Timing is everything.
After pausing in the months before the election, federal authorities are now actively investigating the business dealings of Hunter Biden, a person with knowledge of the probe said. His father, President-elect Joe Biden, is not implicated.
Now that the election is over, the investigation is entering a new phase. Federal prosecutors in Delaware, working with the IRS Criminal Investigation agency and the FBI, are taking overt steps such as issuing subpoenas and seeking interviews, the person with knowledge said.
Activity in the investigation had been largely dormant in recent months due to Justice Department guidelines prohibiting overt actions that could affect an election, the person said.
CNN contacted Biden’s attorney and the campaign this week seeking comment about the investigation. On Wednesday, they released a statement acknowledging the probe.
“I learned yesterday for the first time that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware advised my legal counsel, also yesterday, that they are investigating my tax affairs. I take this matter very seriously but I am confident that a professional and objective review of these matters will demonstrate that I handled my affairs legally and appropriately, including with the benefit of professional tax advisors,” Hunter Biden said in a statement.
@ChuckRossDC:CNN has details that the Biden team left out in the statement they put out from Hunter. It’s not just tax crimes, it’s money laundering involving China.
Adam Schiff told me this was Russian propaganda and I believe him. Pretty clear blumpf has installed Kremlin agents in the FBI.
“…Justice Department guidelines prohibiting overt actions that could affect an election.”
To put it another way, the lawyers’ cabal had no intention of making President Trump look good in an election year—much less help bring to justice people who got rich giving aid and comfort to enemies of the republic.
They pushed President Trump out so they could put one of their own in power. Joe is senile. Kamala is a halfwit Negress completely under the control of her husband, lawyers’ cabalist and self-hating Jew Douglas Emhoff, who plans to thoroughly enjoy ridding the United States of the pretense of the rule of a Law the canal can’t write to the specific requirements of their rich clients.
His father, President-elect Joe Biden, is not implicated.
If they investigate they cannot help revealing that Joe was the big guy behind the graft and corruption. Does anyone think the drug-addled fool, Hunter, has any value beyond his genetic connections.
If they stop every time they run into a ‘Joe’ connection … we will know this all just the usual bullshit.
Rigged election.
Money laundering ? C’mon man, Vancouver BC is the unquestionable CCP money laundering destination… Hunter Biden is an amatuer compared to our BC LIberals and BC NDP… hey Hunter, you wanna learn how to launder dirty Chinese gangster money come and learn from the experts up here in China vassal State, British Columbia… they”ll show you how its done, how to keep it going after you”ve been caught, and how to stay out of jail. BC politicians know how to please their masters from China. China wants citizens of BC to wear masks, the Government of BC complies. Hunter is a fairly decent criminal, but he is a little fish compared to his Canadian comrades, they”re the real pros.
Agreed. Rich Coleman, de Jong and Chrusty Clark could show him a thing or two!
Don’t worry Joe will allow 6 hours to fire the investigators and then brag about it. It will likely be his crowning achievement in the short time he is President before Kamala takes over.
I find it curious how Justin the lesser’s China entanglement comes on the same day as Hunter and Fangfangl etc all came to light on the same day as 18 states took the election to court. Things that make you go hmmmm. Is it possible the biggest loser here is China?
Yes, I have been kind of wondering about this myself. I mean all of the sudden China spies, China bad guys and Chinese collaborators with traitors is the big story everywhere. I’m hoping it’s because Trump is about to put the hammer down and these folks were told ‘start reporting this stuff or consider yourself part of the giant confiscation that is going to happen after I win in the Supreme court and get to use the September 12, 2018 executive order on a few select organization. (Zuckerberg and Dorsey this means you!) And don’t forget I brought back firing squads too.’ Ah, hope springs eternal.
“So Hunter, how about those taxes?”
“Do you know who my father is?”
“Sorry Dude. No offense meant. We’ll let ourselves out.”
If Bumbling Biden is inaugurated, what will he do in the first week?
He’ll issue a pardon for Hunter, saying he’s doing so to stop a vindictive Republican witch hunt of his son.
Normally a President would not be so stupid as to pardon a family member. But Kamala might quietly egg him on to do this. She then would be better positioned to remove bumbling Biden from office.
There is a rumour going around that Biden has offered to McConnell the suggestion that he will peacefully turn over the Presidency to Trump providing he and his family get a pardon. Trump, however, is refusing to agree and wants to go for the firing squad.
Get serious. The FBI had Hunter’s laptop for almost a year and you’re telling me prosecutors are just waking up now and are getting serious about doing their job?? Uh uh. Ain’t buyin’ it.
Oh, and Joe not being implicated???? That makes it even worse. Never mind the fact he was mentioned several times in the emails. They’re throwing a bone to Republicans by throwing Hunter under the bus.
Horseshit.
Why are they waiting ’til now? – same reason San Fran Nan would not debate another relief bill in Congress; anything to make Trump look bad / Sloe Joe look good.
Same reason Hitlery has never been seriously investigated, rather than jailed-for-life where she belongs.
Which will all be shut down should idiot Joe become president.
No, it won’t be shut down. They will complete the investigation and find Hunter did nothing wrong or illegal.
Everything I need to know about the Biden’s President-Presumed status … I learned in Kindergarten. What’s that you ask? I learned on the Kindergarten 4-square court that if someone in Square B … cheats … breaks the rules and knocks me out of the game … I would get a do-over. My fraudulent EXIT would not stand. So we would replay the game … according to the rules … and we ALL learned that the result of the do-over almost NEVER replicated the original cheated result.
The US Supreme Court MUST conduct the business of the US Constitution AT LEAST as honorably, and fairly, as the average Kindergartener would.
Typical, Crap No one Needs referring to Biden as president elect. Nothing has been conceded and the lawsuits are still running through the courts. No winner has been determined.
“Justice Department guidelines prohibiting overt actions that could affect an election”
Really? So if someone running for president is implicated as criminal, crooked, profiting from politics, and so on, that must be kept from the public?
Forgive my naivete, but once upon a time I kinda thought that sort of information was the sort of thing that one would want brought to light in an election – with the hopes that the information WOULD affect the way people assess the candidate. Which yes, would affect an election.
Once upon a time, anyway.
ft, once upon a time , long ago and far away, the truth mattered.
– whereas the only truth now is “Winning isn’t everything – it’s the only thing.”
( – Oh yeah and, “global warming is gonna’ killusol, Canadians are racist ba$tards, white males are the ultimate villains, etc etc ad nauseam…)
Totally agreed first timer.
This is politics interfering with the Just Us System.
As everything,any case at all could be claimed to “affect” an election.
Quite amazing when you stop to consider how proudly they boast of this.
So politicians and their pets are above the law,during any election season.
Ain’t Kleptocracy grand.