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Documents Discovered Linking Joe Biden To Hunter’s Business Deals…

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(RepublicanWire.org) – America First Legal, a non-profit law center that according to Influence Watch  “aims to use litigation to oppose left-of-center policies”, announced some startling news on Twitter. They noted that due to their victorious Freedom of Information Act-related lawsuit against the National Archives, they finally got new documents “directly linking Joe Biden to Hunter’s profiteering in Ukraine” from the archives.

America First Legal had a rather lengthy Twitter thread on the subject. “Despite Joe Biden’s assertions that he had no involvement with Hunter’s appointment to Burisma, he signed off on the official statement in response to questions from reporters about whether Hunter’s position undermined the VP’s credibility in pushing anti-corruption measures,” they wrote showcasing a 2015 email exchange between a government official and Eric D. Schwerin, a Rosemont Seneca employee.

America First Legal noted that “Eric D. Schwerin, Hunter’s associate at Rosemont Seneca Advisors, LLC, corrected typos in Vice President Biden’s official statement.” The law center also revealed that “The VP’s office connected reporters (who were writing about Hunter’s appointment to Burisma) to Amos Hochstein, the ‘point’ person for International Energy Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, to provide a ‘unique and valuable perspective’ on the relationships in Ukraine.”

They further reported that “Wall Street Journal journalist Paul Sonne reached out to the office of the Vice President regarding whether Hunter’s involvement with Zlochevsky at Burisma would undermine the Vice President’s message on Ukraine” and displayed an email by Mr. Sonne on this matter.

Then came the major bombshell when the law center wrote “Office of the Vice President connected the Wall Street Journal to Amos Hochstein. Amos Hochstein is, according to Politico, ‘the most influential Joe Biden adviser that most people don’t know about.’ According to Axios, he is ‘one of President Biden’s closest confidants.’ According to Chuck Grassley [R-IO] and Ron Johnson [R-WI] committees’ staff report, then-U.S. Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein raised concerns with VP Biden and Hunter that Hunter’s position on Burisma’s board enabled Russian disinformation efforts and risked undermining U.S. policy in Ukraine.”

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Biden Became Visibly Overwhelmed…

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(RepublicanWire.org) – President Joe Biden walked away from reporters Thursday after he tried to take questions but became visibly overwhelmed.

Biden was providing an update on the recent action taken by the U.S. government to shoot down several objects that were flying over the continental United States just days after a Chinese surveillance balloon was spotted over Montana and other states. Biden has received criticism for his handling of the situation, with some saying he waited too long to down the initial balloon.

Biden doubled down on his defense, saying that he “gave the order to shoot it down as soon as it would be safe to do so.”

“It was the size of multiple school busses and it posed a risk to people on the ground … Instead we tracked it closely, we analyzed its capabilities and we learned more about how it operates,” Biden said. “And because we knew its path, we were able to protect sensitive sites against collection. We waited until it was safely over water which would not only protect civilians but also enable us to recover substantial components for further analytics.”

“We shot it down sending a clear message, a clear message — the violation of our sovereignty is unacceptable. We’ll act to protect our country and we did,” Biden added.

Reporters then tried to ask Biden questions, with Biden initially appearing willing to answer some, looking around the room as reporters shouted over one another.

“Sir, there’s been criticism that this was, criticism that this was,” one reporter was heard shouting while another was heard asking whether Biden was “compromised by your family’s business relationships.”

“Give me a break man,” Biden said.

“There’s been criticism that this was an overreaction done because of political pressure,” a reporter was heard asking again.

“You can come to my office and ask the question, we have more polite people,” Biden said before turning away from the podium and leaving despite hoards of reporters shouting questions.

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Hunter Biden Ordered To Hand Over Business Documents…

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(RepublicanWire.org) – House Oversight Republicans ratcheted up their investigation into Hunter Biden Thursday, calling on the president’s son and his associates to hand over documents that allegedly show illicit business dealings.

The committee demanded Hunter Biden, James Biden, and Eric Schwerin hand over documents concerning their foreign dealings. Critics allege Hunter used his father’s political clout to secure overseas deals that could have compromised the president.

“The American people deserve transparency and accountability about the Biden family’s influence peddling,” said Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., who chairs the oversight committee. “The Oversight Committee is committed to exposing the waste, fraud, and abuse that has taken place at the highest levels of our government.”

The committee is particularly interested in finding out to what extent President Joe Biden was involved in the dealings, or at least what he was aware of, arguing that if foreign entities know of any wrongdoing, it could compromise national security.

Oversight Republicans vowed after taking a majority in November to make this investigation one of their top concerns.

Hunter is currently under federal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.

“Evidence obtained in our investigation reveals the Biden family business model is built on Joe Biden’s political career and connections,” Comer said. “Biden family members attempted to sell access around the world, including individuals who were connected to the Chinese Communist Party, to enrich themselves to the detriment of American interests. If President Biden is compromised by deals with foreign adversaries and they are impacting his decision making, this is a threat to national security.”

The Hunter investigation has many legal avenues and opportunities for prosecution aside from foreign entanglements, including potential tax violations and false statements to federal law enforcement. Politically, Hunter’s investigation further complicates Biden’s 2024 aspirations, especially now that the president faces his own investigation over a trove of classified documents found in his possession from his time in the Obama administration.

Hunter has until Feb. 22 to respond to the committee’s letter. The committee is considering new ethics laws to explicitly prohibit certain elements of Hunter’s behavior.

“Evidence shows that you engaged in foreign business deals with individuals who were connected to the Chinese Communist Party and received significant amounts of money from foreign companies without providing any known legitimate services,” the committee’s letter to Hunter said. “The Committee is investigating President Biden’s knowledge of and role in these foreign business deals to assess whether he has compromised our national security at the expense of the American people. You and your associates’ financial conduct raises significant ethics and national security concerns.”

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Hunter Biden Paid Assistant For Sex Shows…

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(RepublicanWire.org) – It now appears Hunter Biden was withholding an assistant’s pay for sexual favors as newly revealed text messages documented his sordid demands of the woman behind on her rent.

Alleged wrongdoing of Hunter Biden extends beyond his shady foreign business dealings linked to suspected influence peddling. On Tuesday, it was revealed that messages between Hunter Biden and a then-29-year-old assistant hired to work at his law firm Owasco from 2018 to 2019 where he made such requests as “Set phone up [so] I can spy on you showering.”

Communications between Hunter and the assistant began around June 2018 when he paid for her to fly from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. around the same time he filmed them having sex, saving the files on his infamous laptop from hell.

Months later, the woman, whose responsibilities included “important administrative tasks…such as receiving Burisma board documents for Hunter to sign,” sent an email to Biden’s secretary explaining, “I did not receive the $837.06 payment from OWASCO on December 28, 2018. My last payment was on December 14, 2018,” before also noting her medical insurance was not working, leading her to wonder, “if I have been terminated from the position.”

Two months later, the messages showed Biden send the assistant $500 via Apple Pay, lamenting his own financial troubles resulting from “alimony tuitions and other sh*t like girls insurance etc,” before he told her “Miss you very much and feel horrible for having treated you so poorly.”

It was then in March 2019 that an exchange occurred wherein the woman expressed her own financial troubles, having yet to pay her rent, to which Biden sent her $2,500 before offering more saying, “I will [make] up for back pay…You have to make up for back work…By [FaceTiming] me and/or going to our next-club party.”

With another $1,250 sent to the woman, her one-time boss stipulated, “When can you face time? If we FT the rule has to be no talk of anything but sex and we must be naked and we have to do whatever the other person asks within reason.”

On March 9, documented messages appear to show him reacting to his assistant on the other end of a video call, after she stated putting on lingerie, with comments, lurid requests, and incremental payments.

In addition to the messages, the unidentified woman was also named in Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) filed by JP Morgan Chase with the U.S. Treasury based on the transactions of Biden and his company. Those reports were obtained by the nonprofit Marco Polo, known for efforts to expose the contents of the laptop, and explained in 2018 the assistant had been paid over $44,000 in four months.

“Between June 2018 and October 2018, [the assistant] was employed by Owasco PC as evidenced by her receipt of bi-weekly payroll remittances from Owasco PC. However, during this same period [she] also received large round dollar wires from Owasco PC which referenced ‘new hire,’ ‘8k wage,’ ’10k golf member’ and ‘Pay,’” the SAR read and continued, “[She] received five (5) wires totaling $44,500.08 in a 4 month period between 06/12/2018 and 10/02/2018.”

That same report mentioned payments to individuals who “have ties to adult entertainment industry” or “were listed in prior SAR filings related to human trafficking.”

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Biden Tried To Warn You That He Was Corrupt…

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(RepublicanWire.org) – In 1974, Joe Biden appeared for an interview on PBS and told everyone that he’s “not sure you should assume I’m not corrupt.”

The comment came in response to a question about how he was elected and whether it was the result of corruption in politics.

The interviewer asked, “As the youngest member of the Senate, the one therefore who may expect the longest career there, I wonder if you’d say to us since it’s clear that you’re not corrupt and you got elected, why should people think that the system produces corrupt results when there you are?”

Biden responded, “I’m not sure you should assume I’m not corrupt, but thank you for that, though.”

Joe Biden is accused of being involved in his son’s corrupt overseas business dealings. Hunter Biden is currently under federal investigation by the FBI for tax fraud, money laundering, and the violation of lobbying laws.

For years, the entire Biden family has been cashing in on the career and power of Joe Biden. This includes his son Hunter, his brother James, and his brother-in-law Jack.

One text message from Hunter revealed that Joe takes 50% of his earnings. Text messages and emails repeatedly indicate that Joe Biden was involved in these shady business dealings.

Joe once even flew on Air Force Two to attend a meeting with Hunter in China. He also wrote a college recommendation letter and faxed it directly to the president of Brown University on behalf of the son of Hunter’s Chinese business partner.

Below we have compiled 11 instances via Breitbart where Joe Biden is allegedly involved in Hunter’s business dealings. Joe Biden is repeatedly referred to as “the big guy” in Hunter’s text message exchanges and emails.

This information has been wrongfully buried and censored for years as part of a massive, left-wing cover-up scandal being carried out on social media. Hunter’s laptop and its contents were eventually “authenticated” in March 2022, even though the story surfaced months before the presidential election in 2020.

ONE: According to The New York Post, Hunter traveled to China in 2013 with his father aboard Air Force Two. Hunter introduced Joe Biden to his Chinese business partner. Ten days later, China issued Hunter’s firm a business license and the firm won a contract worth $1 billion.

Ten days later, Hunter’s company inked a deal with the state-owned Bank of China and created the $1 billion investment fund called Bohai Harvest RST (BHR), according to reporting by Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute and the best-selling author of “Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends.”

A representative for BHR told The New Yorker in July 2019 that Hunter Biden introduced his father to Chinese private equity executive Jonathan Li during the trip. Li later became the CEO of BHR.

NBC News also covered the scandal:

TWO: Joe Biden met with Hunter’s Mexican business associates, billionaire Miguel Alemán Velasco and his son Miguel Aleman Magnani, in the vice president’s office in 2014. Photos were taken at the meeting:

THREE: Joe Biden went golfing in the Hamptons with his son Hunter and Devon Archer, Hunter’s fellow board member for Ukrainian gas company Burisma in 2014. Archer is now in prison for fraud. Reuters, Politico, and Fox News’ Tucker Carlson have covered this story in detail. The photograph was first released by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight in September 2019.

FOUR: Hunter brought Joe Biden to dinner with his business associates from Ukraine, Russia, and Kazakhstan in 2015. Joe Biden was vice president at the time. Photos were taken of Biden at the dinner while flanked by Kazakhstani oligarch Kenes Rakishev and Karim Massimov, a former prime minister of Kazakhstan.

FIVE: After Joe Biden dined with Hunter’s foreign business partners, one of them emailed Hunter his thanks for the “opportunity to meet your father.”

SIX: Joe Biden brought Hunter aboard Air Force Two to Mexico in 2016. Hunter met with his business associates from Mexico City.

SEVEN: Joe Biden wrote a college recommendation letter in 2017 for a child of Hunter’s Chinese business partner, Jonathan Li, with whom Joe Biden met in China. Fox News covered the story in detail:

In an email dated Jan. 3, 2017, and sent to Hunter Biden and his business associates Devon Archer and Jim Bulger, CEO of BHR Jonathan Li writes:

“Gentlmen[sic], please find the attached resume of my son, Chris Li. He is applying the following colleges for this year,” Li writes, listing Brown University, Cornell University, and New York University.

Li goes on to attach an “updated version” of his son’s “CV” in a subsequent email.

EIGHT: Hunter described Joe Biden as one of his “new office mates” in 2017. The Washington Post reported:

On Sept. 21, 2017, Hunter Biden wrote to a building manager requesting new office signage to reflect a new family enterprise and a new business relationship: “The Biden Foundation and Hudson West (CEFC-US),” he wrote in emails to the property manager.

He also requested keys for his new office mates: his father, Joe; his mother, Jill; his uncle James; and the Chinese executive, Gongwen Dong.

As part of the request, he provided what he said was his father’s cellphone number, saying an office representative could use it to contact his new office mates.

NINE: Tony Bobulinski, Hunter’s former business partner, twice met with Joe Biden to discuss a business deal with China in 2017. “I directly dealt with the Biden family, including Joe Biden,” Bobulinski admitted.

TEN: Tony Bobulinski met with Joe Biden, brother Jim Biden, and Hunter to discuss their deal in China. After the meeting, Bobulinski messaged Jim, telling him to “thank Joe for his time.”

ELEVEN: Hunter’s texts in 2019 revealed that his father, Joe Biden, takes half of Hunter’s salary.

In a text message to his daughter, Hunter says, “I hope you all can do what I did and pay for everything for this entire family for 30 years.”

“It’s really hard. But don’t worry, unlike Pop [Joe], I won’t make you give me half your salary,” Hunter wrote.

“The reported texts do not reveal when the 30 years began or ended and whether Joe Biden is still a part of the payment scheme as president,” Breitbart concluded.

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Obama Was Not As “Scandal-Free” As He Claimed…

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(RepublicanWire.org) – Republicans are demanding access to communication records between President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, and the Obama White House.

“The top Republican on the House Oversight Committee pressed Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for information on the shady foreign dealings of first son Hunter Biden — accusing the White House of thwarting the panel’s probe in order to protect the president,” the New York Post reported.

“Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) claimed in a letter to Yellen that the Biden administration may be preventing the release of suspicious activity reports related to Hunter Biden. The reports, known as SARs, are generated by banks that flag suspiciously large transactions and are meant to guard against money laundering,” the outlet added.

“The Biden Administration is restricting Congress’ access to SARs, and Committee Republicans are investigating whether this change in longstanding policy is motivated by efforts to shield Hunter Biden and potentially President Biden from scrutiny,” Comer wrote. “Though the Committee requested documents and information ‘no later than June 8, 2022,’ the Department of the Treasury has provided no documents or information.”

Prior to that, several Republican members of the House Oversight Committee penned a letter and sent it to the Biden Administration demanding they be given access to any and all communication records between Hunter Biden and the Obama White House.

In the letter, the Republicans said that Hunter must be investigated amid concerns that “he is continuing to profit off” his father’s name.

“Hunter Biden’s connections throughout the Russian sphere of influence have now become especially relevant in the fast-moving and developing Russian war in Ukraine,” the Republicans on the House Oversight Committee said.

“Hunter Biden’s dealings have not gone unnoticed, and a Department of Justice (DOJ) probe begun under the Obama Administration has expanded to include a wide variety of potential violations and crimes. According to the New York Times, Hunter Biden is currently under investigation by the DOJ for possible violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and possible criminal tax evasion and money laundering.

“Given Hunter Biden’s foreign business relationships in Ukraine and Russia and the current international landscape, we are concerned about whether Hunter Biden continues to profit off his status as President Biden’s son as well as whether foreign adversaries may be attempting to exploit questionable business dealings. NARA may possess documents relevant to this investigation from then-Vice President Biden’s tenure,” they said.

The letter calls out Joe Biden and accuses him of lying about his involvement in Hunter’s business dealings. The lawmakers said that “the evidence is now clear” that he wasn’t just aware, he was likely involved.

“The Biden family has for decades profited from Joe Biden’s positions of public trust. Hunter Biden has particularly benefitted from his father’s success in politics, from managing a Ukrainian energy conglomerate to selling cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to connecting his father to Kazakhstani oil oligarchs, and preventing a Romanian real estate tycoon’s conviction for bribery charges,” they said.

Reporting of one of Biden family business venture during the time Joe Biden was vice president raises questions of whether or not Hunter was selling influence to the White House in order to obtain such a large amount of infused cash. Such complicated investment schemes are typically performed by experienced fund managers and with investors who feel comfortable with the fund managers’ experience and historic returns.

Hunter received a $3.5 million wire transfer in 2014, according to a 2020 report by Senate Republicans, who revealed her involvement with Hunter was “a financial relationship,” though no further explanation of the payment to Hunter was given.

Hunter’s real estate venture was occurring while Hunter sat on the board of Burisma and reportedly collected $80,000 a month, while Joe Biden was vice president. It was cut in half after Joe Biden left office.

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Social Expression Case Dismissed…

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(RepublicanWire.org) – A government judge ruled on Friday in favor of Home Depot, dismissing a case brought by a former employee who was fired for refusing to remove a Black Lives Matter slogan from his work uniform.

The US National Labor Relations Board alleged last year that Home Depot “selectively and disparately” enforced its dress code to target Black Lives Matter imagery.

“The Home Depot does not tolerate workplace harassment of any kind and takes all reports of discrimination or harassment seriously, as we did in this case,” Home Depot said last year. “We disagree with the characterization of this situation and look forward to sharing the facts during the NLRB’s process. Regardless of the outcome, we will continue to be fully committed to diversity and respect for all people.”

A former employee at a Home Depot store in Minnesota filed a complaint in March 2021 claiming that they were suspended and “required to choose between engaging in protected concerted activity, including displaying the ‘BLM’ slogan, and quitting employment,” which resulted in them resigning.

National Labor Relations Board Judge Paul Bogas wrote in his opinion that the plaintiffs had not provided sufficient reasoning for their argument. He said that the standard of concerted activity requires that the messaging in question be a group effort that improves working conditions.

“Rather, the record shows that the message was primarily used, and generally understood, to address the unjustified killings of Black individuals by law enforcement and vigilantes,” Bogas wrote. “A message about unjustified killings of Black men, while a matter of profound societal importance, is not directly relevant to the terms, conditions, or lot of Home Depot’s employees as employees.”

The judge did note that “the record shows that the additions employees make to the aprons are sometimes extensive.”

The former employee said that they added Black Lives Matter to their apron after the killing of George Floyd by police in 2020. This, as well as their observing racist behavior by a fellow employee, prompted them to add the phrase as “a symbol of alliance.”

The employee said in testimony: “I have never seen it as something political myself. It’s something that I put on so that people know to approach me. I am a person of color myself, so it’s a form of solidarity. It’s a way … for people to feel safe around me.”

The judgement prompted outrage from the left. In a matter of hours, the #BoycottHomeDepot hashtag was going viral on Twitter and other social media platforms, albeit with little to no damage to the company’s standing.

This ruling can be appealed to the labor board in Washington, D.C., which is currently controlled by Democrats.

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Big Brands Threaten To Leave Twitter…

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(RepublicanWire.org) – With Elon Musk’s recent $44 billion purchase of Twitter, some of the countries largest brands have faced calls to boycott the social media platform. The worry that the company’s new owner will rolls back content moderation policies which proponents say help limit hate speech and election misinformation.

Letters were sent to brands including Disney, Coca-Cola and Kraft. More than two dozen left-leaning organizations urged companies to secure commitments from Twitter to ensure that its user censorship policies are kept after Musk’s takeover and threaten to withdraw funding if Twitter refuses to comply.

“As top advertisers on Twitter, your brand risks association with a platform amplifying hate, extremism, health misinformation, and conspiracy theorists,” the letter said

“Your ad dollars can either fund Musk’s vanity project or hold him to account,” it added.

According to Media Matters for America CEO Angelo Carusone, negotiating forward-looking contracts with Twitter can help companies protect their brands against any changes made after Musk’s takeover.

“If Elon Musk comes in and gets rid of all the brand safety protections, I think Coca-Cola should be able to cancel their contract,” Carusone said. “It would be very revealing if Twitter refuses to or does not sign or does not give those cancellation options.” 

The letter’s signatories include Media Matters for America, Accountable Tech, the feminist group UltraViolet, the Center for Countering Digital Hate, the National Hispanic Media Coalition and the digital rights group Free Press, CNN reported.

Although Twitter said it has “no planned changes” to its “commitment to brand safety,” in an investor filing on Monday the company admitted it “cannot speculate on changes Elon Musk may make post-closing.”

Elon Musk took to Twitter on Thursday to respond to the letter, calling into question the business interests behind the groups involved.

“Who funds these organizations that want to control your access to information? Let’s investigate…,” he tweeted.

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Red Flags Going Up In Regards To Biden Investigation…

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(RepublicanWire.org) – Attorney General Merrick Garland defended President Joe Biden on Tuesday, saying the president has not interfered with a federal tax fraud investigation involving his son, Hunter Biden.

At a Senate subcommittee hearing, Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn. pressed Garland about various reports speculating that President Biden “was involved with” his son’s overseas business dealings.

“Do you have any reason to dispute the evidence that indicates that President Biden was involved with and using money from Hunter Biden’s business deals?” asked Hagerty.

“The president has already told his subordinates; clearly, these are people that he can fire at will, that he and his family did nothing wrong. How can the American people be confident that his administration is conducting a serious investigation?” the senator asked.

Garland declined to answer whether he or any senior DOJ official had been briefed on the ongoing probe into Hunter Biden’s business dealings with foreign officials through the years, saying the U.S. attorney for the District of Delaware — a Trump-era appointee — was handling the investigation “unsupervised.”

Garland also said a special counsel wouldn’t be needed for the investigation.

“There will not be interference of any political or improper kind,” Garland said during his sworn testimony.

Later on, Hagerty asked Garland, “Would it be appropriate for the president to call you into the Oval Office and tell you that his son didn’t break the law regarding this matter?”

To which, Garland sternly answered, “Absolutely not! … The president has not done that. The president has committed not to interfere, not only in that investigation but any kind of “

Hagerty then reportedly cut Garland off to highlight recent instances in which the president’s advisers defended Hunter Biden publicly.

White House chief of staff Ron Klain appeared on ABC’s “This Week” program just two days after a federal grand jury reportedly heard testimony about Hunter Biden’s cash flow, while serving on the board of Ukraine energy company Burisma. Klain said: “Of course the president’s confident that his son didn’t break the law.”

Also, White House press secretary Jen Psaki dodged a media question Monday, inquiring about a New York Post report of a Hunter Biden business associate Eric Schwerin, the former president of Hunter Biden’s investment firm Rosemont Seneca, visiting the White House 19 separate times from 2009-13.

The potential relevance here: President Biden has previously stated he has “never spoken” to Hunter Biden, or any of his financial partners, about outside business deals.

Later in the Senate hearing, Hagerty asked Garland whether Americans “can be confident that this administration is conducting a serious investigation.”

Garland answered in the affirmative, adding, “Because you have me as the attorney general, who is committed to the independence of the Justice Department from any influence from the White House in criminal matters.”

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