Trump says he is not involved in potential prosecution of Biden's son Hunter

By Sarah N. Lynch

 

FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden speaks by video feed during the 4th and final night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, as participants from across the country are hosted over video links from the originally planned site of the convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 20, 2020. 2020 Democratic National Convention/Pool via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had nothing to do with any potential prosecution of President-elect Joe Biden's son, Hunter, who has disclosed that his taxes are being investigated by a federal prosecutor in Delaware.

 

Trump was impeached by the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives in December 2019 on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress stemming from his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden. Trump was acquitted by the Republican-led Senate in February.

 

"I have NOTHING to do with the potential prosecution of Hunter Biden, or the Biden family. It is just more Fake News. Actually, I find it very sad to watch!" the Republican president wrote on Twitter.

 

His Twitter post came a day after Jeffrey Rosen, the incoming acting attorney general, declined to say in an interview with Reuters whether or not he would appoint a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden and his foreign business dealings.

 

Trump, due to leave office on Jan. 20, has privately been mulling whether to pressure the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to look into Hunter Biden, according to a person familiar with the matter.

 

Installing a special counsel would make it more politically difficult for the new attorney general in the incoming Biden administration to simply dismiss the matter.

 

Hunter Biden on Dec. 9 disclosed that his tax affairs were under investigation by the U.S. attorney's office in Delaware, part of the Justice Department.

 

A person familiar with the matter told Reuters that the investigation has been ongoing for at least two years, but Attorney General William Barr managed to keep it under wraps ahead of the 2020 election. Trump announced Barr's resignation on Monday.

 

An attorney for Hunter Biden could not immediately be reached for comment.

 

Hunter Biden has long been the subject of Republican attacks. Trump himself often mentioned Hunter Biden in campaign rallies ahead of his Nov. 3 election loss.

 

Trump and his allies have raised questions about potential conflicts of interest from Hunter Biden's position on the board of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma at the time his father was vice president under Democratic President Barack Obama. Trump and his allies also have called for investigations into Hunter Biden's efforts to raise capital for a Chinese fund.

 

Among the most active Trump allies in urging a criminal investigation into the Biden family has been Trump's personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani. Barr set up a special intake process at the Justice Department to vet and investigate tips related to Ukraine, including evidence that Giuliani had gathered.

 

Giuliani and his attorney Robert Costello were invited on Jan. 29 to the FBI field office in Pittsburgh to meet with Scott Brady, the region's U.S. attorney, and several other prosecutors and FBI agents to present evidence they had collected concerning Hunter Biden, Costello told Reuters in an interview this month.

 

"They had two FBI agents taking notes on their laptops," Costello said, noting that Giuliani "did the vast majority of the speaking."

 

Costello added that since that meeting, the top assistant in Brady's office and he had followed up somewhere between six and 10 times.

 

It is unclear exactly what became of the information once it was handed to Brady's office, and whether it was forwarded to the prosecutors in Delaware who are handling the Hunter Biden investigation.

 

(Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch; Additional reporting by Pete Schroeder and Steve Holland; Editing by Will Dunham)

 

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Next news: Biden has nothing to do with future prosecution of then ex-president Trump because of all his alleged crimes.

But Trump and the way he behaved has everything to do with it.

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Next news: Biden has nothing to do with future prosecution of then ex-president Trump because of all his alleged crimes.

But Trump and the way he behaved has everything to do with it.

IMO the Justice Department and the FBI won't need any encouragement from Biden to be prosecuting Trump, they are probably straining at the leash.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Trump says he is not involved in potential prosecution of Biden's son Hunter

 

this should put any doubt to rest.

 

 

 

Liar 

Trump getting ahead of himself.

 

Investigation -> Evidence -> Review of evidence-> Public Prosecutor Decision -> Presentation of Evidence to Grand Jury -Grand Jury Decision -> then and only then (Prosecution).

 

Trump is playing tick-tack-toe, he thinks he can bargain Hunter a Biden against the certainty that his own spawn are facing criminal investigation.

11 minutes ago, Tug said:

Liar 

Almost certainly so.

The simple answer is to gain influence. Having access to his father, a father who was VP, senator, and presidential hopeful is worth a few milllion to the CCP.

 

Hunter has nothing else to offer other than his last name.  

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As well as a post with unsourced and unsubstantiated allegations, and various replies.

Trump also said he didn't sleep with a hooker.  Was going to build a big beautiful wall.  Muslims celebrated 9/11 attacks. Biggest inauguration crowd ever.  Covid will magically disappear.

 

Stunning anyone still listens to him.

5 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

Trump also said he didn't sleep with a hooker.  Was going to build a big beautiful wall.  Muslims celebrated 9/11 attacks. Biggest inauguration crowd ever.  Covid will magically disappear.

 

Stunning anyone still listens to him.

It used to be entertaining, in a strange way, to listen to trump and just laugh at his stupidity.

 

But it became boring very quickly. He should just shut up and go play golf. He is just a dangerous person as shown by his non handling of the virus.

 

Trump is a moron but what is more concerning is that he has followers who believe him. I think Hilary had the right description of them.

1 hour ago, Hanaguma said:

The simple answer is to gain influence. Having access to his father, a father who was VP, senator, and presidential hopeful is worth a few milllion to the CCP.

 

Hunter has nothing else to offer other than his last name.  

So quite unlike the Trump "children" and their various business activities then?

4 hours ago, webfact said:

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had nothing to do with any potential prosecution of President-elect Joe Biden's son, Hunter, who has disclosed that his taxes are being investigated by a federal prosecutor in Delaware.

Lol

i just had a conference call with trump. now he told me not to tell you guys but he was really upset. can you guys give him a break on this one ? i could feel the pain in his voice. 

14 minutes ago, mr mr said:

i just had a conference call with trump. now he told me not to tell you guys but he was really upset. can you guys give him a break on this one ? i could feel the pain in his voice. 

Time you will never get back....too bad

So does Trump finally realise his words about the Biden crime family are not listened to?

 

A special prosecutor would BTW be really petty politics.

Edited December 18, 20205 yr by stevenl

3 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

So quite unlike the Trump "children" and their various business activities then?

AFAIK, none of Trump's kids have been crack addicts, impregnated a stripper, or slept with their brother's widow.  That's about the only "business" that Hunter excels at.

 

But, and this is a big but, the Trump kids were all involved in their family's PRIVATE business, not merely riding their father's name and public service. 

57 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

AFAIK, none of Trump's kids have been crack addicts, impregnated a stripper, or slept with their brother's widow.  That's about the only "business" that Hunter excels at.

 

But, and this is a big but, the Trump kids were all involved in their family's PRIVATE business, not merely riding their father's name and public service. 

Given what the leak of Trump's tax returns revealed about the state of their business, their achievements aren't exactly impressive. But I'm sure they achieved their positions based on their merits.

And as you may recall, Ivanka got preferential treatment from the Chinese govt re the granting of trademarks. Trademarks for her business that ultimately failed.

Edited December 18, 20205 yr by placeholder

54 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

AFAIK, none of Trump's kids have been crack addicts, impregnated a stripper, or slept with their brother's widow.  That's about the only "business" that Hunter excels at.

 

But, and this is a big but, the Trump kids were all involved in their family's PRIVATE business, not merely riding their father's name and public service. 

The Trump kids are involved in Trump's government, Hunter is not.

53 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

AFAIK, none of Trump's kids have been crack addicts, impregnated a stripper, or slept with their brother's widow.  That's about the only "business" that Hunter excels at.

 

But, and this is a big but, the Trump kids were all involved in their family's PRIVATE business, not merely riding their father's name and public service. 

Hunter has never held a public office. What he does as a private citizen is between him and his employer. Its not a concern.

 

But then you have ivanka and jared.

5 minutes ago, Sujo said:

Hunter has never held a public office. What he does as a private citizen is between him and his employer. Its not a concern.

 

But then you have ivanka and jared.

Jared's family got a billion dollar bailout from his disastrous real estate investment thanks in part (at least) to the government of Qatar. Jared happens to be the point man of the Trump administration for the Mideast and has been personally involved in the negotiations between the Saudis and Qatar. And to make Sujo's point perfectly clear, unlike Hunter, Jared is a government official. As is Ivanka.

Edited December 18, 20205 yr by placeholder

Ivankas chinese trademarks, that are notoriously difficult to obtain.

1 hour ago, Hanaguma said:

AFAIK, none of Trump's kids have been crack addicts, impregnated a stripper, or slept with their brother's widow.  That's about the only "business" that Hunter excels at.

 

But, and this is a big but, the Trump kids were all involved in their family's PRIVATE business, not merely riding their father's name and public service. 

Probably not, but they've been accused of many crimes, and convicted of a few.  Plus, more to come.  If they weren't guilty, why would Trump want to pardon them in advance?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/us/politics/rudy-giuliani-pardon.html
 

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Donald Trump Jr. had been under investigation by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, for contacts that the younger Mr. Trump had had with Russians offering damaging information on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign, but he was never charged. Mr. Kushner provided false information to federal authorities about his contacts with foreigners for his security clearance, but was given one anyway by the president.

 

An investigation by the Manhattan district attorney into the Trump Organization has expanded to include tax write-offs on millions of dollars in consulting fees by the company, some of which appear to have gone to Ms. Trump.

 

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/12/donald-trump-pardons-for-everyone

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Kushner provided federal authorities with false information about his contacts with foreigners when applying for his security clearance—which can be charged as a federal crime—though the president just decided to give him one anyway. When it comes to Eric, who is running the Trump Organization alongside his older brother in their father’s absence, he recently sat down for a deposition as part of the New York attorney general’s investigation into whether the family business falsely inflated the value of its assets to secure loans and tax benefits.

 

https://www.vox.com/2020/12/2/21895086/trump-pardons-bribery-ivanka-barr-durham

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The gist is that investigators say there are two separate schemes aimed at getting a certain person a pardon or sentence reduction.

• One is a “bribery-for-pardon” scheme, in which a “substantial political contribution” would be offered (apparently to the Trump campaign or connected groups) through intermediaries.
• The second is a “secret lobbying scheme,” in which two people would lobby senior White House officials for this pardon without officially registering as lobbyists under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/03/ivanka-trump-deposed-in-dc-probe-of-trump-inauguration-.html

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Ivanka Trump says she was deposed for 5 hours in inaugural spend probe. Here’s what she failed to mention

 

7 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

The simple answer is to gain influence. Having access to his father, a father who was VP, senator, and presidential hopeful is worth a few milllion to the CCP.

 

Hunter has nothing else to offer other than his last name.  

Nor do Trumps kids !

My view is that if any laws have been broken then prosecute , regardless of the surname.

Im sure you will agree , correct ?

1 hour ago, Hanaguma said:

AFAIK, none of Trump's kids have been crack addicts, impregnated a stripper, or slept with their brother's widow.  That's about the only "business" that Hunter excels at.

 

But, and this is a big but, the Trump kids were all involved in their family's PRIVATE business, not merely riding their father's name and public service. 

Hunter’s dad was a man of good moral principles and didn’t boast about grabbing pussies and walking into the dressing room of beauty pageant. A fine example of a decent father and husband. Cant say the same about Ivanka’s dad. 

2 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Hunter’s dad was a man of good moral principles and didn’t boast about grabbing pussies and walking into the dressing room of beauty pageant. A fine example of a decent father and husband. Cant say the same about Ivanka’s dad. 

"Was" ??? Has something happened to hunter's daddy?

13 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

"Was" ??? Has something happened to hunter's daddy?

Yes, he beat Trump and is now the president-elect.  Congrats to Biden!

3600 died today. Hope trump had a few pars.

2 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

Yes, he beat Trump and is now the president-elect.  Congrats to Biden!

It's Ok if English isn't your first language.

WAKE UP! If his lips move, he lies
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