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Botany

(70,501 posts)
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 03:31 PM Mar 2022

This Hunter Biden is bad crap came from Russia and the FSB



A New Report Adds Evidence That Trump Was a Russian Asset
He helped Putin manipulate the U.S. election in 2020, as he did in 2016.


Attacks on Biden and his son, Hunter, were part of this operation. Through “US officials and prominent US individuals, some of whom were close to former President Trump and his administration,” the report says Russia’s intelligence services “repeatedly spread unsubstantiated or misleading claims about President Biden and his family’s alleged wrongdoing related to Ukraine.” In this way, Trump’s circle “laundered” the Russian-planted stories, which were then recirculated—and promoted by Russia’s online proxies—as American news.


https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/trump-russian-asset-election-intelligence-community-report.html
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This Hunter Biden is bad crap came from Russia and the FSB (Original Post) Botany Mar 2022 OP
Yet it is Hillary's campaign that got fined for investigating Trump's Russian ties. Midnight Writer Mar 2022 #1
It's Happening in Real Time, Right Now- Trump Asked for Dirt on Hunter, Russia is Delivering Beetwasher. Mar 2022 #2
This is Hillary Clinton and her emails 2.0 Botany Mar 2022 #4
It's far dumber because Hunter is not in office and serves no role Johonny Apr 2022 #17
Then why is the DOJ still investigating this shit ?! So hurtful uponit7771 Mar 2022 #3
"Then why is the DOJ still investigating this shit?" Botany Mar 2022 #6
They're running out the clock until the midterms, when all the pressure will evaporate. PSPS Mar 2022 #7
It's so much more fun than, you know, investigating the coup plot. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #8
Putin cooked this up to lure Trump into blackmailing Ukraine. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #5
Yes, Trump is in bed with Russia, yes Hunter Biden can also have issues. He made it easy too Pisces Mar 2022 #9
OK. The GQP are trying to tie Hunter Biden to his father ethically. maxsolomon Mar 2022 #11
I agree they don't understand nuance. Where is the line though? We also look foolish defending Pisces Mar 2022 #13
Or, instead of "jealous", he had a hard time dealing with his brother's Beau's death. maxsolomon Mar 2022 #14
Somebody tell Kristen Welker et al yorkster Mar 2022 #10
Perception is reality. SmallFry Mar 2022 #12
Hunter Biden, blitz the talk shows again please, your country needs you? Brainfodder Mar 2022 #15
Nothing to see here; President Biden has stated that Hunter has not done anything wrong MichMan Apr 2022 #16

Midnight Writer

(21,751 posts)
1. Yet it is Hillary's campaign that got fined for investigating Trump's Russian ties.
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 03:37 PM
Mar 2022

The only legal accountability so far is against the person who revealed Putin as the puppetmaster of Trump..

What a system.

The person reporting the danger is in more trouble than the person creating the danger.

Beetwasher.

(2,970 posts)
2. It's Happening in Real Time, Right Now- Trump Asked for Dirt on Hunter, Russia is Delivering
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 03:41 PM
Mar 2022

It's not very smart of Trump actually, there's no doubt these activities are being closely monitored.

Johonny

(20,836 posts)
17. It's far dumber because Hunter is not in office and serves no role
Fri Apr 1, 2022, 10:41 PM
Apr 2022

in his father's White House. Meanwhile Trump's kids did, committed actual crimes (cheated a charity), took money from foreign governments in various ways, and the media doesn't give a crap. Tired of this. So tired. I don't give a crap about Hunter Biden anymore than Billy Carter. It doesn't matter. What Trump and his family did, does, will do, matters a lot.

Botany

(70,501 posts)
6. "Then why is the DOJ still investigating this shit?"
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 03:53 PM
Mar 2022

My guess for the same reason James Comey released the "Hillary Clinton and her email crap" 10
days before the 2016 election.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
8. It's so much more fun than, you know, investigating the coup plot.
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 03:55 PM
Mar 2022

The coup is quietly swept under the rug. A few subpoenas go out, get ignored, and it slowly fades away.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
5. Putin cooked this up to lure Trump into blackmailing Ukraine.
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 03:53 PM
Mar 2022

The real goal was to get Trump to withhold military aid. The plot succeeded, despite getting Trump impeached.

Pisces

(5,599 posts)
9. Yes, Trump is in bed with Russia, yes Hunter Biden can also have issues. He made it easy too
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 03:57 PM
Mar 2022

Attack his behavior. His personal life is a mess. Why do we as democrats have to defend his crappy behavior to the death. We are not Republicans that blindly follow and agree with whatever their leaders and children do.

I think we can support Biden and admit Hunter has issues. I was alerted on another thread as spreading right wing propaganda on another thread. Maybe I was aggressive in name calling Hunter but that’s all. I would never defend his atrocious behavior. He had an affair with Beau’s wife, impregnated another woman while dating her and then marrried another woman after dating her for 6 days. These are facts ( disgusting and Trumpian) yet many here defend him as if this is all made up and he is wonderful.

Biden needs to stand by the base doesn’t nor should we act like Republicans. This guy is a problem, maybe not a criminal but still a problem.

maxsolomon

(33,316 posts)
11. OK. The GQP are trying to tie Hunter Biden to his father ethically.
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 04:21 PM
Mar 2022

You know this.

The American public does not understand nuance. Agreeing with the GOP on Hunter Biden's moral failings is agreeing with them that Joe Biden is corrupted by them.

He is plainly not, and the GQP can go fuck themselves. To reverse-engineer God's words, the sins of the son should not be visited on the father.

“...I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me” (Exodus 20:5).

Pisces

(5,599 posts)
13. I agree they don't understand nuance. Where is the line though? We also look foolish defending
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 04:39 PM
Mar 2022

His behavior when we attack the Trump children for similar behavior. We can not play their game or worry about what they think. We should be able to hold 2 thoughts at once. President Biden great doing a great job with the shit pile he was handed, Hunter Biden of questionable character with every advantage. He was obviously jealous of Beau and always fell short

I am not a bad democrat for pointing it out. I think our candidates running in the midterms should not tie themselves into pretzels trying to defend him.

maxsolomon

(33,316 posts)
14. Or, instead of "jealous", he had a hard time dealing with his brother's Beau's death.
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 06:49 PM
Mar 2022

and his mother's death, and his 2 sister's deaths, and he made mistakes in his life. he seems to have straightened himself out now.

nothing hunter is accused of that I am aware of rises to the level of tax-cheat criminality all 3 trump spawn giddily embrace. except cocaine use, i guess, and i'm not about to judge anyone for that.

 

SmallFry

(349 posts)
12. Perception is reality.
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 04:38 PM
Mar 2022

Hunter made just enough mistakes to give relevance to some story. Those mistakes were then turned into conspiracies and used as propaganda.

I have so much respect for President Biden and how he has handled this. If I were him the first thing I would have done is hand picked a new top dog to oversee the investigation, which Biden had every right to do. Instead Biden has left Trumps guy in place. I get that people will say that would have caused a firestorm. Well, so is the fake crap being pushed forward about his son right now. Still would have been conspiracy theories out there but his son wouldn't be looking at possible tax related charges.

It's my understanding there is only one outstanding issue in Hunters investigation. Where did the money come from that he used to pay back taxes? It's my understanding the other issues the news is referencing have already been determined to be items they aren't going to prosecute on.

Three times in my fifty years of living we have had Presidents who were simply better people than I. All democrats. I'm proud that one of them is President today.

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
15. Hunter Biden, blitz the talk shows again please, your country needs you?
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 06:52 PM
Mar 2022


For the Republican base, must have tested well??

MichMan

(11,912 posts)
16. Nothing to see here; President Biden has stated that Hunter has not done anything wrong
Fri Apr 1, 2022, 09:17 PM
Apr 2022

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nor he has never spoken to him regarding any of his overseas business activities.

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