Hunter Biden
July 30, 2023 — Scott Johnson
Politico has just posted the first straight news story on the Department of Justice’s letter to the judge in Devon Archer’s fraud case. Having been convicted of fraud and lost his appeal, Archer is subject to execution of the sentence imposed on him following trial. Department lawyers were at work on Saturday seeking an order setting a date for Archer to report to prison: On Saturday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office
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July 26, 2023 — John Hinderaker
Federal Judge Maryellen Noreika is suddenly in the spotlight. Today she refused to approve Hunter Biden’s plea agreement, as we have discussed in several previous posts. Liberals immediately denounced Judge Noreika as a Trump appointee. All of which raises the question: who is she? A useful source of information is the form she filled out when she was nominated to the federal bench in late 2017. This is a standard
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July 26, 2023 — Elizabeth Stauffer
Few saw it coming. News of the collapse of Hunter Biden’s sweetheart deal sent shockwaves throughout Washington on Wednesday. U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika’s refusal to sign off on the plea agreement was the worst possible outcome for the Biden family, but it was a great outcome for the rule of law in America. This morning, Hunter was expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges of tax evasion
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July 26, 2023 — Scott Johnson
Say this about Judge Maryellen Noreika. She has her guard up. She is on the lookout for dirty tricks. Query whether she harbors the thought that the Hunter Biden plea deal she has been asked to bless today is one. The Daily Mail (Josh Boswell) and the New York Post (Samuel Chamberlain) have good narrative accounts of the strange doings in the federal district court clerk’s office in Wilmington yesterday.
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July 25, 2023 — Elizabeth Stauffer
As House Republicans close in on the truth about the Biden family’s overseas influence peddling business, Democrats are growing more and more desperate. As well they should. At last week’s House Oversight Committee meeting, ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), who is rapidly becoming the “Adam Schiff” of the GOP’s investigation into the Bidens, tried mightily to separate President Joe Biden from his son. He told colleagues, “Like other addicts,
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July 25, 2023 — Scott Johnson
Once upon a time, President Biden’s line on Hunter Biden’s apparently corrupt business affairs was that he never discussed them. He knew nothing about them. He had nothing to do with them. Biden now has a new line: “The president was never in business with his son.” That requires some translation. I would guess that it means he doesn’t show up as an owner of any of the 20 or
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July 24, 2023 — John Hinderaker
In the late 18th Century, French Foreign Minister Charles-Maurice Talleyrand took bribes from foreign powers in exchange for influencing France’s foreign policy. Well over 200 years later, he is remembered as a singularly corrupt (if also remarkably able) government official. The evidence that Joe Biden did exactly the same thing is fast becoming irresistible. Will Biden be remembered for his corruption 200 years from now? Not if Democrats in the
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July 24, 2023 — Scott Johnson
Devon Archer is one of Hunter Biden’s former business partners. He is now facing jail for his role in a $60 million bond fraud, but is scheduled to testify this week before the House Oversight Committee. Miranda Devine reports that Archer will testify about meetings he witnessed that were attended by Joe Biden either in person or via speakerphone when Hunter would call the gentleman we have come to know
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July 23, 2023 — Scott Johnson
Posted yesterday, Andrew McCarthy’s weekly NRO column is “The Biden Family’s History of Influence-Peddling, Explained” (behind NRO’s paywall). It lays out the template of the Biden family business in Romania and then applies it to Ukraine. It is long, lucid, and devastating. NRO has also posted the long editorial “The Jaw-Dropping Hunter Biden–Investigation Revelations.” The editorial is accessible and provides a useful review of what we have learned so far
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July 23, 2023 — Elizabeth Stauffer
In a recent interview with Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo, former President Donald Trump recounted a long ago conversation he’d had with the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. He claimed he asked Kennedy whom he considered to be the smartest senator. Trump told Maria: “I won’t tell you the answer because I don’t particularly like the guy. I said, ‘Who’s the dumbest?’ He said, ‘Probably Joe [Biden].’” According to Trump, Kennedy replied,
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July 20, 2023 — Scott Johnson
The House Oversight Committee has posted the opening statements of the two IRS whistleblowers who testified on the farcical investigation of Hunter Biden. They testified at the committee’s public hearing yesterday. Gary Shapley’s statement is posted here. Joseph Ziegler’s statement is posted here. C-SPAN has also posted video of the opening statements as delivered. Gary Shapley’s is below. Joseph Ziegler’s is below. Both men give the appearance of unimpeachable professional
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July 19, 2023 — Scott Johnson
IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler (as we learned today) have given their impressive, powerful, and highly credible statements to the House Oversight Committee on the farcical investigation of Hunter Biden. As I write, the hearing is in progress with the absurd participation of House Democrats. The Democrats too have the spirit of comedy, each in his or her own way. To a man, woman, or somewhere in between,
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July 18, 2023 — Scott Johnson
The House Oversight Committee has released a handy document titled The Bidens’ Influence Peddling Timeline. According to the committee, the main points of interest are: A) Romania, B) China – CEFC, C) China – Bohai Harvest RST Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. (BHR), and D) Kazakhstan. Taking a look at the Ukraine entries, I wanted to confirm that Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin was investigating Burisma in December 2015 at
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July 18, 2023 — Scott Johnson
In the matter of the Biden family business and the protection thereof, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced that staff conducted a transcribed interview with a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent assigned to the FBI’s Wilmington office and the Biden criminal investigation. Comer let it be known that the former agent confirmed key portions of the IRS whistleblower testimony — i.e., on December 7, 2020, “[t]he night before the
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July 16, 2023 — John Hinderaker
Those were the topics for my appearance last night on Sky News Australia’s excellent Outsiders program, as I continued my effort to explain the inexplicable to Aussies. Note the frequent Power Line plugs:
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July 15, 2023 — Elizabeth Stauffer
A new Issues&Insights/TIPP poll found that 56% of those surveyed think it’s either very likely or somewhat likely that President Joe Biden took bribes from foreign nationals during his vice presidency. Just 27% said it was not very likely and 18% were not sure. Participants were asked, “How likely is it that the claims made by government whistleblowers alleging that President Biden, his son Hunter, and other members of his
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July 15, 2023 — Elizabeth Stauffer
Like many of us, former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino was extremely upset by the agency’s announcement on Thursday that they’d concluded their investigation into the discovery of a bag of cocaine at the White House without identifying a suspect. He addressed the story on his Thursday podcast. “Folks, there’s no way that story’s true,” he told listeners. “So, there’s clearly a political motive here to make this story go away.”
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