Hunter Biden just moved the goalpost again on the central question of his dad’s role in his global influence-peddling business: Joe, he now says, wasn’t “financially involved.”
This, when President Biden himself has shifted from claiming he “never discussed” and had “never spoken to” Hunter about his dealings to insisting he wasn’t “involved” in his son’s business.
And now, apparently, we’re down to “not financially involved.”
Which means what, exactly? Is this an admission that, yes, he did gladhand at dinners and get on the phone to help Hunter sell his proximity to power? That no Hunter client ever paid Joe directly?
Plus: Should it matter that Hunter acted as outraged in making this modified, limited denial as Joe did in telling the previous, now-abandoned lies?
Hunter drew the new line while posturing in lieu of showing up for a closed-doors deposition; he says he’ll only give sworn testimony at one of those on-camera House hearings that consist mostly of politicians letting witnesses off the hook by vying for every possible “Me! Me!” second on-screen.
That is, he wants to give as little evidence as possible.
Thing is, the evidence is already beyond damning: Testimony from Tony Bobulinski and Devon Archer — bolstered by photos and other records — shows that Joe met in person or on the phone with dozens of Hunter “clients.”
Bank records show that overseas cash flowed (via a host of dummy corporations) to most of the Biden family — which actually does count as a legal benefit to the family’s head.
Plus some payments then went on to Joe himself, with the checks marked as “loan repayments” but with no sign yet of any actual loans.
Archer swears his entire business with Hunter centered on selling the Biden brand; Bobulinksi confirms that the “Big Guy” who was to get 10% of a huge China deal was indeed Joe.
And it seems the Obama administration didn’t want Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin fired back when then-Veep Joe demanded it, saying millions in US aid was on the line — but Hunter’s Burisma paymasters wanted Shokin gone because he was investigating them.
(Not to mention all the evidence, especially from IRS whistleblowers, that Justice Department Democrats have spent years frustrating the Hunter investigation, especially any line that might implicate Joe.)
What were once blanket denials are now full of holes; at this rate the only excuse is the end will be a claim that the House shouldn’t impeach a sitting president just because he abused the office of vice president to enrich his entire clan.
Seriously: That’s where all the goal-post moves are headed.