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Hunter Biden's Former Partner Talks, Both Sides Claim Victory

Devon Archer says Hunter Biden often put his father on speakerphone

(Newser) - Hunter Biden's former business partner insisted in testimony to Congress on Monday that President Biden was never directly involved in their financial dealings, though Hunter would often put his famous father on speakerphone to impress clients and business associates, the AP reports. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee conducted a...

Biden Acknowledges 7th Grandkid for First Time
Biden: Yes, I Have
a 7th Grandchild
Jul 29, 2023 7:45 AM CDT

Biden: Yes, I Have a 7th Grandchild

President acknowledges Navy Joan Roberts, 4, the daughter of Hunter Biden and Lunden Roberts

(Newser) - President Biden doesn't shy away from boasting about his family. "I have six grandchildren. And I'm crazy about them. And I speak to them every single day," he said at a Take Your Child to Work Day event in April. Now, we may start to hear...

White House Gives a Firm 'No' to Pardon for Hunter Biden

Case against president's son are back in play after plea deal was stalled

(Newser) - The White House press secretary gave a direct answer when asked Thursday if President Biden would consider pardoning his son, Hunter, who has been charged with two misdemeanor tax offenses and a felony gun count. "No," Karine Jean-Pierre said. White House aides, as well as the Bidens, had...

Hunter Biden&#39;s Plea Deal Falls Apart
Judge Puts Hunter Biden's
Plea Deal on Hold
UPDATED
Jul 26, 2023 12:53 PM CDT

Judge Puts Hunter Biden's Plea Deal on Hold

Two sides have a month to hammer things out

(Newser) - A big surprise Wednesday in Hunter Biden's legal travails: A controversial plea deal derided by Republicans as too lenient is now on hold after the judge in the case raised questions about its scope, reports the New York Times . US District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika gave defense lawyers...

Hunter Biden's Attorney Files Ethics Complaint on MTG

GOP congresswoman showed explicit images of president's son during an official hearing

(Newser) - Hunter Biden's attorney has filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after she showed explicit photos of him during a congressional hearing, reports the Hill . Abbe David Lowell condemned Greene's "abhorrent behavior" in a letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics. The "House has...

Hunter Biden's Lawyer Has a Cease-and-Desist for Trump

Attorney's letter tells former president to quit his attacks on Biden, noting they could incite violence

(Newser) - Former President Trump continues to take online potshots at Hunter Biden, including most recently suggesting Biden should've received a "death sentence" instead of a plea deal on charges regarding federal tax offenses and illegally possessing a firearm. Now, the current president's son is signaling that he's...

Feds: GOP's Biden Witness Was Engaged in 'Criminal Schemes'

After indictment unsealed, Republicans accuse prosecutors of trying to silence Gal Luft

(Newser) - The man that some Republicans in Congress have described as a witness with information on alleged Biden family corruption was "engaged in multiple, serious criminal schemes," prosecutors say. An eight-count indictment from November unsealed on Monday accuses Gal Luft of working as an illegal arms dealer and an...

Dowd to Biden: Show Some Heart, Accept Your Grandchild

Columnist says first family's refusal to embrace Hunter's 4-year-old daughter is horrible

(Newser) - President Biden often talks about how much he loves his six grandchildren. In her latest New York Times column, Maureen Dowd reminds the president that he has seven grandkids—and calls the first family's refusal to accept the seventh child as an awful decision. The 4-year-old girl is named...

Paintings Are Part of Child Support Deal for Hunter Biden

Settlement includes turning over some artwork by the president's son to his daughter

(Newser) - Hunter Biden has reached a settlement with Lunden Roberts, the mother of their 4-year-old daughter, on child support payments. The amount of the agreed-upon payments was redacted from an Arkansas court filing released on Thursday, Politico reports. But the filing said artwork painted by Biden will be included. The terms...

McCarthy Threatens to Open Garland Impeachment Inquiry

White House official says GOP is trying to distract from tax cut plans

(Newser) - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has upped the ante in Republicans' allegations that the Justice Department is making prosecutorial decisions based on politics, suggesting that Attorney General Merrick Garland could face an impeachment inquiry. In a tweet , McCarthy tied the threat to IRS whistleblowers' contentions that a tax crime investigation included...

Orgy Club's 'Sex Jesus' Banned Over Hunter Biden Claim

SNCTM founder Damon Lawner made allegation on Instagram that president's son was a member

(Newser) - SNCTM bills itself as "the world's most exclusive members-only club," designed for "personal exploration" (ie, high-end sex orgies) and strict on maintaining privacy for those who belong. Now, however, the Los Angeles Times reports that the group's founder, 52-year-old Damon Lawner, has been banned for...

Trump, President React to Hunter Biden's Plea Deal

The 'complex' narrative isn't over yet, as Republicans pursue their own inquiries

(Newser) - When news broke that Hunter Biden had struck a plea deal on federal tax and gun charges, Donald Trump wrote that the "corrupt" Justice Department under President Biden had given the younger Biden the equivalent of a "traffic ticket," per the Hill . Meanwhile, the left-leaning Talking Points...

Hunter Biden Gets Plea Deal on Tax, Gun Charges

Move ends federal investigation, but congressional Republicans have their own inquiries

(Newser) - President Biden’s son Hunter will plead guilty to federal tax offenses and avoid prosecution on a separate gun charge in a deal with the Justice Department that likely spares him time behind bars, per the AP . Hunter Biden, 53, will plead guilty to the misdemeanor tax offenses as part...

IRS Whistleblower in Biden Probe Emerges From the Shadows

Gary Shapley tells CBS that DOJ 'slow-walked' probe into Hunter Biden's taxes

(Newser) - News organizations have already determined that an investigation at the center of an IRS whistleblower's allegations involves President Biden's son. Now, we know the name of that whistleblower. In an exclusive interview with CBS News , Gary Shapley, a supervisory special agent with the IRS' criminal investigations arm, tells...

Attorneys: DOJ Made 'Retaliatory' Move in Hunter Biden Case

Attorneys for IRS whistleblower say they've been taken off investigation into president's son

(Newser) - An IRS whistleblower said to have eyebrow-raising information on a "sensitive" investigation into a "high-profile, controversial subject" that's been going on since 2018 now says they've been removed from that inquiry, as has their "entire investigative team." The subject in question: Hunter Biden, per...

GOP Calls Biden Family Records a 'Smoking Gun'

White House dismisses investigation of Biden family as a 'political stunt'

(Newser) - Facing growing pressure to show progress in their investigations, House Republicans on Wednesday detailed what they say are concerning new findings about President Biden's family and their finances. The smoking gun, according to the GOP, is recently obtained financial records connected to the president's son Hunter Biden, brother...

Hunter Biden Is Suing Laptop Repairman

But countersuit doesn't acknowledge that he left laptop at Delaware repair shop

(Newser) - Hunter Biden's lawyers have filed counterclaims against a Delaware computer repairman who says the president's son left a laptop at his store in April 2019 and never returned to reclaim it. The lawyers are challenging John Paul Mac Isaac's claim that the laptop and an external hard...

Garland: I'll Stay Out of Hunter Biden Case

GOP senators press attorney general in hearing

(Newser) - Under questioning by Republican senators, Attorney General Merrick Garland testified Wednesday that US Attorney David Weiss of Delaware has the authority to decide whether to charge President Biden's son without interference. Weiss, who is conducting a criminal investigation into Hunter Biden concerning taxes and other issues, also could decide...

Ex-Twitter Execs: No Pressure to Block Hunter-Laptop Story

'The decisions here aren’t straightforward, and hindsight is 20/20,' says Yoel Roth

(Newser) - Former Twitter executives conceded Wednesday they made a mistake by blocking a story about Hunter Biden, the president’s son, from the social media platform in the run-up to the 2020 election—but they adamantly denied Republican assertions they were pressured by Democrats and law enforcement to suppress the story....

Hunter Biden's Legal Team Is Now Playing Hardball

Lawyers' aggressive new attempt to turn the tables involves urging probes of Giuliani, Bannon

(Newser) - House Republicans have started their long-sought investigation into Hunter Biden—but the legal team of the president's son has decided it's not going to settle for playing defense. CBS News reports that Biden's lawyers tag-teamed this week in an aggressive new strategy, going hard against longtime detractors...

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