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I watched about ten minutes of the whistleblower hearings today, and immediately turned in to what can be described best as a drunken stupor. The Biden regime must die a.s.a.p.
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Joe Biden’s ‘multimillion-dollar bribery’ file released July 23, 2023
Sky News host James Morrow says the chance of the Biden presidency could break down in a scandal has gotten a little higher this week after the FBI released a confidential witness statement. “Shedding further light on what appears to have been a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving Joe, the first fail son Hunter, and that Ukrainian oil and gas concern, Burisma.” Mr Morrow said.
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Photos show Hunter Biden in dad’s Corvette at Delaware home on same day as ‘shakedown’ message July 24, 2023
Photos from Hunter Biden’s laptop show he was at then-Vice President Joe Biden’s home in Delaware the same day of his alleged “shakedown” messages to a Chinese business partner.
President Biden recently shouted at a New York Post reporter when asked if he was with his son during the alleged WhatsApp discussion with Henry Zhao, CEO of Chinese asset management firm Harvest Fund Management, on July 30, 2017, during which Hunter said he was “sitting with” his father.
Asked if Biden was with Hunter during the digital discussion, the president laughed at the question before yelling, “No!”
During the July 30, 2017, discussion, Hunter Biden told Zhao, “I am sitting here with my father, and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled,” according to the message provided by IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley, who oversaw the agency’s investigation of Hunter.
“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,” Hunter added.
Top House Republicans have described the message as a “shakedown” by the Biden family.
Photos on Hunter’s abandoned laptop taken on July 30, 2017, the same day as the threatening message to Zhao, show Hunter posing in the driver’s seat of Biden’s 1967 Corvette Stingray with two girls in bikinis in the driveway of his father’s Wilmington home.
During his June 28 exchange with the New York Post, President Biden was asked specifically whether he was “sitting there with” his son or involved during the alleged exchange with Zhao.
“No. I wasn’t,” Biden said before shouting, “No!”
The photos – published by website Marco Polo led by former Trump aide Garrett Ziegler – were first reported by the Washington Free Beacon, which said one of the girls appeared to be Hunter’s niece.
The photos call into question whether both Bidens were in the same house during the time of the July 30, 2017, discussion.
A new report Sunday by the Post’s Miranda Devine said Devon Archer, Hunter’s longtime friend and fellow Burisma board member, is expected to testify this week to the House Oversight Committee that Biden, as vice president, was an active participant in at least two dozen calls with Hunter and Archer.
Committee Republicans tweeted the bombshell Monday morning, saying they “look forward to speaking with Devon Archer about this developing story.”
“Joe Biden lied to the American people when he said he knew nothing about his son’s business dealings,” Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said in a statement. “Evidence continues to be revealed that Joe Biden was very much involved in his family’s corrupt influence peddling schemes and he likely benefited financially. This includes deals with a corrupt Ukrainian oligarch and a CCP-linked energy company that generated millions for the Bidens and undermined American interests.”
“It certainly appears that Joe Biden and his family put themselves first and Americans last, but corporate media and the Justice Department continue to cover up for the Bidens. The Oversight Committee will continue to follow the facts to provide the transparency and accountability that the American people demand and deserve. We look forward to speaking soon with Devon Archer about Joe Biden’s involvement in his family’s business affairs.”
The White House has previously said the president never spoke to his son about his business dealings and had no knowledge of them. The president himself has also denied ever having spoken to his son about his business dealings or being involved in them.
However, a June 29 statement released by White House spokesperson from the White House Counsel’s Office Ian Sams deviates from the president’s previous denials, according to Republicans.
“As we have said many times before, the president was not in business with his son,” Sams stated.
Republicans said there has been a “clear shift” in messaging from the White House, and they are demanding to know whether that shift indicates the president knew more than he let on.
“This statement deviates from previous White House statements and brings forward concerns that the president knew of his son’s foreign business deals,” Comer, House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith wrote in a letter to White House Counsel Stuart Delery.
The White House did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Hunter Biden’s gallery sold first son’s artwork to major Dem donor appointed to prestigious commission: Report July 25, 2023
Hunter Biden’s artwork has reportedly brought in at least $1.3 million and one of the buyers was a prominent Democratic donor who was appointed by President Joe Biden to a prestigious commission.
Documents obtained by Business Insider showed that the buyer is Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, a real estate investor from Los Angeles.
President Biden appointed Hirsh Naftali to the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad in July 2022 – eight months after the first son’s first art opening. It’s not clear, however, whether her purchase came before or after the appointment.
Naftali is a prominent Democratic donor, having donated more than $200,000 to the Biden Victory Fund during the 2020 election cycle and over $30,000 to the Democratic National Committee this year. She also maxed out to the Biden campaign with two $3,300 donations in April of this year.
The documents obtained by Business Insider also indicate another buyer purchased Hunter Biden’s artwork for $875,000 though their identity has not been revealed.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House, the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, and Hunter Biden’s legal counsel for comment.
Biden’s counsel Abe Lowell told Business Insider that the gallery “sets the pricing and handles all sales based on the highest ethical standards of the industry, and does not disclose the names of any purchasers to Mr. Biden.”
The report comes as the House Oversight Committee, House Judiciary Committee, and House Ways and Means Committee are conducting a joint investigation into the federal probe into Hunter Biden, and whether prosecutorial decisions were influenced by politics.
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BREAKING: Biden’s DOJ Is Trying To Arrest Hunter’s Former Business Partner Just Hours Before He’s Set To Testify By Ilan Hulkower, July 30, 2023
In a stunning turn of events, journalist Miranda Devine reported that the Biden DOJ is trying to arrestHunter Biden’s former business parter Devon Archer just hours before he is set to testify before Congress on Monday.
She posted the scathing letter from the DOJ to Twitter
Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to federal gun charges out of Special Counsel David Weiss' probe By Brooke Singman Fox News Published October 3, 2023 10:24am EDT
Hunter Biden pleads not guilty on federal gun charges
The president's son entered the plea Tuesday and passed a drug test during his arraignment on three federal charges.
WILMINGTON, DE—Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to federal gun charges in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware Tuesday morning after being charged out of Special Counsel David Weiss' years-long investigation.
The president's son appeared in person in court for his arraignment Tuesday morning after being charged with making a false statement in the purchase of a firearm; making a false statement related to information required to be kept by a federal firearms licensed dealer; and one count of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.
With all counts combined, the total maximum prison time for the charges could be up to 25 years. Each count carries a maximum fine of $250,000, and three years of supervised release.
Biden pleaded not guilty to all three charges.
Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke presided over the hearing and laid out the conditions for Hunter Biden's release, which require the president's son to seek employment and communicate all international travel plans. Biden also is prohibited from possessing a firearm and using alcohol and drugs, and he is required to get drug tested randomly and participate in a substance abuse counseling program.
Burke said the conditions are "appropriate," and both the government and defense agreed.
Burke explained that both the government and the defense have a deadline of Nov. 3, 2023, to file any motions.
Hunter Biden defense attorney Abbe Lowell notified Burke that the defense plans to file a motion to dismiss, due to the diversion agreement on the gun charges, which he said he believes is still in effect.
The diversion agreement was included as part of the original plea deal that collapsed in July. Biden was set to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax, which would allow him to avoid jail time on a felony gun charge. That deal fell apart during his last court appearance. The president's son, in July, was then forced to plead not guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and one felony gun charge when the deal collapsed in court.
The federal gun charges are the first charges Weiss has brought against Hunter since being granted special counsel status by Attorney General Merrick Garland in August.
Lowell also said the defense's motion to dismiss would include an argument regarding the constitutionality of the statutes that, he said, have been discussed. Lowell added that he will also be making a request for an evidentiary hearing.
The government was represented by federal prosecutors Leo Wise and Derek Hines. Weiss was not present.
According to the indictment, "on or about October 12, 2018, in the District of Delaware, the defendant, Robert Hunter Biden, in connection with the acquisition of a firearm, that is, a Colt Cobra 38SPL Revolver with serial number RA 551363…knowingly made a false and fictitious written statement, intended and likely to deceive that dealer with respect to a fact material to the lawfulness of the sale of the firearm…in that the defendant, Robert Hunter Biden, provided a written statement on Form 4473 certifying he was not an unlawful user of, and addicted to, any stimulant, narcotic drug, and any other controlled substance, when in fact, as he knew, that statement was false and fictitious."
The indictment also states that "on or about October 12, 2018, through on or about October 23, 2018, in the District of Delaware, the defendant Robert Hunter Biden, knowing that he was an unlawful user of and addicted to any stimulant, narcotic drug, and any other controlled substance…did knowingly possess a firearm, that is, a Colt Cobra 38SPL revolver with serial number RA 551363, said firearm having been shipped and transported in interstate commerce."
Fox News first reported in 2021 that police had responded to an incident in 2018, when a gun owned by Hunter was thrown into a trash can outside a market in Delaware.
A source with knowledge of the Oct. 23, 2018, police report told Fox News that it indicated that Hallie Biden, who is the widow of President Biden's late son, Beau, and who was in a relationship with Hunter at the time, threw a gun owned by Hunter in a dumpster behind a market near a school.
A firearm transaction report reviewed by Fox News indicated that Hunter purchased a gun earlier that month.
On the firearm transaction report, Hunter answered in the negative when asked if he was "an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance."
Hunter was discharged from the Navy in 2014 after testing positive for cocaine.
His attorneys, who initially requested for the court appearance to take place via video conference, had signaled last month that he would plead not guilty to the charges. Burke rejected Hunter's request, saying he should not receive special treatment.
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