10-18-2019, 04:33 PM
From the same article, later:
Was it wrong and stupid for Biden's son to cash in on his name while Biden was VP? Yup. But this President's kids do that all the time. Dubya cashed in on the Bush name all his life. Would Liz Cheney remotely be in Congress if she weren't "Cheney"?
Yes, it's almost certain that Trumpies will try to make something out of this. For any thinking person, I suspect it will be as convincing as Donald Trump Jr. recent decrying of sons cashing in on their fathers' name.
A former senior Biden national security aide, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, had no recollection of hearing about Kent’s concerns, and also never heard a concern raised by the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine at the time. The first time the aide recalls Hunter Biden’s involvement surfacing as an issue was in December 2015, when the vice president traveled to Ukraine to deliver an anti-corruption speech and the New York Times wrote about his son’s role. Hunter Biden’s board appointment had been publicly announced the previous year and reported by the media at the time.
The aide said...“Did it have any effect on US policies, either on what we were doing or what the Ukrainians were doing? It didn’t..."
Was it wrong and stupid for Biden's son to cash in on his name while Biden was VP? Yup. But this President's kids do that all the time. Dubya cashed in on the Bush name all his life. Would Liz Cheney remotely be in Congress if she weren't "Cheney"?
Yes, it's almost certain that Trumpies will try to make something out of this. For any thinking person, I suspect it will be as convincing as Donald Trump Jr. recent decrying of sons cashing in on their fathers' name.