Update (6/23/23): In response to the publication of this article, Newsmax correspondent Alex Salvi confusingly tweeted that he “mistakenly referred to Joe Biden as former VP at the time of this text message sent by Hunter Biden, when he was actually out of office for 6 months.”
A number of right-wing media outlets are struggling to manufacture a scandal claiming Hunter Biden used his father’s political office for personal gain in the summer of 2017 — a time when then-private citizen Joe Biden did not hold any political office at all.
On Thursday, Republicans in Congress released transcripts from two IRS whistleblowers who claimed there had been recommendations for more serious tax charges against Hunter Biden, who earlier this week took a plea deal for two misdemeanor tax charges. Conservative media are particularly highlighting what the whistleblowers said about a WhatsApp message that Hunter Biden reportedly sent in July 2017, in which he allegedly told a Chinese business partner, “I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled.”
However, The New York Times reports that one of the whistleblowers, IRS agent Gary Shapley, also told Congress that there was evidence some of Hunter Biden’s claims of his father’s support in his business dealings were really “wishful thinking.” Shapley quoted Hunter Biden business associate Rob Walker as having told investigators: “I certainly never was thinking at any time the...
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