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KIMBERLEY STRASSEL, WSJ: The Biden ?Family Legacy:? What we learned from the text messages of ?

By Glenn Reynolds

KIMBERLEY STRASSEL, WSJ: The Biden ?Family Legacy:? What we learned from the text messages of Hunter?s partner Tony Bobulinski.

Joe Biden has a problem, and his name is Hunter. Because the former vice president hasn?t had to answer any questions on this topic, that problem could soon become America?s.

That?s the reality now that a former business partner of Hunter Biden?s has come forward to provide the ugly details of the ?family brand.? Tony Bobulinski, a Navy veteran and institutional investor, has provided the Journal emails and text messages associated with his time as CEO of Sinohawk Holdings, a venture between the Bidens and CEFC China Energy, a Shanghai-based conglomerate. That correspondence corroborates and expands on emails recently published by the New York Post, which says they come from a Hunter laptop. . . .

Joe Biden claims he has never discussed his son?s business. Yet a May 2017 ?expectations? document shows Hunter receiving 20% of the equity in the venture and holding another 10% for ?the big guy??who Mr. Bobulinski attests is Joe Biden.

In one text, Hunter says that ?my Chairman gave an emphatic NO? to a version of the deal. Mr. Walker, Hunter?s partner, explains in a text to Mr. Bobulinski that when Hunter ?said his chairman he was talking about his dad.?

Mr. Bobulinski?s texts show he even met with Joe Biden. Mr. Gilliar reminds him in May 2017: ?Don?t mention Joe being involved, it?s only when u are face to face, I know u know that but they are paranoid.? . . .

All of this is news. The press corps that is ignoring it spent four years writing about Donald Trump?s Moscow business. The correspondence meanwhile blows up Rep. Adam Schiff?s claim that the Hunter story is Russian ?disinformation.? It raises real concerns about what security risks Hunter might pose for a Biden administration. And it raises questions about Joe Biden?s involvement.

NPR and the WaPo won’t cover it, though, because they’re too busy reporting on Biden’s plans for the White House sock drawers. And to be fair, pretty much everything they reported about Trump’s business was wrong.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 22, 2020 (boomark / email).