https://www.axios.com/2023/12/14/hunter-biden-impeachment-president-republicans After mostly lying low for years, Hunter Biden is publicly hitting back at Republicans — a more aggressive approach he believes will help him and President Biden, according to people familiar with his team's thinking.
Why it matters: That's what led Hunter to go to the Capitol grounds Wednesday — not to be deposed in private, as House Republicans investigating the Bidens wanted — but to confront the GOP on camera for its tactics, and not letting him publicly testify as he offered.
In some of his most direct public remarks in years, Hunter said "there is no fairness or decency" in GOP efforts to connect his foreign business dealings to an impeachment inquiry into his father.
Later Wednesday, Hunter told Axios that Republicans "have weaponized my dad's love for me, and turned his greatest strengths — his compassion, his empathy, his authenticity — into evidence of corrupt complicity. They've made it really hard for people to square that circle, which is why the Trump cult is obsessed with me."
"I feel I have two equal responsibilities now," he added. "The first is staying clean and sober, and the second is defending my dad. My mistakes are in spite of him — not a reflection of him. And that's why I need to call out their lies as loud and as often possible going forward."
Between the lines: Hunter's new strategy has caused tension between his team and the White House. Top aides to President Biden originally crafted a plan to largely not respond to attacks and conservative media coverage — a risk-averse approach to avoid giving stories more oxygen.
But Hunter's team ultimately wasn't satisfied. The media coverage didn't die down. His team came to believe that his lack of a response was alienating potential Democratic allies — and hurting his father politically.
The team’s thinking: If voters believe Hunter's corrupt, they'll see Joe Biden's integrity as suspect, too.
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Driving the news: Hunter's appearance outside the Capitol on Wednesday came as he was scheduled to appear under congressional subpoena for a closed-door deposition by the House Oversight and Judicial panels, which are leading the GOP's impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Hunter said he was willing to testify in a public hearing but not in private — restating what his lawyer Abbe Lowell had previously offered. In a reference to Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-Ga.) brandishing a nude photo of him in a July congressional hearing, Hunter said Republicans "displayed naked photos of me during an oversight hearing, and they have taken the light of my dad's love for me and presented it as darkness. They have no shame." Republican committee chairs James Comer and Jim Jordan responded: "Hunter Biden today defied lawful subpoenas, and we will now initiate contempt of Congress proceedings." Zoom in: Hunter's team keeps the White House and Joe Biden informed of its plans. But the president's team has far less control over Hunter's strategy than it once had. Hunter has spoken up in rare instances before: Biden aides fumed at Hunter's freelancing during the 2020 campaign, when he spoke with The New Yorker, and again in 2021 when he released a memoir documenting his addictions. But even if they disagree with Hunter's approach, most of the president's top aides aren't comfortable confronting Biden about his son. White House officials privately praised Hunter’s statement Wednesday as powerful, a White House source told Axios.
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Flashback: Hunter and Hollywood lawyer Kevin Morris — a close confidant— last year brought on Lowell, a prominent D.C. defense attorney who represented Jared Kushner during the Trump administration, to confront the GOP House investigations. Not everyone welcomed the change. Chris Clark — who was representing Hunter in the Justice Department's investigation into the president's son and worked closely with Biden lawyer Bob Bauer — threatened to resign if Lowell was brought on, a person familiar with the episode told Axios. Clark was persuaded to stay. But he left several months later, after a proposed plea deal for Hunter unraveled this past summer. Lowell became Hunter's lawyer in both the congressional and criminal investigations. Hunter has been charged with a mix of felonies and misdemeanors related to filing his taxes and a gun purchase. Zoom out: When Lowell met with Hunter's associates last year, he made the case that there was a difference between Hunter's best interests and the White House's. "There's a lot of crossover, but there's always a gap," one person familiar with the conversation said. "Every White House is even bigger than the president themself — they're there to protect the White House, protect the interests of that administration as a whole — almost as if the administration was its own being."
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>>1245652 >>1245655 >Hunter has been charged with a mix of felonies and misdemeanors related to filing his taxes and a gun purchase This is really all they can find on him. There were no bribes or influence peddling. They're jealous of his partying. Hunter simple made too much money and didn't pay enough taxes on it.
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>>1245652 Retard republicans really think that some crackhead at the height of his crackery was running some advanced bribery scheme.
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Suck it up Fag boy, your Dad is a war criminal by association to that Jewish war-monger Netanyahu. Joe Juden is going to be impeached, it was fine for the Democrats to screech about Trump, but now the shoe is on the other foot. Good times.
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>>1245671 Imagine being this delusional
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>>1245652 >Corrupt druggy rapist is hitting back against other political sports team >Rah rah go my political sports team, better than other sports team! Thanks morons.
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>>1245682 Hunter Biden isn't a politician
(((Venuswaileans))) want our kids adrenochrome
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>>1245679 Biden stole the election with the help of Venuswaileans, and He takes adrenochrome like all them jews
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>>1245667 did you see what was on his laptop?
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>>1245688 I saw what Rudy Guliani and Steve Bannon put on a laptop
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>>1245652 >Hey check out these stolen dick pics we found! >Why don't you want to testify secretly for us? Anonymous
>fights Deep State subpeonas >stands up for 2nd amendment rights >doesnt afraid of taxes which makes him smart
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>>1245696 Oh yeah I forgot that Donald Trump said cheating on your taxes makes you smart. I keep forgetting just how stupid that man is.
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>>1245667 >>1245670 >>1245679 >>1245683 >>1245691 >>1245696 Imagine hitching your wagon to a crack head that fucks his niece and sets up political bribes for his daddy. This reminds me of when demtards thought Avenatti was going to bring down Trump.
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>evidence is released of Joe & Hunter dealing with Burisma and funneling bribes through 20 shell companies >massive coordinated MSM/social media damage control campaign for the Bidens kicks off as soon as this happens Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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>>1245683 Yeah he's just a world renown artist and energy expert. His income definitely doesn't have anything to do with his dad and he definitely isn't giving Joe a percentage no matter what his text messages say.
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>>1245737 Well luckily the republicans could question him at a public hearing and go over all that, they must be jumping at the opportunity since they have so much evidence, right?
I mean, they wouldn’t want to avoid a public hearing because they would have to publicly admit they have found no evidence tying Joe to Hunter in any provable crime, right?
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>>1245760 >provable evidence FBI and CIA and pretty much all deep state tends to cover the president’s ass, even one as illegitimate as bidet.
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>>1245683 Then why defend Hunter?
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>>1245769 They get paid to do it.
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>>1245760 They could but since it's public he'd be under pressure to perjure himself.
A closed questioning session was a favor to him.
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>>1245652 >traitor, rapists, pedophile, druggie scum >still tries to pretend he's not going to jail Disgusting creep. Any not surprised there are so many pedos defending him here.
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>>1245652 What lies? They have his messages, Joe Bidens corroboration, several business partners corrpborating it, bank records.
>muh no evidence Only if you consume ad sponsored content instead of following CSpan or the published evidence from the hearings.
Anyone that repeats "no evidence" I automatically disregard as a flesh robot without any critical thinking ability or an internal monologue.
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In my experience crackheads are some of the most overconfident people on earth at believing their grifts are successful because they reach a point where people just stop calling them out on their shit and just distance themselves and the crack prevents them from seeing why.
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>>1245714 >20 shell companies Actual proof that's not made up by Republicans and their russian masters?
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>>1245776 >>>traitor, rapists, pedophile, druggie scum >>still tries to pretend he's not going to jail But enough about Trump and how the far right wing courts have been bending over backwards to protect him and his interference of justice system.
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>>1245714 The massive coordinated MSM I see is coming from the right, trying to psyop everyone. It's another buttery males episode. Also I got a question for you retard rightwingers, when republicans fail to find any cases of wrongdoing from Joe Biden, are you going to question it or just move on to the next fabricated rage topic?
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>>1245833 Well, the current status quo is that we were right and you were wrong.
Then once it's proven we were right you ignore it and more on to the next huge defense of the indefensible.
Gaslight fags should be doused in gasoline.
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>>1245850 getting upset and continuing to lie isn't going to suddenly make you correct
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>>1245854 Talking with conservatives is so strange.
You make claims.
we provide evidence that contradicts your claim.
you deny the source of that evidence, or refuse to acknowledge the existence of contradictory evidence.
Repeat your now debunked claim.
We reference the provided contradictory evidence.
You claim we are foolish for believing evidence.
We ask for your evidence that makes you sure of your claim.
You announce that no evidence is needed because your position is the only reasonable claim.
We ask how you are sure of your position without evidence.
You tell us that we are foolish for asking for evidence.
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>>1245892 Conservative: "I am not on fire."
me: "But your skin is burning off."
Conservative: "Fires not even real."
me: "But i can see the fire engulfing you."
Conservative: "Fires not real, idiot."
me: " But your skin is burning off right now as we speak. I can see it, can you not see it?"
Conservative" Fucking Flame bitch, look at this idiot who believes in fire!"
me: "What makes you not believe in fire, even as you are burning?"
Conservative: "Everyone knows that fire is fake. Only a scared tranny believes in fire."
me: "I mean, I can see you burning right now. Your skin is crispy and all your hair is gone."
Conservative: "Fucking Fire fag!"
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>>1245892 I mean interesting thought.
But no, you've been actively denying reality and calling it misinformation under the guidance of the UN/WEF since 2018 at this point.
And I don't even feel like making a list at this point because the thread will just die after you're proven wrong, yet again.
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>>1245906 Have you ever considered the possibility that you're being manipulated by rightwing elites? And I really mean what I'm asking, all sorts of people in power are trying to manipulate us every day.
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>>1245892 not reading that essay lib
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>>1245911 Yes. But I ruled that out since the money always goes to not the rightwing elites, but people aligned with Democrats.
What's funny is, most libershits think the rightwing elites are billionaires. But those billionaires are the ones aligned with Democrats.
Now I challenge you to look at your beliefs, as "what's in it for me", and ask yourself the same question.
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>>1245914 To be honest, I replied, but I don't read reddit spaced bullshit. So I only read the first sentence.
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>>1245918 you know, before reddit there was a thing called message boards/forums where that was the typing structure. it is easier and faster to read.
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>>1245914 >>1245918 Thank you for proving my point. The irony is lost on you I’m sure.
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>>1245915 You're really trying to tell us that rupert murdoch is not a billionaire?
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>>1245711 >Imagine hitching your wagon to a crack head that fucks his niece and sets up political bribes for his daddy. KEK what a chad
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>>1245714 >>evidence is released of Joe & Hunter dealing with Burisma and funneling bribes through 20 shell companies Source?
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>>1246104 How is this a good post? “But actually the rich are really democrats!!!!”
That is fucking stupid. The rich vote Republican, deal with it. You can pretend that conservatism is for the working man but you are just a boot licker to the rich who control you. Typical republican voting against your own interest just you you can “own” your perceived enemy that the rich told you to hate instead of them.
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>>1246140 You're a low iq sped and literally controlled opposition. You don't have actual beliefs, or at least none worth entertaining.
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>>1246140 No, the middle class vote Republican.
The rich vote Democrat.
The corporations donate to Democrats.
And you're usually very proud of that.
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>>1245652 >have weaponized my dad's love for me, and turned his greatest strengths — his compassion, his empathy, his authenticity — into evidence of corrupt complicity nooo I neeeeded to have my boss have a direct line communication to the Vice President of the United States of America for work related reasons haha
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>>1246186 That's weird, because Republicans consistently lost the popular vote. A more accurate statement would be that lots of land "votes" for Republicans.
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>>1246200 That's weird because lots of voter fraud in California skews the popular vote.
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>>1246186 It's hilarious when Democrat Voters hate that Republicans won't vote to tax the rich for socialism yet simultaneously believe Democrat supermajority states have more wealth than Republican ones, like there is 0 reason Democrat Millionaires and Democrat Billionaires (even "Hundred of Thousands-aires") cannot just outright give their money to poor people, make an organization that liquidates their funds and distributes it to poor people, etc. RIGHT NOW.
>But they have to worry about taxes, etc. WHERE DO YOU THINK WHO THE TAX MONEY GOES TO kek, if anything more people among the "poor" rank can help them unionize and take over everything and bring about their "equal society" they claim to care for.
Everything makes more sense when you realize the Democrat Party is and always has been a Venture Capitalist party that just says bullshit and takes
>the opposite "but more encompassing" stance of whoever they are going against to get the vote of the uneducated lowest common denominator voter while not actually fulfilling their promises UNLESS it involves the State buying a product or service from a private company owned by Democrat Party members, the DNC killed a ton of small parties that were actually trying to get socialism and free/cheap housing for blacks etc. by promising "FREE FOR EVERYBODY!" the last 50 years while not actually delivering (actually delivering would involve them losing profit which is the opposite of their goals).
The best analogy I can come up with is any of those Late Night Talk Show hosts with the white guy complaining about racism and wealth disparity: at any time the white guy could outright step down and give his money away and leave opportunity for a black guy to take his spot - he just doesn't care! If anything they got "the help" in the back making music for him, literally the entire colored audience not understanding in these shows EVERYTHING is set up deliberately, it's symbolic for
>White's in the front, Blacks in the back! Anonymous
>>1246222 Unironically Democrat Socialists need to form a local or national socialist party so they can just eminent domain property to make actual free housing complexes and distribute food (and even provide amenities, you'd be surprised how much cheaper it is to build infrastructure when you don't need new device every 20 feet to measure household use in order to later charge the tenant), unfortunately...
>Adolf Hitler tried to eradicate the Jews, and Adolf Hitler was the leader of a Nat Soc (National Socialist) Party, therefore we can't form a local socialist party or "national" socialist party Which is outright illogical, it's like being afraid of Republics because of The People's Republic of China (or just "China" as it's normally called) or being afraid of Democracies because of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or just "North Korea" as it's normally called), people can identify Republicans "In Name Only" (Rinos) but refuse to even acknowledge the coined term Democrats or any "extremist" party that strayed far away from their values such as China, Hitler, or North Korea.
Instead of a local or nat soc party Democrat Voters cope with the DNC building a subway system by having the tax payers pay a DNC family member's company 10x the price it would cost a private developer to build the tunnel and lay track while tax payers pay 300% market value for the actual subway car from a company owned by a DNC member all-the-while the tax payer STILL has to pay a ticket to ride it AND the DNC member's companies get special tax breaks THAT TAKE MONEY THAT WOULD GO TO THE POOR.
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>>1246224 In a local or nat soc system the taxes would both pay for the the subway, cars, and ticket meaning those will little taxable income would be least affected by it's costs, and if anyone at all had to pay for a ticket it would be foreign visitors who aren't part of the system. If anything more effort could be put into safety instead of minimizing costs and calculating savings:lawsuit ratio for each system; further, planned obsolescence could be eliminated as "the subway system" is no longer an object designed to steal money from the taxpayer and give it to the DNC and increase revenue but an actual project for the good of society that should last a long time.
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>>1246222 Very good post.
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>>1246222 >those Late Night Talk Show hosts It's also notable that those late night talk show hosts are corporate mouth pieces that speak to the interests of the company's shareholders.
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>>1246222 This is the weirdest fucking take.
people want to make the system better and more blanched so more people have access to opportunity.
Your response to that is “why don’t you just give poor people all your money and belongings then!!!!!!!! Or are you a hypocrite????!?!?!?”
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>>1246248 Congrats you just encountered your first canned thinktank post. See how it rallied the schizos right afterward? That's the point.
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>>1246256 >Canned thinktank poster calls others thinktank posters Interesting. Tell me more about how you don't like being exposed.
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>>1246258 It's not even worth bothering to reply to that anon with anything other than a request that he stop posting here
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>>1246257 >>1246258 >>1246259 >>1246262 And now they come out of the woodwork when exposed.
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>>1245714 >evidence so. where is it?
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>>1245667 trump didn't have any felonies the alleged fraud of misrepresenting his wealth is going to be appealed because the judge was clearly biased in his ruling and refused to bring into consideration the same alleged bank being "swindled" saying they never used trump's numbers anyways they just cared that he had liquidity.
But preach again about how human trafficking is fine biden sniffer
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>>1246222 you're an out of touch loser who should've been aborted, the far-left is consistent of primarily middle-upper class privilaged cunts with too much time on their hand and a procecution complex. You are disgusting morons who should've been purged but do tell me again how twitter pre elon was definitely a far-right company how everything that panders to you is somehow a neo-nazi supporter.
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>>1246404 Trump has so many felonies you can't count them on two hands
>>1246408 Who misled you?
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>>1246414 He's allegedly racist and he's white.
So damning every whitey should get the rope especially YOU
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>>1246423 english motherfucker
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>>1245737 >NOOOOO YOU CAN'T USE YOUR FATHER'S NAME TO GET A JOB THAT'S ILLEGAL Since when did righties become so whiny about about capitalism anyways?
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>>1246434 Hey, Gupta, that's perfectly fine English.
You might want to go back to poo school.
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>>1246546 NOOO stop trying to stop him traffick kids he's just using his god given right as the president's son.
I hope you get trafficked and your offspring so they won't be in this filthy country anymore
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>>1246248 You faggots never cease to be generous with somebody else's money.