Once again, the big corporate media newspapers have failed us, utterly ignoring on of the biggest stories of the decade, leaving me free to quote conservative media instead. The Federalist ran a story yesterday headlined, “Hunter Biden Threatened ‘My Father’ Could ‘Hold A Grudge’ In Extortive Message To Chinese Associate Revealed By Whistleblower.”
And that headline is, if anything, an understatement.
Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Committee released previously classified testimony by IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley about the Hunter Biden investigation. That’s the five-year-old investigation recently resulted in a deferred-prosecution, misdemeanor plea deal.
Among other things, agent Shapley testified that IRS investigators had recommended felony tax evasion charges against Hunter, but the DOJ overrode them.
After discovering there was evidence against Joe Biden hidden in a guest house, investigators were told that “there is no way a search warrant would ever get approved.” So Don’t. Even. Try.
I know what you’re thinking, but this is a totally different situation from, say, a search warrant of a former president’s home over some missing paperwork. Don’t be stupid.
Shapley also disclosed evidence that is perfectly consistent with the Oversight Committee’s Biden Bribery case investigation: a WhatsApp message that Hunter sent to a Chinese official, obviously shaking the official down for cash, and — this is key — warning that “my father is sitting right next to me.”
Who’s Hunter’s proud father again? Oh yeah. Here’s just the first part of the message:
This evidence now leaves the Bidens in the uncomfortable position of either having to claim Hunter is a liar, or admitting that Joe participated in the shakedown. Neither is a particularly great option.
And for some reason, Joe Biden didn’t appear especially anxious yesterday to answer reporters’ questions about Hunter’s WhatsApp message:
It’s a huge, developing story. I’ll keep you posted.
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