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BradK (Tuckered out)'s avatar

"Later that same day, $400,000 was moved from the joint entity’s account to a personal account of Hunter Biden. A few weeks later, Joe Biden received a $40,000 check."

But "10% for the Big Guy" was supposed to be part of the vast right wing conspiracy, right?

Matt L.'s avatar

Boy have we come a long way since 'Billy Beer'

BradK (Tuckered out)'s avatar

And at least they weren't trying to sell it to the Chinese.

Boogie's avatar

I don't know. Did you check your halo for a bright incandescent light bulb?

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LeftyMudersbach's avatar

Everyone, let me introduce you to the friendly neighborhood democrat party bot, otherwise known as Lebkuchen Honigkucken. He never fails to try to turn the truth into something “far right” and Trumps fault. Welcome to the party pal.

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Sam McGowan's avatar

Truth? You CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH! The truth is that Democrats have been corrupt since Andy Jackson.

Cranky Frankie's avatar

Somewhere along the line Sara Biden (brother James's wife) withdrew $50k in cash - actual currency - and redeposited it into her personal account, then wrote one of the many "loan repayment" checks to the President.

"On August 28, 2017, Sara Biden withdrew $50,000 in cash from Lion Hall Group. Later the same day, she deposited it into her and James Biden’s personal checking account. On September 3, 2017, Sara Biden cut a check to Joe Biden for $40,000 for a “loan repayment.”"

https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-reveals-how-joe-biden-received-laundered-china-money/

Like Fani Willis, funny business is disproportionately done in cash.

Cranky Frankie's avatar

Lots of loans in that family with no accompanying paperwork - notes, payment schedules, etc. This it eh oldest tax dodge known, claiming that it's money that must be repaid or, as in third case, money that was already mine once. Auditors aren't that stupid and will dig deeper unless specifically ordered not to.

This is the Biden issue. Auditor whistleblowers have come forward and testified that their IRS bosses shielded the Bidens from scrutiny.

williamj's avatar

Thank you for pointing this out to the many people on this site who only listen to Fox News.

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Matt L.'s avatar

Wait, Bill & Leb, I’m having a hard time following. Am I not to watch Fox, and also not to watch those that Fox fired as well?

Boogie's avatar

Why does Biden crime family always twist themselves into a syndicate of lending banks, pray tell?

BradK (Tuckered out)'s avatar

Putting "the Brand" in Brandon.

Boogie's avatar

Putting the Bought in "Biden". Putting the Hoe in Joe.

BBS's avatar

America has already let the Bidens--and everyone else in their regime--get away with it. I can barely stand to listen to the talking heads any more.

Kristin's avatar

Yeah. I agree. I don’t even watch the talking heads. Not sure how anyone could daily.

I do check in from time to time to see if anything new is going on. Nope. Never.

They are the Opitime of Groundhog Day.

And now……… back to Russia.

As I do like to poke fun. I’m even getting tired of doing that.

patrick.net/memes's avatar

I agree. The comically corrupt corporate media is utterly intolerable now, just continuous lies.

I won't listen to it for even a second, and if someone turns it on in public, I leave immediately.

Boogie's avatar

No. You can't. Not a single one.

Danimal28's avatar

And on the other side we have Mitch McConnell who's wife's family owns The Foremost Group which is an Asian based shipping/shipbuilding bidness that prolly ships fentanyl and Glock switches to our southern border and the Cartel's the Chinese launder money for....

There is one reason only that Trump was kicked out of office: China.

Polly wick's avatar

Git after it Sasha!

You are appreciated.

Feral Finster's avatar

"It’s really a story as old as time. The question is—will Americans let the Bidens get away with it."

Of course. As long as they servie the interests of the Uniparty, prosecutors will turn a blind eye. None of the Bidens ever will see the inside of a prison cell.

Kristin's avatar

So can we at least stop talking about it.

. Weve gone well over the usual amount of time talking about something Nobody is going to do anything about.

That would have been one day. If even that.

Ridiculous and boring.

Seva's avatar

Don’t be so full of doom and gloom. AI will save our sinking ship. It’s always darkest just before dawn. Soon the sun will shine and all will be well with the world. No doubt about it. Here’s some nice dancing to cheer you up. No one does dance better than the Russians. If I was rich I’d go live in Moscow which is no doubt far safer than Chicago which is being destroyed by city-wide black wilding, carjacking and crime. I wish we could trade Biden for Putin. Putin would work for America rather than the CCP and the Cartels. Putin would make America great again.

“Igor Moiseyev Ballet.” (5 min)

Russian ballet practice. Nov. 2018

https://youtu.be/sWK-zbbvKG4?si=i3df4VzcQWGWVdbQ

Richard's avatar

You don't have to be rich to escape Chicago. Lots of places in real America have lower cost of living.

Seva's avatar

I’ve lived in Chicago all my life and don’t know anyone anywhere else so where would I go? Plus our whole society is rotting so where are these safe places? The cities will collapse first and then the shock waves will bring the rest of it down. Actually our whole world is in a tailspin? This is why I believe only AI can save us. We’ll soon see about that.

An independent observer's avatar

Funny. As much as I love Russian ballet, I would not want Putin to be our president. He is certainly smarter than Biden, but then anyone is as this point. Putin is an aged madman with a delusion of grandeur. Nope, thank you.

Seva's avatar

“Putin is an aged madman with a delusion of grandeur.”

That’s Hillary’s assessment of him. Prof. John Mearsheimer is a political science and international affairs expert at the University of Chicago. He has a much more accurate assessment of Putin and Ukraine.

“The most important video on Ukraine.” (7 min)

John Anderson interviews Prof. John Mearsheimer. Jan 10, 2024

https://youtu.be/emD1cN2xEz4?si=Q1g9PLmrAz0qQ2wP

Kristin's avatar

Feral Finster. I love you . And you usually sound sane. Please. The Bodens are a waste of everyone’s times. They are a freak show. You can Not be possibly be saying that you want to drag these freaks through a court room.

No. Let them go home and let’s forget about them.

They have nothing compared to the Clintons in Their time.

Let’s stop pretending that they mean anything . Good bye. Go home.

Kristin's avatar

Yes. I obviously did. If I miss read it. My apologies. You are a force for good Feral Finster

Kristin's avatar

Sorry. Rush typing. No editing. You get the idea.

Ken D.'s avatar

by large majorities, Democrats think that Biden should be their nominee, and that he has dementia.

Petey Kay's avatar

This timeline is probably familiar to the majority of Congress, because they engage in similar activities. Biden inadvertently got exposed by the limelight of the Presidency.

Kristin's avatar

Yeah. I agree. Congress is def on a weird timeline.

Richard's avatar

The laptop wouldn't have changed the election. Just the number of fake ballots.

Susan G's avatar

Agree. And Biden's corruption and senility will only increase the number of fake ballots in 2024. Biden will "win" in 2024.

Donnie C's avatar

Thanks Sasha. I grew up in the '50's and I was taught that the 3 branches of government were self-correcting. If one branch became too powerful, the other branches would rein it in. But today I see the tentacles of corruption throughout every branch of government. The executive is corrupt, the judicial is corrupt and the legislative is corrupt. Where do patriots go to get redress?

Now we see that if you make too much noise, the intelligence agencies will come after you too. This is not America. Where will this end?

As long as people have hope that corrective measures will straighten things out, they can remain patient. But when good honest God-fearing people lose hope, they attempt to fix it themselves, and the result of that is never pretty--think about the French Revolution. That is not what I want.

What am I leaving to my 3 grandsons? They will never have the life I had. But I do know there is a God, there is a Heaven, and there is a hell. and ultimately there will be justice. I hope these people enjoy their wealth and power now, for they have no idea the price they will pay for it.

Jackson74's avatar

Good summary of the key points. Thank you Sasha.

williamj's avatar

Today (2/27/2024) there was a new development in the story of Alexander Smirnov and the Republican's investigation of Hunter Biden and Joe Biden which merits mention.

When asked about the indictment of a key Republican witness Alexander Smirnov for perjury, Representative James Comer (who chairs the House investigation) responded by attacking the FBI. Comer said "I don't know anything about Smirnov, but the circumstances around his indictment and his re-arrest and the changing of the original indictment by [special prosecutor David] Weiss is very concerning. Because everything that I've had to do with the FBI has been very suspicious throughout this investigation. The trust level that I have with the FBI is zero."

To cite just one reason to question Comer's response, both the current head of the FBI Christopher Wray and the special counsel David Weiss who brought the charges against Alexander Smirnov were appointed by former President Trump!

You can read the story here: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4492160-comer-takes-aim-at-fbi-after-informants-arrest-very-suspicious/

Comer's behavior is reminiscent of how cult members commonly react when they receive news contradicting their beliefs. Often in such situations cult followers will not acknowledge their past errors, Instead they double down on their commitments and attack those offering the contradicting information. That, of course, is exactly what Representative Comer did.

Michael B. Flaherty's avatar

Excellent, it all speaks for itself. Sadly, there's even far more to the corrupt story.

Kristin's avatar

So today. I’ve been participating more than usual. Not sure my replies are ending up under the comments I replied to. That’s ok. I write clearly but messy. People get the idea. No matter the missplacement of replies.

Love all of you! It’s all in good fun and all in good faith. Non needs to be taken personally. As it’s about the whole scene.

williamj's avatar

Sasha,

When I first opened your piece, I thought that you might address or at least mention last week's really big news item for all of the Republican investigations of President Biden, namely the perjury indictment of the Republican's star informant Alexander Smirnov for perjury. Unfortunately you disappointed me. You never even mention Smirnov and what happened last week.

Alexander Smirnov has been the Republicans star informant. He now stands accused by the special prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden of lying to the government and working with Russian intelligence to smear the Bidens. Currently Smirnov is in jail in Las Vegas pending arraignment and the government is fighting his release on bail lest he flee the country for Russia.

So significant is this development that it has even briefly been reported on Fox News! Last week when asked about this story Republican House impeachment leasers repeatedly ducked reporters questions about this story.

Following are some links concerning this story.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/ex-fbi-informant-charged-false-intel-bidens-set-appear-court-rcna140454

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/22/politics/alexander-smirnov-re-arrested/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/us/politics/smirnov-fbi-biden-russia.html

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-26/fbi-informant-bidens-detention-hearing

Sasha, instead of rehashing old poorly evidenced innuendos and discredited charges, would you care to comment on last week's really significant development in the Biden impeachment inquiry? I would really like to hear your response to this major development in the alleged Biden corruption story.

Sasha Stone's avatar

"Sasha, When I first opened this piece, I thought that you might address or at least mention last week's the really big news item in all of the Republican investigations of President Biden, namely the perjury indictment of the Republican's star informant Alexander Smirnov for perjury."

First off, this guy has been working with the FBI as an informant for decades. That they would suddenly flip on him in this way is suspect. What Jim Jordan says in his summary exists regardless of the bribe the informant supposedly named. What it looks more like to me, and I don't bring it up because it sounds more like a conspiracy, is a Nixon-level ratf*cking. That is, deliver something false to gullible people. When they put themselves on the line for it and it comes out it's a fraud they're discredited.

We saw this with the "Kraken" and the 2020 election. It's a brilliant strategy to give people like you permission to ignore the more serious charges. All Biden and the Democrats need to do is give people who posture moral superiority a reason to say "it's all phony." And lucky for them, most people -- most journalists -- are suckers. I do not trust anyone to get the real story there. BUT it doesn't matter. What Jim Jordan is saying here has nothing to do with that, except that some Republicans like Nancy Mace were played.

Susan G's avatar

IBrilliant analysis. This is Nixonian ratf*cking! I laughed out loud at this indictment but couldn't figure out the four D chess.

Kristin's avatar

Yeah . maybe. But what a waste of time.

Kristin's avatar

I mean these people have proven you can analyze and make endless details out of nothing. Where do they go from here? I hope they just go home.

williamj's avatar

Sasha,

Over many months you and I have repeatedly discussed the need to support opinions with hard evidence, not with character attacks, innuendos, other opinions, and conspiratorial theories.

So to repeat the real news item: Alexander Smirnov, a key Republican witness in the President Biden impeachment inquiry, has been indicted by a grand jury. Evidence was presented showing that there is probable cause to believe that he commit perjury and acted on behalf of Russian intelligence.

Instead of addressing this very important matter, you bring up other cases which failed in court because of the lack of real evidence. Remember that with one temporary minor procedural case in Pennsylvania, every one of the Trump 2020 election fraud allegations failed in court, many for lack of evidence. A mere hypothesis is not evidence. You need documents and witnesses who will swear under oath to what they saw. For all of the allegations of 2020 election fraud, none have actually stood up in court.

And as to Sidney Powell, the woman of Kraken fame, she has plead guilty to election interference charges in Georgia:

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/19/1207076719/sidney-powell-georgia-guilty-plea

Her evidence of election fraud was as mythological as the Norse Kraken.

So if you can do so, please address the actual Smirnov story.

Cynicon Implant's avatar

You are using NPR as a source. Enough said.

Sasha has the Smirnov story right. It's a misdirection play by the regime.

Barron Green's avatar

William, the FBI and DOJ both said the laptop was authentic and belonged to Hunter. Payments have been made and those transactions have been validated. Multiple witnesses have testified that Joe was involved. Hunter did have a job with Burisma and was paid $1 mil. His arrangements with companies in China and others are all documented. There is much evidence. You just wish to ignore it. As does the DNC and media. Don’t be like them.

williamj's avatar

Saying that the laptop is Hunter Biden's is a different thing from saying that the content of its hard drive is Hunter Biden's. And that it what is at issue. The laptop chain of custody is too compromised to permit the hard drive content to be court admissible.

Pace what you say, no one has testified under oath that Joe Biden was involved in Hunter Biden's business activities. Au contraire, multiple witnesses before the current investigations committee said the exact opposite, giving sworn testimony that Joe Biden was not involved in Hunter Biden's business activities.

Matt L.'s avatar

William,

Here’s a link that hit my feed from The Free Press (the Scroll) that is a deep dive into the developing Smirnov case. There’s a lot to the story that seems weird/odd.

https://stephenmcintyre.substack.com/p/the-smirnov-indictment?utm_campaign=post_embed

Heyjude's avatar

That’s an interesting thought process. Look around for an paid informant you can throw under the bus. Assign that person the role of “star informant” of the investigation, even though he was nowhere mentioned as part of the evidence given in this story. Ignore the actual points raised in the story, and demand an explanation for the diversion you yourself created.

How about an explanation for what value Hunter Biden provided for the millions he received?

Notyours's avatar

I want an explanation as to why the FBI trusted and paid him over many years.

And then, why the Repubs were to believe he would be reliable enough to force Wray to cough up the memo with the information that is now perjurious.

And if there were or are any other providers of info to the FBI that have made things up and not been indicted...

williamj's avatar

Heyjude,

I do not think that your take on events is quite correct. It is not a matter of throwing Alexander Smirnov under the bus as rather the special prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden realizing that this key Hunter Biden accuser was committing perjury and was a tool of Russian intelligence. Do you actually have any real evidence for your alternative version of events? I have very strong evidence for my interpretation, namely that a grand jury reviewed the available evidence and found probably cause that Smirnov commit perjury.

Read today's LA Times story about Smirnov (I link to it above). As a human being, Smirnov clearly was a very dubious character.

Rooster's avatar

Thank you williamj for exposing yourself as an apologist for the malfeasance of this administration while claiming to have an ‘open mind’. You are clearly ignoring the overwhelming litany of documented Biden family grift and deceit, not to mention the DOJ and FBI law fare machinations, pretending that somehow the spurious discrediting of Smirnov negates it all.

williamj's avatar

Rooster,

I do not think that I am ignoring anything. I read widely and listen to multiple news channels.

What I refuse to do is to be guided by prejudice and bias. I try to form my opinions based upon verifiable evidence, especially evidence that can be admitted in a court of law. Too many people on this site bring their biases to the table and filter the available information via those prejudices.

I am not aware of any criminal malfeasance by President Biden in connection with his son. I am aware of lots of charges, lots of half-truths and innuendos, lots of conspiracy theories, etc. If there was real hard evidence produce it. Otherwise just admit that you are biased and prejudiced.

Heyjude's avatar

I think I’ll let you do the LA Times reading.

An FBI informant is of dubious character? Are you somehow under the impression that most informants are fine upstanding citizens who were no doubt altar boys in their youth?

As I said, interesting thought process.

williamj's avatar

Thank you for acknowledging that you do not want to expose yourself to news sources presenting evidenced stories contrary to your opinions.

David White's avatar

I will make it easier for you.

Who is Christopher Wray's boss? Merrick Garland.

Who is Merrick Garland's boss? Joe Biden.

While I am at it, your argument contains the following two propositions. 1) 'Guilty until proven innocent", and 2) "Wrong about one thing, wrong about everything". Do you really believe either one of those? I hope not. I prefer to believe that you are merely being dishonest, as usual.

Here's a 3rd perfectly fair question for you: what would be wrong with the FBI fabricating evidence against Smirnov in order to help Biden "save democracy"?

And here's a 4th: how would any mole *not* be in contact with Russian intelligence operatives? So all moles are automatically "discredited"? How does that work?

You should really think more about what you are saying.

williamj's avatar

David,

Pace what you say, my argument contains neither of the objectionable propositions which you ascribe to me. Your accusation is simply absurd.

As to your argument about Christopher Wray reporting to Merrick Garland and Merrick Garland reporting to Joe Biden, what you miss is that in order to ensure the uniform, impartial administration of the law the Justice Department has traditionally enjoyed considerable independence and insulation from the rest of the government and the FBI enjoys considerable independence from the rest of the Justice Department. If any political appointee attempted to interfere with the FBI or a President with the administration of justice by the Justice Department, it would be major news and could well lead to a resignation. Remember what happened with President Nixon and the 1973 Saturday night massacre. More recently, as you will recall, one of many things that distressed President Trump was the very independence of both the FBI and his Attorney Generals. Trump tried to subvert that independence and he repeatedly replaced Attorney Generals who did not kowtow to him. In short, you do not seem to appreciate an important part of the checks and balances of our government.

Also, pace a constant stream of charges by Republicans that President Biden has politicized the administration of justice because former President Trump has been indicted on major felonies, the truth is that the indictments were the work of special counsels who are even further insulated from the rest of the Justice Department and the FBI.

I have read the Florida and Washington, D.C. Federal indictments. They contain overwhelming evidence of his guilt. Unless you also have done so, you simply are not in a position to evaluate the charges and evidence.

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So it would be wrong, in the opinion of Biden, Garland, and Wray, for the FBI to "fortify the election" by fabricating evidence against Smirnov? Why would it be? It would increase their chances of fending of a party and a person that they regard as utterly illegitimate. If the Red Wave had occurred, what were they going to say other than "Democracy was on the ballot, and democracy lost"? Translation from the Left-Speak: "It's only democracy if we win". We are not living in 1973. The Far Left has at this point successfully de-legitimized all of Western Civilization. As John Adams once (more or less) said, no system of checks and balances will prevent tyranny if those in power do not believe in it. That is the world we are now living in, and that world is very convenient for elites who just want to make themselves indefinitely safe from any supposedly outrageous populist challenge to their elite status. The ideological pretext has been created. The road is clear. And self-interest means going down it.

It is hardly "absurd" to note that "indicted" is not the same as "guilty", especially in a situation where are, at least at the historical moment, no means of independent confirmation.

Nor is it "absurd" to note that, if moles were automatically discredited, intelligence services would not seek to create them. The fact (if it is fact: nothing is secure in the Shadow World) that Smirnov got his information (or "allegations" from Russian spies does not imply anything about truth or non-truth. Maybe they were lying. Maybe they were not. Maybe they were just wrong. Maybe they were not.

The charges against Trump have nothing to do with any of this.

williamj's avatar

Sorry to say, but clearly you have such a conspiratorial mindset that you are unable to distinguish real evidence from paranoid fantasy.

So suffice it for me to say that it would be absolutely totally wrong for anyone in the Justice Department or the FBI to fabricate any evidence at all about anything. If you can really prove that anyone did anything like this they belong in prison.

Hence, as I have repeatedly said to Sasha and her followers: Do you really have the desired evidence? If so, immediately call Fox News and share it with them. I am sure that Ingraham or Hannity will want to book you for prime time ASAP!!! :-)

publius_x's avatar

"Evidence of guilt" is proven in a court of law in front of a jury of peers, not in an indictment. Go back to Google Law School.

David White's avatar

Who's in charge of the FBI?

Kristin's avatar

Oh God. What’s next? A one on one with Mike Pompey

David Roberts's avatar

Dirty as my garden shovel.

Kristin's avatar

Ugggh! The constant rundown of all these crimes say in and day out for years now is so boring.its almost like They expect us to do something about it. Like What? Are we suppose to do. I did the most helpful thing I could think of. I switched from Republican to unenrolled here in Massachusetts.

You know. Like . No pressure Republicans. Take your time. Find your spine. Pull it together and go back to being YOUR OWN. Political party.

Not going to happens. These poor lost souls are lost.

Kristin's avatar

Jeesh. Thanks Jim Jordan. How did I already know all of this. Not trying to sound rude. But The old decrepit man will take credit for all these crimes if you ask him about it.

Good Lord. I feel bad for the Republicans.

Comer and the rest have taken on the job of news reporters of all crimes Liberal. We already know all of this. How about some prevention?

Wouldn’t that be refreshing?

LudicrousLife's avatar

Republicans= NO SPINE!

We still have Mitch McConnell. Romney. Biden. Pelosi.

We know they are all dirty. Filled their pockets annd their offspring’s pockets Orchestrated Jan 6. Put their hands on the scale of 2020 election (at the very least). Nothing is ever done.

We actually have Nikki Hayley hoping and praying they take Trump down so the she can be the UniParty candidate.

Scumbags all of them. Well, actually I think Biden is in a class all by himself

BradK (Tuckered out)'s avatar

Not just Joe, the entire Biden clan is as filthy as it gets. One of the most transparently corrupt and inept politicians in Washington was installed in the Presidency and is now hands down the most corrupt and inept President America has ever seen. While half of America still refuses to acknowledge it.

We have met the enemy and it is us.

Jeff Cunningham's avatar

Last sentence: you nailed it.

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Is Trump in some sort of legal trouble or something? Asking because every time a poll shows Biden’s approval rating plummeting even lower, new charges are brought against people causing trouble for Biden and the Dems.

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Heyjude's avatar

You mean evidence like a woman claiming rape from 30 years ago with exactly 0 proof, except she says it happened?