Former Vice President Joe Biden grew defensive during an interview with Axios that aired Sunday evening, calling out reporter Mike Allen for asking about the allegations against his son and admitting he doesn’t actually know what Hunter Biden was doing to earn money on the board of an energy company in Ukraine.
“I don’t know what he was doing. I know he was on the board. I found out he was on the board after he was on the board. And that was it,” he said when asked about what knowledge he had of his son’s activities while he was vice president.
“Well you’ve had a lot of time, isn’t this something you’d want to get to the bottom of?” Allen asked.
“No, because I trust my son,” he said. “Unless there was something on its face that was wrong. There was nothing on its face that was wrong. If you want to talk about problems, let’s talk about Trump’s family. I mean, come on. This is — you guys are amazing. … You know there is not one single bit of evidence, not one little tiny bit to suggest anything done was wrong, you know that, but you keep asking me these questions. It’s okay, you’re doing what you have to do, but I’m not worried about it.”
Biden then laughed and criticized Allen for asking about the issue, which is, in part, at the center of the impeachment inquiry because of President Trump’s efforts to get the Ukrainian government to investigate Biden.
Biden also vowed that if elected president, he wouldn’t let his family make money overseas.
This just doesn’t seem like a good look for Joe.
He needs a better answer than that. Biden is not prepared for getting the Clinton treatment from the media.
Sorry Joe, but if you don’t think this introduces an ‘appearance of a conflict of interest’ you are not fit to be president.
“No, because I trust my son,” he said.
Your son was kicked out of the military for a failed drug test. Hunter at one time was embroiled in a paternity dispute with a woman not his wife.
And this, courtesy Wiki:
Biden helped Chinese businessman Ye Jianming negotiate a deal for Ye’s company CEFC China Energy to make a $40 million investment in a liquefied natural gas project at Monkey Island, Louisiana. Ye gifted Biden a 2.8 carat diamond, which Biden said he gave away. Biden agreed to legally represent Ye’s deputy, Patrick Ho, for investigations in the United States. Ho was eventually arrested and jailed in the U.S. for bribery. In 2018, the CEFC deal collapsed after Ye was detained in China, reportedly for corruption.
He gave away a 2.8 carat diamond. Didn’t sell it and donate the proceeds to charity. Just gave it away. Uh huh. Seems legit.
He’ll have a great second act selling bridges that go to nowhere I’m betting.
And Joe trusts him.
Color me unconvinced.
Before everyone gets on the high horse, how many people out there know the ins and outs of the jobs of their adult kids.