands all over the Hunter situation and the funds that were paid by China. Joe is bought and paid for already. Money laundring, bribery, influence peddling, tax fraud etc. Can Hunter afford to pay his child support with all those millions he collected from China