Biden pledges 'absolute wall' to separate relatives' business dealings

[highplainsdem]

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/28/biden-brother-business-2020-1476815

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Joe Biden pledged to erect an "absolute wall" between the presidency and his family's business dealings and said he has never discussed business with relatives, following an event here on Wednesday.

"I have never discussed, with my son or my brother or with anyone else, anything having to do with their businesses. Period," he said. "And what I will do is the same thing we did in our administration. There will be an absolute wall between personal and private [business interests] and the government. There wasn’t any hint of scandal at all when we were there. And I’m going to propose the same kind of strict, strict rules. That’s why I never talked with my son or my brother or anyone else — even distant family — about their business interests. Period.”

The former vice president's comments, in response to a question from POLITICO, come amid allegations that his younger brother James and his son Hunter have sought to use his political connections to enrich themselves, and amid scrutiny of Hunter's business dealings in China and Ukraine.

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There is no evidence that Biden has taken any official actions to benefit his relatives' business ventures. Nor, however, does the candidate mention Hunter or his two younger brothers on the campaign trail.

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[Cha]

1. Thank you for this, highplains!

[George II]

2. You might want to shorten your subject and include the entire headline in the post....

Right now on the home page it reads "Biden pledges 'absolute wall' to separate relatives", I don't think that looks good!



Otherwise, good article.

[highplainsdem]

3. Oh, no! Oh, well, it'll be off that section of the front page soon enough.

There's really no good way to shorten that subject line enough and still keep it coherent.

[highplainsdem]

4. Okay, it's off that section of the home page now.

Mission accomplished...

[George II]

5. Bazinga!

[betsuni]

6. I saw someone saying there's a trial, but turns out it was just the brother being sued.

So what. A really weak attempt to smear Biden.

[emulatorloo]

7. We have a handful of DU'ers trying to pretend Biden is Trump

By falsely projecting Trump’s worst traits on to Biden. And yes, it is weak.

[Thekaspervote]

8. Above board in all ways!! That's Joe Biden

[myohmy2]

9. "absolute wall"

" Most recently, on Friday, executives for firms suing James Biden said that he offered them the former vice president's help promoting their health care ventures, including by incorporating their model in his campaign, in declarations filed in federal court in Tennessee.

Earlier this month, former White House ethics czar Richard Painter told POLITICO that Biden should ask his relatives to pledge to refrain from business activities, such as taking foreign sources of funding, that present potential conflicts of interest. "

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[Princetonian]

10. I seem to recall Jane Sanders getting into a scandal... let those without sin cast the first stone!