Michael Goodwin: Classified Docs Scandal Is Unboxing the Biden Family Business

Don’t expect boasts of “We’re No. 1” from the White House or Wilmington, but that doesn’t diminish the singular, ah, achievement. Both Bidens are infamy-worthy.

Fox News here’s a headline For all ages: “Biden, Hunter make presidential history as first father-son duo under separate investigations.”

With his reckless behavior, the president paid his debts handling of classified informationThe gentle probe of Biden inadvertently draws comparisons to Donald Trump’s treatment by the Department of Justice. When it came to the supposedly secret documents Biden had scattered around like so much birdseed, the feds couldn’t even be bothered to search for more, leaving the job to his lawyers for over a month.

It’s a sweet deal if you can get it.

No sudden SWAT team raid for Biden, no pictures of documents scattered on the floor, no Deep State agents whispering suggestions to reporters about the potential sale of America’s secrets to enemy states. Even the fact that the original documents were discovered Nov. 2 was kept secret during the midterm election, and for two more months thereafter.

The official party line remains that Good ol’ Uncle Joe just made a mistake. The FBI investigation will show that he meant no harm.

In the fifth year of Hunter’s ostensible tax- and lobbying probe, a similar favoritism is taking place. Instead of charging or not charging the president’s son, Attorney General Merrick Garland is proving he’s a bitter political hack by trying to bury the case deeper than Jimmy Hoffa.

Fox has a history, but its headline highlights unfinished business. It cites the “separate” Biden investigations. Justice will soon conduct a single investigation that involves both father and son if there is any justice left.

That is also something they’ve earned.

Hunter and Joe were clearly in the same boat when it came to the influence-peddling scheme that netted the family millions. In fact, the more we learn, the more convinced I am that Joe’s role has been underestimated.

If we ever find the truth, I believe it will be revealed that Joe is right. was the mastermind Hunter was the conduit for the payouts and the frontman. That’s the only arrangement that explains both the extraordinary amounts of money involved and why Joe still maintains the ridiculous lie he never even talked to Hunter about his son’s business.

The working theory for most people following the story has included the assumption that Hunter followed his father around the world as Joe, then veep, served as the Obama administration’s point man. This view holds that Hunter, the ultimate prodigal child, seized every opportunity to make deals with foreign governments and businesses in China, Ukraine and Russia.

Joe, on the other hand, presented the image of a caring, understanding father, marked by grief, and a serious statesman, whose assumed integrity kept his integrity far above giddy schemes. That image, despite Joe’s wealth and his years in government, is still very popular in public media and the press.

While he got modest spoils from his son’s business, according to information on Hunter’s abandoned laptop, they don’t come near to explaining the president’s extensive wealth.

That’s why Tony Bobulinski is such an important player. His bombshell statement Joe met him to discuss a major China deal. Joe authenticated his email that Joe was the sender. “big guy” You are in line to get a secret 10% cut.

Bobulinski also stated, as emails show, Hunter called his father. “my chairman” When discussing deals.

Joe’s playing dumb

Daily Mail also has this information reported Friday Joe and Hunter discussed a plan to have a conversation in late 2017, to discuss a multimillion dollar deal to sell American liquid natural gas to China.

Joe claims that he still believes in Sgt. Schultz, he knew nothing, nothing about Hunter’s business. It’s such an outlandish assertion that it raises questions about why he would go to such an extreme to declare his innocence. CNN has finally called him out on it.

One possible reason he’s sticking to his story is that, if he admitted knowing about the schemes, he would face followup questions along the lines of “What did you know and when did you know it? And what did you do about it?”

It would end the charade. This would ultimately reveal that we have a president who is compelled to take money from our enemies.

A full evidence trail would prove that Joe would have identified the targets based on his knowledge of foreign officials and large companies. Then it fell to Hunter and Joe’s brother Jim to make the pitches to them, with a promise that dear old dad was onboard and would deliver help, protection, favoritism, a good word — whatever was needed.

This is why the Bidens were willing to pay so many millions for such promises from the family members of the vice president of America. All of the buyers had troubled pasts and needed assistance. They were receiving American power that no money could buy.

Joe’s likely prime role also could explain why Garland has been terrified He should have continued to work on the Hunter case that he inherited. It’s such a glaring conflict of interest for him to investigate the son of his boss that it should have been turned over to a special counsel from the beginning of Joe’s presidency.

This would be a spark because any prosecutor worthy of the name would immediately confront clear evidence that Joe participated in meetings and received money from the schemes. The probe would then begin to investigate the extent of Joe’s involvement. Finally, the president would become a target.

Ironically, Garland might be stumbling into that very scenario because of Joe’s mishandling of classified documents. If special counsel Robert Hur sees any connection between the documents and the influence-peddling schemes, he would be compelled to merge the two cases — which could doom the Biden presidency.

Even if Hur & Garland try to reduce Biden breaks for their members, a energized GOP Congress is sure to blow the whistle. James Comer, Kentucky’s Oversight Committee chairman, has already zeroed in on this. “big guy.”

Comer uses whistleblowers and other evidence to support his claim: “I want to be clear: this is an investigation of Joe Biden, and that’s where our focus will be.”

Tick, tick, tick . .

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