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submitted 3 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world

Hunter Biden was hired by a Romanian businessman accused of corruption who was trying to “influence U.S. government policy” during Joe Biden’s term as vice president, prosecutors said in court papers Wednesday.

Special counsel David Weiss’ team said Hunter Biden’s business associate will testify at the upcoming federal tax trial of the president’s son about the arrangement with the executive, Gabriel Popoviciu, who was facing criminal investigation at the time in Romania.

The allegations are likely to bring a fresh wave of criticism of Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings, which have been the center of Republicans’ investigations into the president’s family. Hunter Biden has blasted Republican inquiries into his family’s business affairs as politically motivated, and has insisted he never involved his father in his business.

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[-] DMBFFF@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago

Well that does it!

I'll never vote for Hunter Biden!

[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

I might not even vote for Joe Biden this November!

[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm so disillusioned that I won't even vote at all this November!

Plus, there aren't any elections I can vote in either.

[-] DMBFFF@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

Harris and Trump aren't the only ones running, nor are they the only offices people will be voting in.

[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

(based on their instance, I'm pretty sure that user is not in the US, which is the joke)

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Why does this matter to anyone outside Hunter Biden's own circle?

[-] JimSamtanko@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago

And if this is true, hopefully they charge him and he goes to prison.

Because that’s how things should work.

[-] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Buttery males

[-] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

OK? So if they have proof of Hunter taking money to peddle influence, then charge Hunter with that. If they have proof that Joe, as VP with basically no power whatsoever, knew his son was being AND ALSO took that influence and did something actionable then they can charge Joe. Even if Joe did something actionable (again, as a VP with no power) based on his son's recommendations, I don't know how you can charge Joe unless he knew it was based on being paid. I mean, at what point is taking a recommendation from a paid person any different from listening to lobbyists?

[-] TheBigBrother@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

I guess he done too much crack..

[-] vorlaut_boy@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago

You also have expirience in taking crack so that makes you an expert?

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