Family Business

While the battle between Trump and Haley for the Republican Party nomination was underway, another piece of news from Washington quickly traveled around the world. A former whistleblower, who was charged in recent days with lying to the FBI by making up corruption charges against Joe Biden and his son Hunter, has admitted he was helped by russian 007 agents in an effort to smear the former. The White House breathed a sigh of relief, as the accuser who was not only a liar butalso paid by the enemy, represented a guarantee of innocence.

A sudden stroke of luck at the most difficult moment for the American president, who is underattack by Republicans and increasingly less supported by Democrats. According to the latest poll,dated February 26, 47 percent of them are asking the party to nominate another candidate. It’s notjust the severe psychophysical condition of the current White House occupant. But also, his imageas a statesman.

A man who has run anti-corruption campaigns abroad for years is facing an embarrassinginvestigation. And this goes beyond the charge of directly embezzling the bribe, as reported by the repentant prosecutor. It’s not just Trump’s political colleagues or his friends in the media who claim that Joe Biden’s record is far from spotless. This is the work of the US Congressional Oversight and Accountability Committee. The bipartisan investigation commission, made up of 45 lawmakers – 25 Republicans and 20 Democrats – is chaired by conservative James Comer. The committee has been investigating the Bidens’ “influence peddling” for years. Yes, Bidens is plural because the money round that has revolved around then-Deputy Obama since 2015 involves not only Hunter Biden, his son, but also his brother James and James’s wife, Sara. “Family Business,” just as the name of Lumet’s great movie from nearly half a century ago.

The committee, which updates the progress of its findings on The Bidens Influence Congressional website, found a number of direct and indirect interventions by Joe Biden over time to encourage the allocation of many millions of dollars to his son. Foreign financiers, who paid more or less convincingly, were all interested in gaining the support of Hunter’s father in the often-opaque dealings they had with Hunter.

Anyone, starting with American voters, can go to the site and fathom the business activities of the current president. A sea of documents that congress members have made easy to navigate with charts and annotations. The very brief summary that the congressional offices themselves have put together is enough to give you an idea.

“The total amount paid by Romania to the Biden family and their accomplices is more than $3 million”;

“the total amount given by China (especially together with CEFC and related organizations) to the Biden family and its associates exceeds $8 million”;

“the total amount paid by Ukraine to the Biden family and their associates is $6.5 million.”

Final Report: “The Bidens and their associates received payments of more than $20 million from foreign organizations.”