Monday, May 8, 2023

Big Guy, Little Guy — Paul Jacob on the biggest little corruption story of our time.

Big Guy, Little Guy

"Prosecutors are nearing a decision on whether to charge President Biden's son Hunter with tax- and gun-related violations," The Washington Post reports.

Last October, the paper disclosed that, after a four-year investigation, federal agents had "gathered what they believe is sufficient evidence to charge him."

Hunter Biden's failure to honestly fill out the federal gun-purchase form, a felony, is punishable by up to ten years in prison. Poetically, that federal law, and penalty, was authored years ago by a certain U.S. senator from Delaware, his old man, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.

The tax charges stem from Hunter's massively lucrative business dealings with corrupt Ukrainian and state-connected Chinese companies — jobs for which Hunter seems to understand his main qualification was proximity to his pop, at that time Vice President of these United States, whom oligarchs and genocidal totalitarians desired to influence.

Both President Biden and his son Hunter deny they ever "discussed" Hunter's business. But that explanation doesn't fit even the rose-colored glasses vision of Joe Biden, family man. Plus, it is clearly and repeatedly contradicted by evidence of meetings and favors — and Hunter's international trips on Air Force Two.

Hunter has complained bitterly about how much money he had to kickback to his father and in one deal records show Hunter asking specifcally for 10 percent of proceeds to be held for "the Big Guy," whom others have identified as his father.

Further, we have long known that Hunter has paid phone bills, house renovations and other expenses for his dad, without scaring up much interest amongst news outlets.

Now, two new whistleblowers emerge:

The first, an IRS employee, tells House Republicans that the Department of Justice is engaging in "preferential treatment and politics" to block Hunter's prosecution.
The second whistleblower points to a document in the FBI's possession alleging "a criminal scheme" where then-Veep Biden traded policy for payola from a foreign national.

I would certainly like to hear more.

On Fox News Sunday, Juan Williams decried Republicans for "going after a relative and a child."

Hunter is 53 years old. And this isn't about young Hunter, but "the Big Guy."

This is Common Sense. I'm Paul Jacob.

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Monday, May 8, 2023