That Joe Biden pardoned son Hunter shocked mostly media, who believed Biden when he said he wouldn't. Those who truck in truth re: Biden, Inc. knew the play: gaslight, lie, then do whatever you want.
From liberal Politifact: There's widespread agreement "among Ukraine policy experts that Hunter Biden’s decision to become a director for Burisma presented a serious conflict of interest.
"It’s not a crime, but it is a lapse. It’s troubling," said Lincoln A. Mitchell, an adjunct research scholar at Columbia University’s Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies who has written about governance in the former Soviet Union.
Pifer, who expressed reservations about the arrangement to the New York Times in 2015, said subsequent developments have only confirmed those concerns.
"It was a mistake for Hunter Biden to join the Burisma board, particularly given that the vice president was the senior U.S. official engaging Ukraine," Pifer said. "Hunter Biden should have been more mindful of his father's position."
And Yoshiko Herrera, a University of Wisconsin professor who previously headed the university’s Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia, said Hunter Biden’s hiring echoes the strategy common within Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union, in which powerful interests try to secure influence on foreign policy by leveraging family members and associates of key leaders.
"Calling Hunter Biden a private citizen ignores the obvious links to the vice president," Herrera said. "Conflict-of-interest rules should have applied. If Biden is working for the Obama administration on Ukraine, his son should not have been on the board of a company there that could be affected by U.S. policy spearheaded by his father." Bingo! For all we know, Joe's action on Shokin was a performative gesture to keep Hunter Biden safely embedded where he should never have been, given his father's station. Everything else we know about Biden, Inc. confirms as much.
You misrepresent the Burisma story. You claim nepotism. Burisma a corrupt company hired Hunter Biden as a "consultant" in hopes of influencing the Obama administration. Joe Biden didn't ask for this, furthermore Burisma was corrupt and didn't want be investigated. Joe Biden acted in opposition to the wishes of Burisma by demanding the firing of the corrupt prosecutor.
From liberal Politifact: There's widespread agreement "among Ukraine policy experts that Hunter Biden’s decision to become a director for Burisma presented a serious conflict of interest.
"It’s not a crime, but it is a lapse. It’s troubling," said Lincoln A. Mitchell, an adjunct research scholar at Columbia University’s Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies who has written about governance in the former Soviet Union.
Pifer, who expressed reservations about the arrangement to the New York Times in 2015, said subsequent developments have only confirmed those concerns.
"It was a mistake for Hunter Biden to join the Burisma board, particularly given that the vice president was the senior U.S. official engaging Ukraine," Pifer said. "Hunter Biden should have been more mindful of his father's position."
And Yoshiko Herrera, a University of Wisconsin professor who previously headed the university’s Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia, said Hunter Biden’s hiring echoes the strategy common within Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union, in which powerful interests try to secure influence on foreign policy by leveraging family members and associates of key leaders.
"Calling Hunter Biden a private citizen ignores the obvious links to the vice president," Herrera said. "Conflict-of-interest rules should have applied. If Biden is working for the Obama administration on Ukraine, his son should not have been on the board of a company there that could be affected by U.S. policy spearheaded by his father." Bingo! For all we know, Joe's action on Shokin was a performative gesture to keep Hunter Biden safely embedded where he should never have been, given his father's station. Everything else we know about Biden, Inc. confirms as much.
Yes, those are Democratic talking points, LOL, but not the rruth. We covered the full scope of the Biden-Burisma grift in the House. See here: https://oversight.house.gov/blog/evidence-of-joe-bidens-involvement-in-his-familys-influence-peddling-schemes/ Mollie Hemmingway added key nuance in her book Rigged, as I've told you privately but you refuse to read. And how are you leaving comments when you are not a paid subscriber, LOL?
You misrepresent the Burisma story. You claim nepotism. Burisma a corrupt company hired Hunter Biden as a "consultant" in hopes of influencing the Obama administration. Joe Biden didn't ask for this, furthermore Burisma was corrupt and didn't want be investigated. Joe Biden acted in opposition to the wishes of Burisma by demanding the firing of the corrupt prosecutor.
Comey? Clapper? Crotty?
Riddle me this joker, can a pardon be granted for those who haven't been charged with a crime, such as grifter James?