There is no doubt that we will all tire of hearing about Hunter Biden between now and the 2024 elections. He has been under investigation for the last five years and was a key name in the first impeachment of Donald Trump. After all of this, the Justice Department charged Hunter Biden with two misdemeanor tax violations, and he will enter a diversion program for a weapons charge.
As expected, the Republicans immediately started crying that this was a ‘sweetheart deal’ and that President Biden has weaponized the Justice Department to go after Republicans and go easy on Democrats like Biden’s own son, Hunter. And, once again, it seems as if the Republicans are 1) ignoring inconvenient facts and 2) doing the exact thing they are accusing President Biden of.
I have always wondered why the Republicans have continued to beat the drum about Hunter Biden but have not said a word about the Trump kids. Talk about a double standard. Recall that the Trump charity, for which the three eldest Trump children served on the board, was forced to pay a $2 million fine, disbanded and the former president Trump and his three children are precluded from serving on any charity board for 5 years in New York due to a misuse of charity funds.
Then there was the issue of Ivanka Trump receiving patents in China for some of her products during a time when Trump had started a trade war with China. I’m sure her position in the White House had nothing to do with it!! Jared Kushner mysteriously received an infusion of $2 BILLION for his newly founded hedge fund within six months of leaving the White House. No doubt another coincidence!
None of these things even raised an eyebrow with the Republicans and yet they all smack of, at a minimum, unethical conflicts of interest, if not illegal activities. Also, don’t forget that in spite of the rules against nepotism, Ivanka and Jared were unpaid advisors to the Trump White House in contravention of all political norms. Donald Trump also, refused to put his assets into a blind trust and disclose his taxes as previous presidents had done to preclude even the appearance of impropriety or conflicts of interest.
The simple fact is, if the Republicans are going to continue to beat this Hunter Biden drum, they at least need to be consistent and call out the behaviors of the Trump kids as well. We all know that will never happen!
Jim Jordan, the head of the House Judiciary Committee has tried to interfere in two ongoing criminal investigations in an unprecedented manner. He has tried to get information regarding the investigation into the hush money case against Trump from Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan District Attorney and he has tried to get information from Jack Smith, regarding his ongoing criminal investigations into Trump. These are clearly unprecedented abuses of Jordan’s position on the Judiciary Committee and the Republicans backing these efforts. If there has ever been a ‘weaponization’ of the government to go after political opponents, this is it!
Unfortunately, in spite of the obvious hypocrisy surrounding all of this, we will continue to hear the ‘Hunter Biden fight song’ sung with great vigor by the Republicans for the next year and a half!!
Let’s also not forget the simple fact that the charges against Hunter Biden for non-payment of tax and the weapons charge did not jeopardize national security like the charges currently brought against Trump for violating the Espionage Act. There are a large number of people who run into problems with the IRS. There are very few people who ultimately get charged under the Espionage Act! Just saying!
