{"id":1201,"date":"2023-02-10T12:17:56","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T17:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2023-02-10T12:17:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T17:17:57","slug":"biden-claims-public-isnt-interested-in-investigation-of-his-son-hunter-the-public-says-otherwise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1201","title":{"rendered":"Biden Claims Public Isn\u2019t Interested In Investigation of His Son Hunter, the Public Says Otherwise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Joe Biden insists Americans aren\u2019t interested in House Republican investigations into his family members but recent polling suggests he is wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden made the assertion in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0UYrX7L29Us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an interview<\/a>&nbsp;with PBS NewsHour\u2019s Judy Woodruff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodruff noted the long-publicized intent of GOP lawmakers to look into business dealings involving Biden\u2019s son Hunter, and his brother Jim asking, \u201cHow do you plan to deal with that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe public\u2019s not going to pay attention to that,\u201d the President claimed. \u201cThey want these guys to do something.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf the only thing they can do is make up things about my family, it\u2019s not going to go very far.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BIDEN says Republicans just \u201cmake up things\u201d about his family\u2019s corrupt foreign business dealings. <br><br>Emails, texts, voicemails, photos, and witness testimony say different. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zTDGVUsadK\">pic.twitter.com\/zTDGVUsadK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1623463941841076225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s good to see Biden has at least moved on from his \u2018Russian disinformation\u2019 lie to simply surrender and wildly accuse Republicans of making things up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The validity of either claim is roughly the same, which is to say there is none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People want to know if Hunter Biden and James Biden were influence-peddling off the President\u2019s name and how exactly he may have been involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today&#39;s cover: New tactic: Hunter Biden is the \u2018laptop from hell\u2019 victim <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S7iCzxiAYJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/S7iCzxiAYJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BLHdNevP3F\">pic.twitter.com\/BLHdNevP3F<\/a><\/p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1621110268972470273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Political Insider\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/report-joe-biden-named-in-email-discussing-call-with-hunter-about-major-gas-deal-with-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported last month<\/a>\u00a0on an email that had been pulled from the infamous \u2018laptop from hell\u2019 naming Joe Biden in a discussion of an \u2018arranged\u2019 call between him and his son Hunter regarding a multi-million dollar gas deal with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oct 2017 Hunter and Jim Biden, were brokering a multi-million dollar deal to supply gas from Louisiana to China<br>Louisiana-based lawyer Robert Fenet wrote in an email he arranged &#39;a call from JOE BIDEN and Hunter Biden on Monday to discuss the purchase of the 5 million tons of gas <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CO6M1ac07Z\">pic.twitter.com\/CO6M1ac07Z<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8RealRobert\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Real_RobN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Real_RobN\/status\/1616473395511824384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The public might want to know about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with the famed \u201810% for the big guy\u2019 email reported on years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An email obtained by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/plausible-deniability-tony-bobulinski-biden-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a>&nbsp;in 2020 appeared to outline a payout for Biden in a joint venture with CEFC China Energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It included a proposed equity split of \u201c20\u201d for \u201cH\u201d and \u201c10 held by H for the big guy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tony Bobulinski, a former business associate of Hunter, insists the \u2018big guy\u2019 is\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/tony-bobulinski-claims-joe-biden-is-the-big-guy-discussed-business-dealings-with-his-son\/\" target=\"_blank\">a reference to<\/a>\u00a0Joe Biden, though that has not been confirmed elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hunter Biden\u2019s former business partner Tony Bobulinski: \u201cI 1000% sit here and know that &#39;the big guy&#39; is referencing Joe Biden\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CDtS3zSI7P\">https:\/\/t.co\/CDtS3zSI7P<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HlttD5WOPw\">pic.twitter.com\/HlttD5WOPw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1321248948439392259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A report surfaced in October that Hunter received&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/report-hunter-bidens-real-estate-firm-received-over-100-million-from-moscow-mayors-wife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">over $100 million<\/a>&nbsp;in investment backing from Elena Baturina, a billionaire Russian oligarch and wife of the former mayor of Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Biden has long insisted he has no knowledge of his son\u2019s business dealings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, all of these things certainly call for an investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Public Definitely Wants to Know<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While it remains irrelevant what the public interest is in such an investigation \u2013 corruption needs investigating whether or not the people are captivated \u2013 the basis for Biden\u2019s argument is null and void.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public most definitely wants Republicans to investigate Hunter, Joe, and the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Are Democrats Trying to Get Rid of Joe Biden?\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w5_ANz9ZKSI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Are Democrats Trying to Get Rid of Joe Biden?\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w5_ANz9ZKSI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/28\/majority-of-americans-approve-of-house-gop-plans-to-investigate-hunter-biden-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">November poll showed<\/a>&nbsp;that even before the GOP took control of the House of Representatives, a majority of likely voters (62%) agreed with them launching investigations into Hunter\u2019s overseas business dealings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A December poll saw that number&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/official-polls\/fox-news-poll-bipartisan-support-investigating-hunter-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jump to 72%<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 including a majority of Republicans (88%), independents (74%), and Democrats (54%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even an NBC News poll&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/meetthepressblog\/poll-americans-fret-house-gop-will-spend-much-time-probes-rcna68390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">earlier this month<\/a>&nbsp;indicates an investigation into Hunter is the \u201cmost important for House Republicans to pursue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, they\u2019ll most definitely be paying attention, Mr. President. About the only group of people in the country who\u00a0<em>don\u2019t<\/em>\u00a0want to see a probe into the Biden family all have the last name \u2018Biden.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/biden-claims-public-isnt-interested-in-investigation-of-his-son-hunter-the-public-says-otherwise\/\">https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/biden-claims-public-isnt-interested-in-investigation-of-his-son-hunter-the-public-says-otherwise\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden insists Americans aren\u2019t interested in House Republican investigations into his family members but recent polling suggests he is wrong. Biden made the assertion in&nbsp;an interview&nbsp;with PBS NewsHour\u2019s Judy Woodruff. Woodruff noted the long-publicized intent of GOP lawmakers to look into business dealings involving Biden\u2019s son Hunter, and his brother Jim asking, \u201cHow do you plan to deal with that?\u201d \u201cThe public\u2019s not going to pay attention to that,\u201d the President claimed. \u201cThey want these guys to do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hunter-biden"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1202,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201\/revisions\/1202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}